France 2016

Amir - J'ai cherché

Eurovision Song Contest 2016 Grand Final

Artist: Amir
Song Title: J'ai cherché
Participating Year: 2016
Show: Eurovision Song Contest 2016 Grand Final

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About Amir

Laurent Amir Khlifa Khedider Haddad, or simply Amir, is the French-Israeli artist that the French national broadcaster France Télévisions announced as the selected representative for France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.

Son to a father of Tunisian origin and a Jewish Spanish-Moroccan mother, Amir moved to Israel being eight. He became famous in that country in 2006 as a finalist of the local version of Pop Idol.

In 2013 he participated in The Voice in France, reaching the final, too.

About the song J'ai cherché

Amir will sing J’ai cherché in the Grand Final for France. The entry was chosen in an internal selection and announced on 29 February 2016.  The single was released on 15 January.

Amir presented the first life performance on live television on 12 March.

J’ai cherché contains lyrics in French and English. It was written by Amir himself, together with Johan Errami and Nazim Khaled. The production of the track was completed by Nazim Khaled, Silvio Lisbonne and Skydancers.

Listen to J'ai cherché

Lyrics of J'ai cherché

J’ai cherché un sens à mon existence
J’y ai laissé mon innocence
J’ai fini le cœur sans défense

J’ai cherché l’amour et la reconnaissance
J’ai payé le prix du silence
Je me blesse et je recommence

Tu m’as comme donné l’envie d’être moi
Donné un sens à mes pourquoi
Tu as tué la peur qui dormait là
Qui dormait là dans mes bras

You
You’re the one that’s making me strong
I’ll be looking, looking for you
Like the melody of my song

You
You’re the one that’s making me strong
I’ll be looking, looking for you
Like the melody of my song

J’ai cherché un sens, un point de repère
Partagé en deux hémisphères
Comme une erreur de l’univers

J’ai jeté tellement de bouteille à la mer
J’ai bu tant de liqueurs amères
Que j’en ai les lèvres de pierre

You
You’re the one that’s making me strong
I’ll be looking, looking for you
Like the melody of my song

You
You’re the one that’s making me strong
I’ll be looking, looking for you
Like the melody of my song

Au gré de nos blessures
Et de nos désinvoltures
C’est quand on n’y croit plus du tout
Qu’on trouve un paradis perdu en nous
Oh, you, you, you, you

You
You’re the one that’s making me strong
I’ll be looking, looking for you
Like the melody of my song
Like the melody of my song

You
You’re the one that’s making me strong
I’ll be looking, looking, looking for you
Like the melody of my song
Like the melody of my song

You
You’re the one that’s making me strong
I’ll be looking, looking, looking for you
Give me your love with my song
Give me your love with my song

You

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