Tout l'or des hommes

Dion began working on her next French-language album on 8 October 2002 in Paris, where she met with four French songwriters and producers: Jean-Jacques Goldman, Erick Benzi, Jacques Veneruso and Gildas Arzel. After four days of rehearsals, she met with them again in Las Vegas in May 2003 during a break from performing in A New Day.... The songs were recorded between 2 and 11 May 2003.^[1]

Goldman, who wrote and produced Dion's best-selling French-language album D'eux, served as the artistic director for 1 fille & 4 types.^[2] The first single, "Tout l'or des hommes", was sent to radio on 27 August 2003.^[3][2][4] Veneruso, who wrote the track, had previously written Dion and Garou's 2001 number-one hit "Sous le vent".^[2]

The music video for "Tout l'or des hommes" was serviced to video outlets in September 2003, and the CD single was released on 6 October 2003 in France, Switzerland and Belgium, on 7 October 2003 in Canada, and a few weeks later in Germany.^[2][5] In 2005, the song was included on Dion's greatest hits album On ne change pas.

Rob Theakston of AllMusic described the song positively in his review of the album.^[6] David Browne of Entertainment Weekly wrote that Dion and her "guys" deliver "reverby twang" on "Tout l'or des hommes".^[7]

In Quebec, "Tout l'or des hommes" topped the chart for eight weeks.^[8] It also spent three weeks at number one in Poland.^[9] The song reached the top 10 in several Francophone markets, including number three in France,^[10] where it was certified gold for sales of 250,000 copies.^[11] It became the highest-charting French-language song on the Canadian Singles Chart (along with Audrey De Montigny's "Même les anges"^[12]), peaking at number two in October 2003.^[13]

Elsewhere, it reached number five in Belgium's Wallonia,^[14] number 10 in Switzerland,^[15] and number 10 on the European Hot 100 Singles.^[16] It also peaked at number 16 in Finland,^[17] number 29 in Belgium's Flanders,^[18] number 77 in Germany,^[19] number 82 in Romania,^[20] and number 100 in the Netherlands.^[21]

On the Belgian airplay charts, "Tout l'or des hommes" reached number two in Wallonia and number 13 in Flanders.^[22]

The music video, directed by Yannick Saillet, was shot in May 2003 in the Mojave Desert and released in September 2003.^[2] It was included on the "Tout l'or des hommes" DVD single in 2003 and later on Dion's greatest hits DVD collection, On ne change pas (2005). The making-of for the video was included on the 1 fille & 4 types limited edition and on the On ne change pas DVD as well.