"L'amour existe encore" (meaning "Love Still Exists") is a
song from Céline Dion's album Dion chante Plamondon. It was released as the second (radio only) single in Canada (November 1991) and third commercial single in France (on January 17, 1994).
Dion recorded also a Spanish version of this song, called "Aún Existe Amor." It was released as a promotional single in the United States from her 2002 album A New Day Has Come.
"L'amour existe encore" was released in Canada with no accompanying video. When Sony Music Entertainment decided to issue a commercial single in France, there was a music video made in December 1993. It was
directed by Alain Desrochers. The video was featured later on the On ne change pas DVD (2005).
"L'amour existe encore" entered the Quebec Airplay Chart on November 18, 1991 and
reached number 16, staying on the chart for twenty weeks. In France, "L'amour existe encore" peaked at number 31 (twenty three weeks on chart).
After Ignacio Ballesteros-Diaz wrote Spanish lyrics, Dion recorded Spanish version of that song, called "Aún Existe Amor." It was featured on her A New Day Has Come
album in 2002, and released as a promotional single in the U.S. Dion performed it at the 2002 Billboard Latin Music Awards, where she received a special award for her hit "My
Heart Will Go On" which was the first English-language song to top Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks. An english version titled "Love Still Exists" was also confirmed by Céline to have
been recorded for this album, but in Céline's words it did not sound well phonetically, so they included the spanish version in the album instead.
Live version of "L'amour existe encore" can be found on À l'Olympia, Au cœur du stade, and Taking Chances World Tour: The Concert (French edition). The song became also a
part of Céline Dion's compilation On ne change pas. Lately, Dion performed it during her 2008-09 Taking Chances Tour and 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. The latter was performed as a duet with Éric Lapointe, and
included later also on his album Ailleurs - Volume 1, released on April 28, 2009. In May 2009, the track entered the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart.
In 1994, co-songwriter Riccardo Cocciante released an Italian language version of this song on his album Un Uomo Felice entitled "L'amore esiste ancora (con Tosca)".
In 1998, Hélène Ségara and Garou performed this song as a duet for the charity album Ensemble contre le sida.
In 2009, Lara Fabian also recorded this track for her album Toutes les femmes en moi as
a tribute to all the women in the French music scene that have inspired her over the years, being this recording a humble hommage to Céline Dion.
In 2010, Nicola Ciccone recorded and released the Italian version of this song for his
album Imaginaire also entitled "L'amore esiste ancora" after performing the version for Luc Plamondon in homage and being told by the songwriter how beautiful it was, with such depth, when sung in Italian.
Love Still Exists
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