L'amour toujours

"L'amour toujours" (also named "I'll Fly with You") is a song co-written and recorded by the Italian DJ Gigi D'Agostino. The song was released to American clubs and dance radio in July 2000. In Europe, the song was released in October 2000. The song is from D'Agostino's 1999 album of the same name. Ola Onabule is the vocalist of this song. He performs all the vocals on the track and on all versions of the song. In 2001, the song became extremely popular in the American dance club scene. It became an international success and a huge hit throughout Europe, Latin America and Asia. In the United States, it peaked at number 78 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 15 September 2001.[1] The album version has a different mix, which was used as the single version in the United States except with vocal samples from "Bla Bla Bla" added.

"L'amour toujours"
Single by Gigi D'Agostino
from the album L'Amour Toujours
Released	July 2000
Recorded	1999
Genre	Italo dance
Length	6:56 4:02 ("Small Mix")
Label	ZYX (Europe) Arista (US)
Songwriter(s)	Luigino D'Agostino Carlo Montagner Paolo Sandrini Diego Leoni
Producer(s)	Gigi D'Agostino
Gigi D'Agostino singles chronology
"La Passion" (2000) "L'amour toujours" (2000) "Super (1, 2, 3)" (2000)
Audio sample
"I'll Fly with You" ("L'amour toujours") file help

Etymology

The title "L'amour toujours" means "love always" in French. However, the song is recorded entirely in English and the title does not appear in the lyrics.

Track listing

Europe CD maxi (2001)

1. "L'Amour Toujours" (L'Amour Vision) – 8:45
2. "Un Giorno Credi" (gigidagostino.com) – 8:51
3. "L'Amour Toujours" (gigidagostino.com) – 8:35
4. "Musikakeparla" – 6:55

Music video

The music video for the song contains footage taken from live performances of D'Agostino performing throughout Europe at rave parties. The version used in the music video is called "Small Mix" and is the last four minutes of the "(L'amour vision)" version.[2]

The US video was the same as "The Riddle"'s video, except with a blue background rather than a green one.

In popular culture

• Finnish Big Brother contestant Tero Savikuja mentioned "L'amour toujours" as his favourite song when he attended the TV show, and it was played several times in the Big Brother house during that season. There is also a locally popular Finnish version of the song on YouTube called "Seppo on bi", which translates as "Seppo is a bisexual", alluding to a popular Finnish drama series Salatut elämät and its protagonist Seppo Taalasmaa.[3] The name probably derives from its rhythmical uniformity with the song's distinctive synthesizer riff.
• D'Agostino is credited in "Fly With U", a song by Far East Movement from their album Dirty Bass, which contains some elements of "L'amour toujours".
• The instrumental of this song is heavily sampled on "Dream on the Dancefloor" by Basshunter, featured in his album Calling Time.
• In September 2015, Tiësto released a new edit of "L'amour toujours" performed by Dzeko & Torres, featuring vocals by Delaney Jane.[4]
• Brazilian singer Clarice Falcão released an alternative rock cover of this song in her 2016 album Problema Meu.
• YouTuber PewDiePie used the song in an intro for his popular Meme Review series.
• In 2018 the hookline of the song was used for a remix of "In My Mind" by Lithuanian DJ Dynoro, which became a no. 1 hit in Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia and Sweden.
• The song is featured throughout the ending credits of the 2019 crime thriller film Uncut Gems.

Chart performance

Weekly charts Chart (2000–02) Peak position Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[5] 3 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[6] 2 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[7] 27 Brazilian Singles Chart (ABPD)[8] 4 Canada (Nielsen SoundScan) 11 Denmark (Tracklisten)[9] 1 Germany (Official German Charts)[10] 3 Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[11] 7 Ireland (IRMA)[12] 18 Italy (FIMI)[13] 6 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[14] 1 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[15] 1 Romania (Romanian Top 100)[16] 1 Spain (PROMUSICAE)[17] 7 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[18] 25 US Billboard Hot 100[1] 78 US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[19] 32 US Rhythmic (Billboard)[20] 29 Chart (2015–16) Peak position Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[21] Tiësto Edit 29 Poland (Polish Airplay New)[22] Tiësto Edit 2 US Dance/Mix Show Airplay (Billboard)[23] Tiësto Edit 4

Year-end charts Chart (2001) Position Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[24] 29 Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[25] 76 Germany (Official German Charts)[26] 36 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[27] 15 Chart (2002) Position Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[28] 49 Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[29] 31 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[30] 26 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[31] 6 Chart (2016) Position US Dance/Mix Show Airplay (Billboard)[32] Tiësto Edit 35

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[33]	Gold	25,000^*
Germany (BVMI)[34]	Gold	250,000^^
Italy (FIMI)[35]	2× Platinum	100,000
Netherlands (NVPI)[36]	Platinum	60,000^^
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

See also

• List of Romanian Top 100 number ones of the 2000s

References

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