Il venait d'avoir 18 ans

"Il venait d'avoir 18 ans"
Song by Dalida
from the album Julien
A-side"Gigi l'amoroso"
Released1973 (1973)
Recorded1973
StudioDavout
Genre
Length2:57
LabelInternational Shows
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Producer(s)Orlando

"Il venait d'avoir 18 ans" (pronounced [il vənɛ davwaʁ diz‿ɥit‿ɑ̃]; "He had just turned 18") is a French-language song by singer Dalida, first released on album Julien in the second half of 1973.[1] The song was a success and has become one of Dalida's signature tracks.

In 1974, Dalida released the song on the B-side of her single "Gigi l'amoroso".

The song, which reached the 13th place in the German charts and 33rd place in the Italian charts,[2] won the Prize of the Academy of the French Record in 1975,[3] and was later recorded in five languages (German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese and English), benefiting from an exit single for each of them.

  1. ^ "Dalida - Dalida". Discogs. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de (in German). Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  3. ^ Kiko. "Dalida site Officiel - 1975". dalida.com (in French). Retrieved 3 December 2017.