"Tellement j'ai d'amour pour toi" (meaning "I Have So Much Love for You") is the first single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 from Céline Dion

Celine Dion

Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...

's album Tellement j'ai d'amour...

Tellement J'ai D'amour...

Tellement j'ai d'amour... is a French studio album by Canadian singer Céline Dion, released in Quebec, Canada on September 7, 1982. It's her 3rd French album.-Album information:...

. It was released in December 1982 in Quebec, Canada.

On October 31, 1982, with this track Céline Dion won a Gold Medal for Best Song at the Yamaha World Song Festival

Yamaha Music Festival

The World Popular Song Festival, also known as Yamaha Music Festival and unofficially as the "Oriental Eurovision", was an international song contest held in 1970-1989. It was organised by the Yamaha Music Foundation in Tokyo, Japan from 1970 until 1989...

 in Tokyo

Tokyo

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, Japan

Japan

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 and the Yamaha Symphony Orchestra Award for Best Artist. Dion performed "Tellement j'ai d'amour pour toi" in front of 115 millions of TV viewers and 12,000 in the audience. There were 1907 contestants and 30 finalists.

Dion received also 4 Félix Award

Félix Award

The Félix Award is a music award, given on an annual basis to artists in the Canadian province of Quebec.The first Félix awards were presented on September 23, 1979, by the Association du disque, de l'industrie du spectacle québécois...

s the following year and one of them in category: Quebec Artist Achieving the Most Success Outside the Province of Quebec. The single was a hit in Quebec. It entered the chart on December 25, 1982, peaking at number 3. "Tellement j'ai d'amour pour toi" re-entered the chart on October 22, 1983 and stayed there through January 14, 1984, peaking this time at number 17. It spent forty four weeks on the chart.

The B-side of that release was another album track called "Ecoutez-Moi."

"Tellement j'ai d'amour pour toi" appeared on Céline Dion's 2005 French best of album On ne change pas

On ne change pas

On ne change pas is a greatest hits album by Canadian singer Céline Dion, which sums up twenty five years of her French career. It's her first official French language 'best of' album in almost twenty years. On ne change pas is Dion's 22nd French album and 34th if counting all longplays...

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Formats and track listings

Canadian 7" single

1. "Tellement j'ai d'amour pour toi" – 3:01
2. "Ecoutez-moi" – 3:07

Charts

Chart (1982)	Peak position
Quebec Singles Chart ADISQ The ADISQ is a nonprofit organization with the mission to help the music industry in Quebec. It was created in 1978....	3