"C'est ta chance" is the name of a 1987 song recorded by the French

France

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 singer and songwriter Jean-Jacques Goldman

Jean-Jacques Goldman

Jean-Jacques Goldman is a Grammy Awards-winning French singer-songwriter. He is hugely popular in the French-speaking world, and since 2003 was the second-highest-grossing French living pop singer, after Johnny Hallyday.- Biography :...

. It was released on April 1988 as the third single

Single (music)

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 from his album Entre gris clair et gris foncé

Entre gris clair et gris foncé

Entre gris clair et gris foncé is a 1987 double album recorded by French artist Jean-Jacques Goldman. It was his fifth studio album and was released in November 1987. It provided four successful singles : "Elle a fait un bébé toute seule" , "Là-bas" , "C'est ta chance" and "Puisque tu pars"...

, on which it features as the fifth track. The song achieved a moderate success in France

France

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, in comparison with Goldman's previous and next singles.

Lyrics, music and video

Written by Jean-Jacques Goldman, the song tells the story of a girl who wants to succeed in life and who is forced to fight against the difficulties of life to achieve it. The video was produced as an animated feature. In it, a girl dreams of becoming a music star and she eventually succeeds thanks to her perseverance.

About this song, Goldman explained in an interview : "This song is similar to what I have done before. It is almost a caricature. I like the lyrics".

The song features on the live album Traces. It was also included on Goldman's compilations Intégrale and Singulier.

Chart performance and cover version

"C'est ta chance" debuted at #37 on the French Singles Chart on April 16, 1988. It climbed quickly but stop dead at #16, then continued dropping on the chart. It remained in the top 50 for only 12 weeks, thus becoming the second least-selling single from the album Entre gris clair et gris foncé. It was also released in Canada

Canada

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The song was covered by the contestants of the Canadian

Canada

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Star Academy in 2004. This version is available on an album they released.

Track listings

7" single

1. "C'est ta chance" (7" version) — 4:26
2. "Doux" — 3:54

12" maxi

1. "C'est ta chance" (extended version) — 4:59
2. "Doux" — 3:54

CD single

1. "C'est ta chance" (7" version) — 4:26
2. "Doux" — 3:54
3. "Il me restera" — 3:14

Charts

Chart (1988)	Peak position
French SNEP Singles Chart	16

External links

• "C'est ta chance", story, lyrics and anecdotes ("Chansons" => "En un clic" => "C'est ta chance")