"La Passion" is a song by Gigi D'Agostino

Gigi D'Agostino

Luigino Celestino Di Agostino , better known by his stage name Gigi D'Agostino, is an Italian DJ, remixer and record producer...

, released on his 1999 album L'Amour Toujours

L'Amour Toujours (album)

L'Amour Toujours is the third studio album by Italian DJ Gigi D'Agostino, released in 1999. Both single and two-disc versions were released.-Single-disc version:# Another Way - 6:03# L'Amour Toujours - 6:56# Elisir - 5:34...

. It is a Remix

Remix

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 of the song "Rectangle" by the French musician Jacno

Jacno

Jacno was a French musician.Born as Denis Quillard, he was a founding member of the first French punk band The Stinky Toys. In the early 1980s, after the group disbanded, he teamed up with former Stinky Toys singer Elli Medeiros to form the pop duo Elli et Jacno...

, which doesn't originally contain any vocals. The song was heavily auto-tuned, as many songs which followed Cher's

Cher

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 trend during the early 2000s. D'Agostino has made various mixes for different album

Album

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s. The song was a hit in Austria and Belgium (Flanders) where it became a number-one single.

Music video

The music video begins with Gigi D'Agostino stealing a CD on a music store and running away. There are many extras in this video doing day-to-day tasks and going about their daily life. As the video progresses further, the viewpoint changes from one character to another. The video then goes into a flashback at the end, which means that the story continues in an infinite loop.

Track listings

CD single

1. "La Passion" (medley with rectangle) (radio version) — 3:30
2. "La Passion" (medley with rectangle) (album version) — 7:35

CD maxi

1. "La Passion" (new radio cut) — 2:58
2. "La Passion" (radio cut) — 3:34
3. "L'Amour toujours" (LP mix) — 7:35
4. "Tecno fes" (E.P. II mix) — 7:04
5. "Tanzen" (E.P. mix) — 4:59

7" single

1. "La Passion" (tanzen vision) — 7:04
2. "La Passion" (medley with rectangle) — 7:35

CD maxi - Remixes

1. "La Passion" (new radio cut) — 2:58
2. "La Passion" (cielo mix) — 7:25
3. "La Passion" (radio cut) — 3:34
4. "La Passion" (l'amour toujours LP mix) — 7:35
5. "La Passion" (tecno fes E.P. mix) — 7:04
6. "La Passion" (tanzen E.P. mix) — 4:59

Personnel

• Written by Gigi D'Agostino and Jacno
• Arranged and mixed by Gigi D'Agostino and Paolo Sandrini
• Executive producer : Gianfranco Bortolotti
• Produced by Gigi D'Agostino

Peak positions

Chart (2000/02)	Peak position
Austrian Singles Chart	1
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart	1
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart	16
Dutch Top 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...	13
French SNEP Singles Chart	18
German Singles Chart	2
Irish Singles Chart	2
Swedish Singles Chart	49
Swiss Singles Chart	13

End of year charts

End of year chart (2000)	Position
Austrian Singles Chart	7
End of year chart (2001)	Position
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart	7
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart	63
Dutch Top 40	27
Swiss Singles Chart	78
End of year chart (2002)	Position
Irish Singles Chart	10

Decade-end charts

(2000–2009)	Position
German Singles Chart	71

Certifications