Australian singles chart:
Amoureuse entered the Kent Music Report on 8 April 1974 and peaked at #12. The song was #76 on the Top 100 of 1974.
Album:
The song is on Loving and Free which entered the Kent Music Report album charts on 13 May 1974 and peaked at #38.
Songwriters:
Véronique Sanson, Gary Osborne
Producers:
Elton John, Clive Franks
Record label of Australian release:
Rocket
Wikipedia:
The title of this song, Amoureuse, is the French equivalent of the English adjective “amorous”. In the context of this song it means “woman in love”. Amoureuse was composed by French singer-songwriter Véronique Sanson and was the title track of her acclaimed 1972 album.
A faithfully-translated English language version was recorded by Kiki Dee, produced by Elton John collaborator Gary Osbourne. It was released on the Rocket record label founded by Elton John, along with Bernie Taupin, Gus Dudgeon and others, named after the hit song Rocket Man.
The song was also recorded by Helen Reddy, re-titled Emotion, for her Free and Easy album.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amoureuse
Lyrics:
Strands of light upon a bedroom floor
Change the night through an open door
I’m awake but this not my home
For the first time I’m not alone
Reaching out, I touch another skin
Breathing out as he is breathing in
Deep inside I feel my soul aflame
Can my life ever be the same?
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