Cadillac is a 1989 album recorded by
French singer
Johnny Hallyday. It was released in June 1989 and achieved success in France, where it debuted at #1 for eight consecutive weeks on the SNEP albums chart on July 2, 1989, and totalled 61 weeks in the top 50. It provided five singles in France, including a top three hit: "
Mirador" (#3), "Si j'étais moi" (#25), "Les Vautours..." (#30), "Himalaya" (#30) and "Cadillac" (#39). The lyrics were written by
Étienne Roda-Gil, who had worked in the 1980s with
Vanessa Paradis, and the music was composed and arranged by Jacques Cardona,
David Hallyday, Georges Augier, Jean-Pierre Bucolo and Jean-Claude Petit. This album was inspired by
Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, a French who founded
Detroit in 1701 and who gave his name to the
brand of luxury vehicles.
^Cadillac, French Albums Chart See: "Selection des autres artistes" => "Johnny HALLYDAY"
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