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reference to "Là-bas" by borrowing a line from it : "Ici tout est joué d'avance", meaning "Here everything is set from the beginning", became "Même si tout est joué d'avance", meaning "Even if everything is set from the beginning" (suggesting this time that the male protagonist, presumably more mature and fatalist, and in a reversed socio-economic context, i.e. living in a rich country and longing for a more meaningful life outside of his suffocating comfort, is aware that there is not much to be gained "out there" but still has the urge to go anyway; and this time he is the one begging for the woman to go with him, as it doesn't make sense for him to go alone).
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start a more fruitful life in the country of his dreams (also unidentified and thus acting as a universal metaphor), the woman, who personifies "stability, rooting and habit", warns him about all kinds of dangers he could encounter and begs him to stay with her and start a family. The song is built as a dialogue that ends with two
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337:in 2002 (available on St-Pier's album
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395:Tubes d'un jour, tubes de toujours
181:"Elle a fait un bébé toute seule"
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535:Europe (European Airplay Top 50)
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1174:En passant tournée 1998
1135:Chansons pour les pieds
669:, RTL, 18 November 1991
401:, 27 December 2002) by
172: singles chronology
79:"À quoi tu sers ?"
22:Là-bas (disambiguation)
1276:Né en 17 à Leidenstadt
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917:(in French). Lescharts
744:(in French). Lescharts
301:status awarded by the
295:Boys (Summertime Love)
20:. For other uses, see
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993:Les classement single
769:(in French). InfoDisc
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225:Jean-Jacques Goldman
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162:Jean-Jacques Goldman
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1290:4 Mots sur un piano
1269:À nos actes manqués
895:on 30 November 2007
887:De l'amour le mieux
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427:Génération Goldman
422:Baptiste Giabiconi
276:Chart performances
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1086:Minoritaire
403:Daniel Lévi
358:Céline Dion
323:Murray Head
157:Producer(s)
1327:Categories
1283:Tu manques
1206:Envole-moi
1128:En passant
869:13 October
828:13 October
784:and click
654:References
366:La Compil'
263:monologues
1160:Sur scène
1021:8 October
579:Position
530:position
491:CD single
461:7" single
449:Starmania
418:Marie-Mai
416:In 2012,
371:Sur scène
321:in 1996,
87:November
963:"Là-bas"
864:29800226
823:29800226
630:500,000
620:France (
555:France (
543:Europe (
476:12" maxi
383:France 2
360:for the
289:", then
255:Parisian
95:Recorded
84:Released
33:"Là-bas"
1300:Related
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1191:Singles
1093:Positif
780:Select
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606:Region
291:Sabrina
287:Étienne
223:singer
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183:(1987)
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1153:Traces
1079:Démodé
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441:My Way
243:France
233:single
229:Sirima
221:French
213:Là-bas
188:Là-bas
117:Length
99:France
74:B-side
56:Sirima
48:Single
1121:Rouge
1009:(PDF)
973:7 May
947:7 May
921:7 May
899:7 May
850:(PDF)
809:(PDF)
748:7 May
627:Gold
134:Label
106:Genre
1262:Nuit
1023:2021
975:2008
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901:2008
871:2021
860:OCLC
830:2021
819:OCLC
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710:ISBN
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557:SNEP
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