On n'oublie jamais rien, on vit avec

"On n'oublie jamais rien, on vit avec"
Single by Hélène Ségara and Laura Pausini
from the album Humaine
B-side	"L'Île de nous"
Released	November 2003
Format	CD single, digital download (since 2005)
Recorded	2003
Genre	Pop
Length	4:20
Label	East West, Warner Music
Writer(s)	Antoine Angelelli, Bruno Grimaldi, Gérard Capaldi
Producer	Pierre Jaconelli
Certification	Gold France, 2004
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"On n'oublie rien, on vit avec" (engl.: you'll never forget anything, you live with that) is the name of a 2003 song recorded by French artist Hélène Ségara and Italian singer Laura Pausini. It was the third single from Ségara's third studio album, Humaine, on which it features as ninth track. Released in November 2003, the song was a great success in France, Belgium and Switzerland, remaining to date one of the most successful single of both singers in terms of chartings.

Background

When Humaine was recorded, Orlando wanted the album to contain a duet. He asked the Italian singer to participate in the vocal duet "On n'oublie jamais rien, on vit avec", and the two women met in 2003 for the recording. Italian lyrics of the song, "Per vivere il ricordo che ho di noi", were written by Laura Pausini.

Written and composed by Antoine Angelelli, Bruno Grimaldi and Gérard Capaldi, the song was the second multilingual duet for Ségara, after "Vivo per lei (je vis pour elle)" with Andrea Bocelli in 1996. As for this previous duet, the song mixes French (sung by Ségara) and Italian lyrics (sung by Pausini). This is a ballad pop which deals with love.

The song was also available on Ségara's best of just entitled Le Best of. It was included on many French compilations : Duos d'aujourd'hui, Girls 2004, NRJ Hit Music Only, NRJ Hit Music Only, Les Plus Belles Voix 3, released in 2004, and Vos Plus Belles Émotions (2005). It was also the third track on Ségara's 2004 CD single for "On ne dit pas".

Both singers performed the song in duet during the NRJ Music Awards in January 2004.

Chart performances

"On n'oublie jamais rien, on vit avec" started at number 77 on 23 November 2003, on the French Singles Chart, a few days before its offially released. It then jumped to number three and reached this position for three non consecutive weeks, but was unable to disloge the number ones "L'Orange/Wot", "Shut Up" and "Si demain... (Turn Around)" which were successively atop. The song remained in the top ten for 15 weeks and then dropped slowly. It totaled 24 weeks in the top 50 and 30 weeks on the chart.^[1] Certified Gold disc,^[2] the song was the 17th best-selling single of 2004.^[3]

In Belgium (Wallonia), the single featured on the chart for 23 weeks in the top 40, 15 of them in the top ten. It appeared at number 14 on 13 December and climbed to number three the week after. It managed to peak at number two on 7 February and remained there for three consecutive weeks, just behind another female duet, Bonnie Tyler and Kareen Antonn, with their hit "Si demain... (Turn Around)".^[4] "On n'oublie, jamais rien, on vit avec" was certified Gold disc^[5] and was ranked at number eight on the 2004 Annual Chart.^[6]

In Switzerland, the single had a long chart trajectory of 26 weeks from 14 December. It debuted at number 12 and reached number three in its fifth and sixth weeks, spending nine weeks in the top ten and 21 weeks in the top 50.^[7] It was number 20 on the 2004 End of the Year Chart.^[8]

Track listings

CD single

No.	Title	Length
1.	"On n'oublie jamais rien, on vit avec"	4:20
2.	"L'Île de nous"	4:15

Digital download

No.	Title	Length
1.	"On n'oublie jamais rien, on vit avec"	4:20

Personnel

Lyrics and music by Bruno Grimaldi, Gérard Capaldi and Antoine Angelelli, except the text in Italian-language by Laura Pausini Arrangements: Pierre Jaconelli Keyboards programmations: Sébastien Cortella Guitars: Pierre Jaconelli Drum kit: Ian Thomas Bass: Nicolas Fiszman Percussion: Denis Benarrosh

Strings direction: Khalil Chahine Strings: Les Archers de Paris Orchestral direction: Philippe Nadal Violin: Christian Guiot Recording and mixing: Peter Schwier at Studio Mega C / Guillaume Tell Studio Laura Pausini's voice recorded by Gabriele Gigli at Logic Studio (Milan) Edited by Bambino / Gente Edizioni / Music Sharpe Edizioni

Charts and sales

Peak positions Chart (2003/04) Peak position Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[4] 2 French SNEP Singles Chart[1] 3 Swiss Singles Chart[7] 3

Year-end charts Chart (2003) Position French Singles Chart[9] 55 Chart (2004) Position Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[6] 8 French Singles Chart[3] 17 Swiss Singles Chart[8] 20

Certifications and sales

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified	Physical sales
Belgium[5]	Gold	10 January 2004	20,000
France[2]	Gold	22 September 2004	250,000	288,000[10]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} ""On n'oublie jamais rien, on vit avec", French Singles Chart" (in French). Lescharts. http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?key=5909&cat=s. Retrieved 9 June 2008. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Certifications Singles Or - année 2004" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/pag-259165-CERTIFICATIONS.html?year=2004&type=7. Retrieved 18 August 2010. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "2004 French Singles Chart" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/page-259376.xml?year=2004. Retrieved 9 June 2008. 
4. ^ ^{a b} ""On n'oublie jamais rien, on vit avec", Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart" (in French). Ultratop. http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?key=5909&cat=s. Retrieved 9 June 2008. 
5. ^ ^{a b} "2004 certifications in Belgium (Wallonia)" (in French). Ultratop. http://www.ultratop.be/fr/certifications.asp?year=2004. Retrieved 9 June 2008. 
6. ^ ^{a b} "2004 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart" (in French). Ultratop. http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2004. Retrieved 9 June 2008. 
7. ^ ^{a b} ""On n'oublie jamais rien, on vit avec", Swiss Singles Chart" (in German). Hitparade. http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?key=5909&cat=s. Retrieved 9 June 2008. 
8. ^ ^{a b} "2004 Swiss Singles Chart" (in German). Hitparade. http://hitparade.ch/year.asp?key=2004. Retrieved 10 June 2008. 
9. ^ "2003 French Singles Chart" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/page-259376.xml?year=2003. Retrieved 10 June 2008. 
10. ^ "Les Certifications depuis 1973, database" (in French). Infodisc. http://www.infodisc.fr/Single_Certif.php. Retrieved 27 August 2010. 

External links

• "On n'oublie jamais rien, on vit avec", lyrics + music video