Cadillac is a 1989 album recorded by French singer Johnny Hallyday. It was released in June 1989 and achieved success in France, where it debuted at #1 for eight consecutive weeks on the SNEP albums chart on July 2, 1989, and totalled 61 weeks in the top 50. It provided five singles in France, including a top three hit: "Mirador" (#3), "Si j'étais moi" (#25), "Les Vautours..." (#30), "Himalaya" (#30) and "Cadillac" (#39). The lyrics were written by Étienne Roda-Gil, who had worked in the 1980s with Vanessa Paradis, and the music was composed and arranged by Jacques Cardona, David Hallyday, Georges Augier, Jean-Pierre Bucolo and Jean-Claude Petit. This album was inspired by Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, a French who founded Detroit in 1701 and who gave his name to the brand of luxury vehicles.

Cadillac
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1989
Recorded1989
GenrePop, rock
LabelMercury, Universal Music
ProducerÉtienne Roda-Gil
Johnny Hallyday chronology
Johnny à Bercy
(1987)
Cadillac
(1989)
Dans la chaleur de Bercy
(1990)
Singles from Cadillac
  1. "Mirador"
    Released: June 1989
  2. "Si j'étais moi"
    Released: October 1989
  3. "Les Vautours..."
    Released: February 1990
  4. "Himalaya"
    Released: June 1990
  5. "Cadillac"
    Released: September 1990

Track listing

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  1. "Les Vautours..." (Jacques Cardona, Étienne Roda-Gil) — 4:49
  2. "Mirador" (David Hallyday, Roda-Gil) — 4:21
  3. "Rien à jeter" (Georges Augier De Moussac, Jean-Pierre Bucolo, Cardona, Roda-Gil) — 3:37
  4. "Himalaya" (Augier, Bucolo, Roda-Gil) — 4:43
  5. "Possible en moto" (Hallyday, Roda-Gil) — 4:18
  6. "Cadillac" (Augier, Bucolo, Roda-Gil) — 4:47
  7. "Si j'étais moi" (Bucolo, Roda-Gil) — 4:03
  8. "L'Étoile solitaire" (Bucolo, Roda-Gil) — 3:33
  9. "C'est du vent" (Augier, Bucolo, Roda-Gil) — 4:12
  10. "Testament d'un poète" (Jean-Claude Petit, Roda-Gil) — 1:43

Source : Allmusic.[1]

Personnel

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  • Produced by Etienne Roda-Gil
  • Musical direction: Jean-Pierre Bucolo
  • Recording: Jean-Pierre Janiaud and Olivier Do Esperito Santo
  • Mixing: Jean-Pierre Janiaud
  • Recorded at Studio Gang
  • Tony Frank - photography

Releases

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Date Label Country Format Catalog
1989 Universal Music Belgium, France, Switzerland CD ?
2000 IMS 8384972

Certifications

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Country Certification Date Sales certified
France[2] 2 x Platinum 1990 600,000

Charts

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Chart (1989) Peak
position
French SNEP Albums Chart[3] 1

References

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  1. ^ Cadillac, track listing Allmusic.com (November 27, 2008)
  2. ^ French certifications Chartsinfrance.net (Retrieved November 27, 2008)
  3. ^ Cadillac, French Albums Chart See: "Selection des autres artistes" => "Johnny HALLYDAY" Infodisc.fr Archived June 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved November 27, 2008)