Par amour, par pitié

1966 single by Sylvie Vartan

"Par amour, par pitié"

Single by Sylvie Vartan

from the album 2'35 de bonheur

Language

French

English title

For love, for pity

B-side

"Noël sans toi"

Released

December 1966 (1966-12)

Recorded

1966

Genre

Pop

Length

3:06

Label

RCA Victor

Composer(s)

Jean Renard

Lyricist(s)

Gilles Thibaut

Sylvie Vartan singles chronology

"Ballade pour un sourire"
(1966)

"Par amour, par pitié"
(1966)

"2'35 de bonheur"
(1967)

1966 7" EP

Music video

"Par amour, par pitié" (official live, 1967) on YouTube

"Par amour, par pitié" ("For love, for pity") is a song by Sylvie Vartan. It was released on an EP in December 1966 and then as the lead single off of her 1967 studio album 2'35 de bonheur ("2'35 of happiness").

Composition

The song was written by Gilles Thibaut and composed by Jean Renard [fr].^[1] Originally, the song was written for fellow singer and Vartan's then-husband Johnny Hallyday, but Vartan having had “the privilege” of listening to it first, agreed with the authors that it was more suited to him and appropriated the title.^[2]

Commercial performance

The song reached the top 10 in France (according to the charts published by the U.S. magazine Billboard in its "Hits of the World" section)^[3]^[4]^[5] and number two in Wallonia (French Belgium).^[1]

Track listing

7-inch EP RCA 86187 M (1966, France etc.)

A1. "Par amour, par pitié" (3:06)

A2. "Noël sans toi" (2:53)

B1. "Quand un amour renaît" (2:31)

B2. 'Garde-moi dans ta poche" (2:27)^[1]

Charts

Chart (1967)	Peak position
France (SNEP)^[6]	8
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)^[1]	2

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Sylvie Vartan – Par amour, par pitié" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
^ L'argus Johnny Hallyday, discographie mondiale et cotations [The argus Johnny Hallyday, world discography and quotes] (in French). France: Éditions Alternatives. 2003. pp. 127 (translated).{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (4 March 1967). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 66–. ISSN 0006-2510. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (11 March 1967). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 71–. ISSN 0006-2510. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (18 March 1967). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 60–. ISSN 0006-2510. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
^ "Sylvie Vartan – Par amour, par pitié" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 2024-6-20.