== Track listing and formats ==
== Track listing and formats ==
”’French CD single”'<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Et s’il n’en restait qu’une (je serais celle-là)|year=2007|type=French CD single liner notes|publisher=Columbia Records|id=88697069552}}</ref>
”’French CD single”'<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Et s’il n’en restait qu’une (je serais celle-là)|year=2007|type=French CD single liner notes|publisher=Columbia Records|id=88697069552}}</ref>
# “Et s’il n’en restait qu’une (je serais celle-là)” – 3:32
# “Et s’il n’en restait qu’une (je serais celle-là)” – 3:32
# “[[Je ne vous oublie pas]]” (500 Choristes version) – 3:35
# “[[Je ne vous oublie pas]]” (500 Choristes version) – 3:35
{{single chart|Billboardcanadaac|28|artist=Celine Dion|rowheader=true|access-date=12 October 2014}}
{{single chart|Billboardcanadaac|28|artist=Celine Dion|rowheader=true|access-date=12 October 2014}}
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! scope=”row”| Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/00s/2007/BB-2007-05-12.pdf|title=Hits of the World|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=53|date=12 May 2007|access-date=12 October 2014}}</ref>
! scope=”row”| Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/00s/2007/BB-2007-05-12.pdf|title=Hits of the World|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=53|date=12 May 2007|access-date=12 October 2014}}</ref>
| 7
| 7
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{{single chart|France|1|artist=Céline Dion|song=Et s’il n’en restait qu’une (je serais celle-là)|rowheader=true|access-date=12 October 2014}}
{{single chart|France|1|artist=Céline Dion|song=Et s’il n’en restait qu’une (je serais celle-là)|rowheader=true|access-date=12 October 2014}}
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! scope=”row”| Quebec ([[ADISQ]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adisq.com/lepalmares/index.html|title=Le Palmarès|publisher=[[ADISQ]]|access-date=12 October 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018100701/http://www.adisq.com/lepalmares/index.html|archive-date=18 October 2014}}</ref>
! scope=”row”| Quebec ([[ADISQ]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adisq.com/lepalmares/index.html|title=Le Palmarès|publisher=[[ADISQ]]|access-date=12 October 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018100701/http://www.adisq.com/lepalmares/index.html|archive-date=18 October 2014}}</ref>
|2
|2
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! scope=”col”| Position
! scope=”col”| Position
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! scope=”row”| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2007|title=Rapports annuels 2007|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|language=fr|access-date=12 October 2014}}</ref>
! scope=”row”| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2007|title=Rapports annuels 2007|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|language=fr|access-date=12 October 2014}}</ref>
| 31
| 31
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! scope=”row”| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia – CD singles)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2007&cat=sp|title=Rapports annuels 2007 – CD singles|publisher=Ultratop|language=fr|access-date=29 May 2016}}</ref>
! scope=”row”| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia – CD singles)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2007&cat=sp|title=Rapports annuels 2007 – CD singles|publisher=Ultratop|language=fr|access-date=29 May 2016}}</ref>
| 23
| 23
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! scope=”row”| France (SNEP)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-singles-annee/?annee=2007|title=Tops de l’année – Top Singles 2007|publisher=[[Syndicat National de l’Édition Phonographique]]|language=fr|access-date=9 December 2019}}</ref>
! scope=”row”| France (SNEP)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-singles-annee/?annee=2007|title=Tops de l’année – Top Singles 2007|publisher=[[Syndicat National de l’Édition Phonographique]]|language=fr|access-date=9 December 2019}}</ref>
| 50
| 50
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! scope=”col”| Format
! scope=”col”| Format
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! scope=”row”| Francophone countries<ref name=”release”>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Celine-Dion-SIl-Nen-Restait-Quune-Je-Serais-Celle-L%C3%A0/master/605691|title=Celine Dion – Et s’il n’en restait qu’une|access-date=23 February 2017|publisher=[[Discogs]]}}</ref>
! scope=”row”| Francophone countries<ref name=”release”>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Celine-Dion-SIl-Nen-Restait-Quune-Je-Serais-Celle-L%C3%A0/master/605691|title=Celine Dion – Et s’il n’en restait qu’une|access-date=23 February 2017|publisher=[[Discogs]]}}</ref>
| 14 February 2007
| 14 February 2007
| Digital download
| Digital download
2007 single by Celine Dion
“Et s’il n’en restait qu’une (je serais celle-là)” (transl. ”and if there were only one woman left (I would be that one)”) is the first single from Celine Dion‘s French-language album, D’elles. It premiered on the radio in France, Quebec, Switzerland, and Belgium on 14 February 2007 and was released as a music download on the same day. The CD single was released on 13 April 2007 in Francophone countries. The song topped the chart in France.
Background and release
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“Et s’il n’en restait qu’une (je serais celle-là)” was written by Françoise Dorin and composed by David Gategno, who also produced the track. Dorin is a writer, born in France. Her best-selling novels include Virginie et Paul, la seconde dans Rome (1980), Les lits à une place, les jupes culotte (1984), and Les corbeaux et les renardes (1988). Other works include the plays La facture (1968), Un sale egoiste, l’intoxe (1980), and a musical comedy, La valise en carton, as well as many humorous texts. Gategno already worked with Tina Arena, Natasha St-Pier, Chimène Badi, Faudel, and Nolwenn Leroy.
The title comes from the famous last verse of the poem « Ultima verba » in Les Châtiments by Victor Hugo « Et s’il n’en reste qu’un, je serai celui-là ! ».
The music video was directed by Thierry Vargnes in New York City on 31 January 2007, and premiered on the Canadian television network TVA on 1 April 2007.
“Et s’il n’en restait qu’une (je serais celle-là)” debuted at number onr on the French Singles Chart, becoming Dion’s fifth number 1 in that country. It spent 33 weeks on the chart, becoming one of her longest-running singles. Dion’s last song which stayed that long on the chart was “Pour que tu m’aimes encore” with 34 weeks.
In other countries, “Et s’il n’en restait qu’une (je serais celle-là)” peaked at numbers two in Quebec, four in Belgium Wallonia, and 34 in Switzerland.
Dion performed it live during the French concerts of her 2008-2009 Taking Chances World Tour, and during her historic performance in front of 250,000 spectators to celebrate Quebec’s 400th anniversary, which was included on Céline sur les Plaines DVD in 2008. A live version was included in the CD/DVD Tournée Mondiale Taking Chances: Le Spectacle.
“Et s’il n’en restait qu’une (je serais celle-là)” was nominated for the Chérie FM Star in category French Song of the Year.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic highlighted this song.[1]
Track listing and formats
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French CD single[2]
- “Et s’il n’en restait qu’une (je serais celle-là)” – 3:32
- “Je ne vous oublie pas” (500 Choristes version) – 3:35
- “Et s’il n’en restait qu’une (je serais celle-là)” (instrumental) – 3:32
