"Fais ce que tu voudras" (meaning "Do What Thou Wilt") was written by Quebec's composer René Grignon and French lyricist Eddy Marnay. It is the first single

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 from Céline Dion

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's greatest hits album Les chansons en or

Les Chansons En Or

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. It was released in June 1986 in Quebec, Canada

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On June 14, 1986 this melancholic ballad entered the Quebec Singles Chart and peaked at number 36, spending twelve weeks on the chart.

The B-side included "Tu es là," which was taken from the album C'est pour toi

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Céline Dion created her first real French-language music video for this single in 1986. It was directed by François Girard

François Girard

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 and featured Dion at a train station. This music video can be found on Dion's DVD called On ne change pas (2005). It was her second music video after her first English-language song "Listen to the Magic Man

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The title alludes to the proverb coined by French renaissance writer François Rabelais

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, which has later become a main tenet of the modern-day thelemic

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 occult movement in the English version by Aleister Crowley

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: "Do what thou wilt."

Formats and track listings

Canadian 7" single

1. "Fais ce que tu voudras" – 3:43
2. "Tu es là" – 2:49

Charts

Chart (1986)	Peak position
Quebec Singles Chart ADISQ The ADISQ is a nonprofit organization with the mission to help the music industry in Quebec. It was created in 1978....	36