Marc Hamilton - Comme j’ai toujours envie d’aimer

Check out our website for more Unidisc content: Shop for Vinyls, CDs, Merch and More: Buy/Stream • Facebook • SoundCloud • Shop • Twitter • Instagram • YouTube • © Unidisc Music Hamilton is best known for his 1970 single “Comme j’ai toujours envie d’aimer“ that was a big hit in Quebec and in France where it reached number 1 on the French Singles Chart on 12 September 1970 staying on top of the French chart for three consecutive weeks. It was also number 1 in Belgium, number 2 in Switzerland and reached number 14 in the Dutch chart. The single was subject to further covers by Jean-François Michaël in 1970, musical covers by Grand orchestre de Paul Mauriat and by Georges Jouvin, and an English-language cover entitled “Time“ by Canadian singer Marty Butler. Later covers included notably one by Roch Voisine in 1993 and another by Mitsou in 1994. In 2003, the song was crowned in a list of “Grands Classiques de la chanson québécoise“ (Great classics of Quebec songs) by SOCAN. The SODRAC (Société du Droit de Reproduction des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Éditeurs au Canada) considered it as a great song of Quebec. For commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Quebec flag, it was picked as one of all-time 50 Quebec songs ever. It was also honored by Quebec Culture Minister Line Beauchamp and by la Fondation de la SPAC. On 27 January 2007, it was entered into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.