Incognito (song)

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"Incognito"
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Single by Celine Dion
from the album Incognito
ReleasedJune 1987 (1987-06)
Genre Pop
Length4:39
Label CBS
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Jean Roussel
Celine Dion singles chronology
"On traverse un miroir"
(1987)
"Incognito"
(1987)
"Je ne veux pas"
(1987)
Music video
"Incognito" on YouTube

"Incognito" is the second single from Celine Dion's album Incognito , released in June 1987 in Quebec, Canada. [1] It was written by Luc Plamondon, Dion's later collaborator. The single contained "Ma chambre", a non-album track as B-side. On 6 June 1987 the song entered the Quebec Singles Chart and became a hit reaching number 1 for six weeks. It spent thirty four weeks on the chart in total. "Incognito" won a Félix Award for Best Pop Song of the Year. It was also released as a single in France in September 1988. The song was later included on the 2005 greatest hits album On ne change pas . A live version is included in the Céline une seule fois / Live 2013 CD/DVD.

Contents

Music video

The music video was directed by Jacques Payette and released in 1987. It also opened the Incognito TV special aired in September 1987 and was produced by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It can be found on Dion's DVD On ne change pas .

Track listings and formats

  1. "Incognito" – 4:26
  2. "Ma chambre" – 4:10
  1. "Incognito" – 4:37
  2. "D'abord, c'est quoi l'amour" – 4:22

Charts

Chart (1987)Peak
position
Quebec (ADISQ) [4] 1

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References

  1. Incognito Archived 17 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 31 January 1996.
  2. Incognito (Canadian 7" single liner notes). Celine Dion. CBS. 1987. C5-3009.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. Incognito (French 7" single liner notes). Celine Dion. Carrere. 1988. 14.550.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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