Lolita (trop Jeune Pour Aimer)
Mohammed Faerber
Incognito is the eighth French-language studio album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, and her first album on a major record label. It was released by CBS Records on 2 April 1987 in Quebec, Canada. The album features eight songs produced by Jean Roussel, Aldo Nova and Pierre Bazinet. Six songs were released as singles in Quebec and all of them reached the top five on the Quebec Airplay Chart, including four number ones: "Incognito", "Lolita (trop jeune pour aimer)", "Comme un cœur froid" and "D'abord, c'est quoi l'amour". Incognito was certified two-times Platinum in Canada and has sold over 500,000 copies worldwide. It topped the chart in Quebec for five weeks.
Incognito started Dion's new look, new sound, new team of writers and producers and was issued by the new record company, CBS Records. The album was released in Quebec, Canada in April 1987 and included songs produced by Jean Roussel, Aldo Nova and Pierre Bazinet. Lyrics were written by Luc Plamondon, Isa Minoke and Eddy Marnay, and music was composed by Jean-Alain Roussel, Aldo Nova, Daniel Lavoie, Robert Lafond and Steven Tracey. The album also contains a French-language cover of E. G. Daily's "Love in the Shadows", titled "Dlivre-moi".
In September 1988, Incognito with different track listing was released in France. Instead of "Partout je te vois" and "Dlivre-moi", it included the 1988 Eurovision-winning song, "Ne partez pas sans moi" and Jean-Pierre Ferland-written "Ma chambre" (B-side of Incognito's singles). In October 1992, Incognito was issued in France with the original track listing and in August 1995 the album became available in various countries around the world.[1]
The first single, "On traverse un miroir" entered the Quebec Airplay Chart on 25 April 1987 and peaked at number two. The second single, "Incognito" debuted on this chart on 6 June 1987 and topped it for six weeks. The next single, "Lolita (trop jeune pour aimer)" entered the Quebec Airplay Chart on 3 October 1987 and occupied the number-one position for two weeks.
The fourth single, "Comme un cœur froid" debuted on the chart on 6 February 1988 and also topped it for two weeks. The fifth single, "Dlivre-moi" entered the Quebec Airplay Chart on 18 June 1988 and peaked at number four. The last Canadian single, "D'abord, c'est quoi l'amour" debuted on the chart in Quebec on 17 October 1988 and became Dion's fourth number one from Incognito spending two weeks at the top. "Jours de fivre" was released as a single in Denmark in September 1988.
On 23 November 1987, Incognito was certified Gold by the CRIA for selling 50,000 copies. On 16 September 1988, it was certified Platinum in Canada for selling 100,000 units. Later, on 31 January 1996 the album was certified two-times Platinum by the CRIA for sales of over 200,000 copies.[3] It entered the Quebec chart in April 1987 and topped it for five weeks, spending 91 weeks on it.[4] In Belgium Wallonia, Incognito entered the Ultratop 200 Albums chart in 1995, thanks to the success of D'eux and peaked at number sixty-five on 11 November 1995.[5] Incognito has sold over 500,000 copies worldwide.[6][7]
In 1987, Dion was nominated for the Flix Award for Female Vocalist of the Year and Incognito was nominated in category Pop Album of the Year. Jean Roussel won Flix Award for arranging "Comme un cœur froid" and was nominated for two other Flix Awards for producing and engineering "Incognito". In 1988, Dion won Flix Award for Female Vocalist of the Year and "Incognito" won in category Most Popular Song of the Year. Thanks to the Incognito tourne, Dion also won Flix Award for Best Stage Performance of the Year and was nominated in category Show of the Year. Incognito tourne also won Flix Award for Stage Director of the Year and was nominated in category Stage Designer of the Year and Lighting Designer of the Year.
Dion was also nominated for the Juno Award for Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year in 1987 and Female Vocalist of the Year in 1989. She was also nominated for three MetroStar Awards in 1987 (Female Vocalist of the Year, Young Artist of the Year, Female Personality of the Year) and four in 1988 (Female Vocalist of the Year, Young Artist of the Year, Female Personality of the Year, Jury Award), and won MetroStar Award for Young Artist of the Year in 1988. Dion's television special titled Spcial Incognito was nominated for six Gmeaux Awards in 1988 and won two for Best Cinematography and Best Lighting. Other nominations included Best Direction, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design and Best Makeup/Hair.
"Lolita (trop jeune pour aimer)" (meaning "Lolita (Too Young to Love)") is the third single from Celine Dion's album Incognito, released in October 1987 in Quebec, Canada.[1] The song was composed and produced by Jean Roussel and the lyrics were written by Luc Plamondon.
The song references the 1955 novel Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov and the lyrics describe a young woman who insists that she is not "too young" for love. According to Dion, "When I saw what Luc had written, I was bowled over. Like Eddy, Luc had explored my inner life. What he had written was so close to me that I couldn't help being really unsettled by it".[2] Dion said the song described her love for her manager and future husband Ren Anglil, "The first time I sang the words to 'Lolita,' I was in front of Ren, and I sang it to arouse him".[2]
The single was released with "Ma chambre" as B-side. "Lolita (trop jeune pour aimer)" was very successful reaching number 1 in Quebec for two weeks. It entered the chart on 3 October 1987 and spent twenty two weeks on it.
An early music video was made for the Incognito TV special aired in September 1987, produced by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and directed by Jacques Payette. Later, a second commercial music video was filmed in Scotland also directed by Jacques Payette in 1987. It features Dion walking around Edinburgh and taking the bus. According to Dion's publicist at the time, Mia Dumont, the video stunned her fans, as it marked her transition from child star to adult artist. "All of a sudden she had this body," Dumont said. "These legs from here to there. And she was beautiful. People could see that she was beautiful".[3] This video can be found on Dion's DVD called On ne change pas.
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