Lolita (trop jeune pour aimer)

"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. The song was composed and produced by Jean Roussel and the lyrics were written by Luc Plamondon.

Background

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". Dion said the song described her love for her manager and future husband René Angélil, "The first time I sang the words to 'Lolita,' I was in front of René, and I sang it to arouse him".

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". This video can be found on Dion's DVD called On ne change pas.

The song was later included on the 2005 greatest hits album On ne change pas.

Track listings and formats

Canadian 7-inch single

"Lolita (trop jeune pour aimer)" – 4:19
"Ma chambre" – 4:10

Charts

Chart (1987)	Peak position
Quebec (ADISQ)	1

References

Incognito Archived 17 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 31 January 1996.
^ Benderson, Bruce (1 December 2001). Celine Dion: My Story, My Dream. HarperCollins. p. 137. ISBN 978-0-380-81905-8.
Zahn, Paula (22 October 2002). "The 'ultimate diva'". CNN. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
Lolita (trop jeune pour aimer) (Canadian 7" single liner notes). Celine Dion. CBS. 1987. C5 3018.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
"Québec Info Musique: Céline Dion". Québec Info Musique. Retrieved 2 September 2014.

External links

"Céline Dion - Lolita (Trop jeune pour aimer) (Vidéo officielle remasterisée en HD)" on YouTube

v t e Celine Dion songs
Singles discography
1980s singles	"Ce n'était qu'un rêve" "La voix du bon Dieu" "Tellement j'ai d'amour pour toi" "D'amour ou d'amitié" "Mon ami m'a quittée" "Ne me plaignez pas" "Une colombe" "Mon rêve de toujours" "Un amour pour moi" "Vois comme c'est beau" "C'est pour toi" "C'est pour vivre" "Dans la main d'un magicien" "La ballade de Michel" "L'univers a besoin d'amour" "Fais ce que tu voudras" "On traverse un miroir" "Incognito" "Je ne veux pas" "Lolita (trop jeune pour aimer)" "Comme un cœur froid" "La religieuse" "Ne partez pas sans moi" "Délivre-moi" "Jours de fièvre" "D'abord, c'est quoi l'amour" "Can't Live with You, Can't Live Without You"
1990s singles	"(If There Was) Any Other Way" "Unison" "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" "The Last to Know" "Beauty and the Beast" "Je danse dans ma tête" "If You Asked Me To" "Nothing Broken but My Heart" "Love Can Move Mountains" "Water from the Moon" "Un garçon pas comme les autres (Ziggy)" "When I Fall in Love" "The Power of Love" "L'amour existe encore" "Misled" "Think Twice" "Only One Road" "Calling You" "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" "Je sais pas" "Next Plane Out" "To Love You More" "Falling into You" "Because You Loved Me" "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" "The Power of the Dream" "All by Myself" "Call the Man" "J'attendais" "Tell Him" "Be the Man" "The Reason" "My Heart Will Go On" "Immortality" "Zora sourit" "I'm Your Angel" "S'il suffisait d'aimer" "On ne change pas" "Treat Her Like a Lady" "That's the Way It Is"
2000s singles	"Live (for the One I Love)" "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" "I Want You to Need Me" "Sous le vent" "A New Day Has Come" "I'm Alive" "Goodbye's (The Saddest Word)" "I Drove All Night" "One Heart" "Tout l'or des hommes" "Have You Ever Been in Love" "Et je t'aime encore" "Je ne vous oublie pas" "Tous les secrets" "Tout près du bonheur" "I Believe in You (Je crois en toi)" "Et s'il n'en restait qu'une (je serais celle-là)" "Immensité" "Taking Chances" "Eyes on Me" "A World to Believe In" "The Prayer" "Alone" "My Love"
2010s singles	"Parler à mon père" "Le miracle" "Qui peut vivre sans amour?" "Loved Me Back to Life" "Incredible" "The Show Must Go On" "Encore un soir" "Recovering" "L'étoile" "Si c'était à refaire" "Je nous veux" "Les yeux au ciel" "Ashes" "Imperfections" "Lying Down" "Courage"
2020s singles	"Set My Heart on Fire"
Promotional singles	"Have a Heart" "Des mots qui sonnent" "Quelqu'un que j'aime, quelqu'un qui m'aime" "Did You Give Enough Love" "Plus haut que moi" "(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman" "Le ballet" "Les derniers seront les premiers" "You've Got a Friend" "It's Hard to Say Goodbye" "En attendant ses pas" "God Bless America" "At Last" "Stand by Your Side" "Faith" "Contre nature" "You and I" "Beautiful Boy" "Je lui dirai" "Ma Nouvelle-France" "In Some Small Way" "Voler" "Breakaway" "Water and a Flame" "Celle qui m'a tout appris" "L'hymne" "Flying on My Own" "Love Again" "I'll Be" "Hymne à l'amour"
Other songs	"Destin" "J'irai où tu iras" "Send Me a Lover" "Miles to Go (Before I Sleep)" "Dans un autre monde" "O Holy Night" "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" "On s'est aimé à cause" "How Does a Moment Last Forever" "The Gift"
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v t e Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita (1955)
Film	Lolita (1962) Lolita (1997)
Stage	Lolita, My Love (1971 musical) Lolita (1981 play) Lolita (1992 opera)
Lolita's perspective	Lo's Diary (1995 novel) Roger Fishbite (1999 novel)
Music	"Don't Stand So Close to Me" "Lolita" (The Veronicas) "Lolita" (Belinda) "Lolita" (Leah LaBelle) "Lolita (trop jeune pour aimer)" "Moi... Lolita" Eat Me, Drink Me
Related	The Enchanter Reading Lolita in Tehran Lolita

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