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Un roman d'amitié (Friend You Give Me a Reason)

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by Maxime Ruiz. It starts with a view at night on the town, then we see the singers strolling the streets of the city on foot or by bike cross. Both singers promoted the song in the world, even in the Netherlands. Glenn Medeiros re-recorded the song in a full English version with
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who performed the song with him in the United States. While the Franco-English version is about friendship, the full English version speaks of love. Elsa sang live at her concert at the Olympia in 1990 and during the next tour, but Glenn Medeiros was replaced by Roger Secco.
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and added on Glenn Medeiros' album, and "Un Roman d'amitié", whose complete title is actually "Un Roman d'amitié (Friend You Give Me a Reason)", as it appears on the single's cover. Medeiros explained why the song had been retitled in French, dealing with
329:"Un Roman d'amitié" achieved a huge success in France where it debuted at number eight on the chart edition of 23 July 1988 and reached number two, two weeks later, being blocked at this position for weeks by the summer hit " 290:, the host of the show, made her the surprise to invite Glenn Medeiros of whom Elsa was a fan. The two singers got on and finally decided to record two songs together: "Love Always Finds a Reason", written by 303:
while the original version was about love: "Elsa and I don't want our fans to think that we're really going together. It's just a good friendship. Though she is one of the nicest girls I've ever, ever met".
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This bilingual song mixes English and French lyrics. The text and the music were composed by Robbie Buchanan, Diane Warren and
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In 1988, Elsa was invited to a French TV programme to perform her second single, "Quelque chose dans mon cœur".
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Version by Glenn Medeiros & Ria, "Love Always Finds a Reason"
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Glenn Medeiros & Ria – Love Always Finds a Reason"
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Glenn Medeiros & Ria – Love Always Finds a Reason"
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Un Roman d'amitié

Single
Elsa Lunghini
Glenn Medeiros
Elsa
B-side
1988
Genre
Pop
Label
Songwriter(s)
Diane Warren
Didier Barbelivien
Producer(s)
Elsa Lunghini
Quelque chose dans mon cœur
Jour de neige
Glenn Medeiros
1988
Elsa Lunghini
Glenn Medeiros
Elsa
Jean-Pierre Foucault
Diane Warren
English-language
friendship
Didier Barbelivien
Los Angeles
Ria Brieffies

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