Derrière l'amour

{{Short description|1976 single by Johnny Hallyday}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Derrière l'amour

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| language = French

| English_title = Behind love

| artist = Johnny Hallyday

| album = Derrière l'amour

| B-side = Joue pas de rock'n'roll pour moi

| released = {{Start date|1976

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| format =

| recorded = 1976

| studio = Studio 92, Boulogne-Billancourt

| venue =

| genre = Chanson, Pop rock

| length = 4:40

| label = Philips

| writer = Toto Cutugno, Vito Pallavicini, Pierre Delanoë

| producer = Jacques Revaux

| prev_title = Requiem pour un fou

| prev_year = 1976

| title =

| title2 = Joue pas de rock'n'roll pour moi

| next_title = Gabrielle

| next_year = 1976

}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Dietro l'amore

| cover =

| alt =

| language = Italian

| type = single

| artist = Toto Cutugno

| album =

| B-side = Come ieri, come oggi, come sempre

| released = {{Start date|1976

|6}}

| format =

| recorded = 1976

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Pop

| length = 4:15

| label = CBS

| writer = Toto Cutugno, Vito Pallavicini

| producer =

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Fly

| next_year = 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).{{cite web|url=http://hit-parade.net/titre/290/derriere-l-amour|title=Derrière l'amour - Johnny Hallyday - Hit-Parade.net|access-date=2017-11-16}}

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)

= Toto Cutugno version ("Dietro l'amore") =

7" single CBS 4465 (Italy)

  1. "Dietro l'amore"
  2. "Come ieri, come oggi, come sempre"{{cite web|url=http://www.lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Toto+Cutugno&titel=Dietro+l%27amore&cat=s|title=lescharts.com - Toto Cutugno - Dietro l'amore|access-date=2017-11-17}}

Charts

; Johnny Hallyday version ("Derrière l'amour")

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!scope="col"|Peak
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France (singles sales)

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scope="col"|Chart (2014)

!scope="col"|Peak
position

{{singlechart|France|129|artist=Johnny Hallyday|song=Derrière l'amour|refname=lescharts.com - Johnny Hallyday - Derrière l'amour|accessdate=2017-11-16}}

References