Derrière l'amour

"Derrière l'amour"
Single by Johnny Hallyday
from the album Derrière l'amour
Language	French
English title	Behind love
B-side	"Joue pas de rock'n'roll pour moi"
Released	May 1976 (1976 -05)[1]
Recorded	1976
Studio	Studio 92, Boulogne-Billancourt
Genre	Chanson, Pop rock
Length	4:40
Label	Philips
Songwriter(s)	Toto Cutugno, Vito Pallavicini, Pierre Delanoë
Producer(s)	Jacques Revaux
Johnny Hallyday singles chronology
"Requiem pour un fou" (1976) "Derrière l'amour" / "Joue pas de rock'n'roll pour moi" (1976) "Gabrielle" (1976)

"Dietro l'amore"
Single by Toto Cutugno
Language	Italian
B-side	"Come ieri, come oggi, come sempre"
Released	June 1976 (1976 -06)
Recorded	1976
Genre	Pop
Length	4:15
Label	CBS
Songwriter(s)	Toto Cutugno, Vito Pallavicini
Toto Cutugno singles chronology
"Dietro l'amore" (1976) "Fly" (1976)

"Derrière l'amour" ("Behind love") is a song by Johnny Hallyday, It was released as the spohomore single off of Hallyday's studio album of the same name and spent six consecutive weeks at no. 1 on the singles sales chart in France (from 3 to 16 June 1976 and from 22 July to 18 August 1976).[2]

Background and composition

The song was written by French lyricist Pierre Delanoë over a composition by Toto Cutugno.

Toto Cutugno himself recorded an Italian version with lyrics by Vito Pallavicini, titled "Dietro l'amore". The Italian version was released by him as a single in Italy.

Track listing

Johnny Hallyday version ("Derrière l'amour")

7" single Philips 6042 16 (France, etc.)

1. "Derrière l'amour (4:40)"
2. "Joue pas de rock'n'roll pour moi" ("Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me") (3:33)[3]

Toto Cutugno version ("Dietro l'amore")

7" single CBS 4465 (Italy)

1. "Dietro l'amore"
2. "Come ieri, come oggi, come sempre"[4]

Charts

Johnny Hallyday version ("Derrière l'amour")

Chart (1976)	Peak position
France (singles sales)[2]	1
Chart (2014)	Peak position
France (SNEP)[3]	129

References

1. "Derrière l'amour - Johnny Hallyday - Hit-Parade.net".
2. "Derrière l'amour - Johnny Hallyday - Hit-Parade.net". Retrieved 2017-11-16.
3. "Johnny Hallyday – Derrière l'amour" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
4. "lescharts.com - Toto Cutugno - Dietro l'amore". Retrieved 2017-11-17.