Ma Nouvelle-France

"Ma Nouvelle-France"
Single by Celine Dion
from the album Nouvelle-France and On Ne Change Pas
Released November 1, 2004 (2004-11-01)
Format Promotional recording
Recorded Digital Insights Recording
Genre Pop
Length 3:11
Label Columbia, Epic
Writer(s) Luc Plamondon, Patrick Doyle
Producer(s) Christopher Neil
Celine Dion singles chronology
"Je lui dirai"
(2004)
"Ma Nouvelle-France"
(2004)
"In Some Small Way"
(2005)

"Ma Nouvelle-France" (meaning "My New France") is a theme song from the French-Canadian film Nouvelle-France, performed by Celine Dion. It was released as a promotional single on November 1, 2004, in Canada.[1]

"Ma Nouvelle-France" was written by Dion's longtime collaborator Luc Plamondon and produced by Christopher Neil ("Think Twice," "Where Does My Heart Beat Now"). Patrick Doyle composed the music.

The historic drama Nouvelle-France takes place in the middle of the 18th century, as France leaves Canada. The film was directed by Jean Beaudin and features Gérard Depardieu among others.

Contacted five months earlier by the producer Richard Goudreau,Dion's husband and manager René Angélil was impressed by the film. Then he gave his green light so that the singer could perform the song "Ma Nouvelle-France."[2]

Dion recorded this song on October 3, 2004, in Las Vegas. It was featured on the Nouvelle-France soundtrack (November 19, 2004) and Céline Dion's later album On ne change pas (October 3, 2005).

The music video, directed by Jean Beaudin, features dialogues from the film. It was included as a bonus on the On ne change pas DVD in 2005.

"Ma Nouvelle-France" peaked at number 7 in Quebec.

Formats and track listings

Canadian promotional CD single

  1. "Ma Nouvelle-France" – 3:11

Charts

Chart (2004) Peak
position
Quebec (ADISQ)[3] 7

References

  1. "Ma Nouvelle France". encorerecords.com (in French). Retrieved 2010-09-30.
  2. Glatzer, Jenna (2005). Céline Dion: For Keeps. Andrews McMeel Publishing. ISBN 0-7407-5559-5.
  3. "Le Palmarès". ADISQ. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
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