{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox song | name = Je sais pas | cover = Je sais pas (Céline Dion single).jpg | border = yes | type = single | artist = Celine Dion | album = D'eux | language = French | B-side = "La mémoire d'Abraham" | released = {{Start date|1995|8|21|df=yes}} | recorded = November–December 1994 | studio = Méga (Paris) | genre = Pop | length = 4:33 | label = Columbia | writer = * Jean-Jacques Goldman * J. Kapler | producer = * Jean-Jacques Goldman * Erick Benzi | prev_title = Pour que tu m'aimes encore | prev_year = 1995 | next_title = Next Plane Out | next_year = 1995 | misc = {{External music video | {{YouTube|zCsuKp9ewLY|"Je sais pas"}} | header = Music video }} }}
"'''Je sais pas'''" ({{lit|I don't know}}) is a song by Canadian singer Celine Dion from her thirteenth studio album, ''D'eux'' (1995). It was written by Jean-Jacques Goldman and J. Kapler, and produced by Goldman and Erick Benzi. The song was issued as the album's second single on 21 August 1995 by Columbia Records. "Je sais pas" reached number one in France, Belgium's Wallonia, and Quebec, and received gold certifications in France and Belgium. Two music videos were created for the track, directed by Greg Masuak.
== Background and release == Dion recorded ''D'eux'' in November and December 1994 at the Méga Studio in Paris, France.<ref>{{cite web |title=Histoire de culte: comment l'album D'eux de Céline Dion est devenu le disque francophone le plus vendu de tous les temps |url=https://www.elle.fr/Loisirs/Musique/News/Histoire-de-culte-comment-l-album-D-eux-est-devenu-le-disque-francophone-le-plus-vendu-de-tous-les-temps-3880713 |magazine=Elle |date=30 March 2023 |access-date=20 April 2023 |language=fr}}</ref> Most songs were written by Jean-Jacques Goldman, with production handled by Goldman and Erick Benzi.<ref>{{cite web |title=D'eux by Céline Dion |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/deux/207088529 |website=Apple Music |access-date=20 April 2023}}</ref> "Je sais pas", written by Goldman and his brother J. Kapler, was selected as the second single. It was commercially released on 21 August 1995 in Belgium, on 2 October 1995 in France, and on 18 December 1995 in the Netherlands.<ref name="Release date" />
A live version of "Je sais pas" from ''Live à Paris'' was also issued as a single in the Netherlands on 12 May 1997.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/872775-C%C3%A9line-Dion-Je-Sais-Pas-Live |title=Celine Dion – Je sais pas (Live) |website=Discogs |date=1997 |access-date=20 April 2023}}</ref> The English-language version, "I Don't Know", appeared on ''Falling into You'' in 1996. Dion performed "Je sais pas" regularly during her concerts, and in 2005 it was included on her greatest hits album, ''On ne change pas''.
== Commercial performance == In France, "Je sais pas" topped the chart for seven weeks.<ref name="French peak" /> On the 1995 year-end charts, it ranked number six on sales and number 10 on airplay.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1996/BB-1996-02-17.pdf |title=French Industry Thriving Despite Grim Summer |page=66 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=10 August 2014}}</ref> The song also spent four weeks at number one in Quebec<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/palmares/2010-Franco/Franco-Compilation_succes_ordre_alpha_interpretes.pdf |title=Compilation des succès par ordre alphabétique d'interprètes |publisher=Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec |language=fr |access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref> and two weeks at number one in Belgium's Wallonia.<ref name="Wallonia peak" /> It was certified gold in France<ref name="French cert" /> and Belgium.<ref name="Belgian cert" /> On the European Hot 100 Singles, "Je sais pas" reached number seven in December 1995.<ref name="EU peak" /> In the Netherlands, the single entered the chart in January 1996 and peaked at number 34.<ref name="Dutch peak" /> In May 1997, a live version of "Je sais pas" from ''Live à Paris'' was released exclusively in the Netherlands, where it reached number 78.
== Music video == Two music videos were created for "Je sais pas" in 1995: the main non-singing version<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJp5THPHhyU |title=Céline Dion - Je sais pas (Clip officiel) (Version 1) |website=YouTube |date=12 March 2021 |access-date=20 April 2023}}</ref> and an alternate performance (singing) version,<ref name="YouTube">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCsuKp9ewLY |title=Céline Dion - Je sais pas (Clip officiel) |website=YouTube |date=5 March 2011 |access-date=20 April 2023}}</ref> both directed by Greg Masuak.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7625606/ |title=Celine Dion - Je sais pas (Non-Singing Version) (Music Video 1995) |website=imvdb.com |access-date=20 April 2023}}</ref> The video received a nomination for Video of the Year at the 1996 Félix Awards in Quebec.<ref name="Felix" /> In 2005, both versions were included on Dion's greatest hits DVD collection, ''On ne change pas''. Dion's official YouTube channel uploaded only the alternate singing version in 2011.<ref name="YouTube" /> Edited segments of the non-singing video were later used as music videos for two English-language singles: "Next Plane Out"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaPwnlrPLgs |title=Céline Dion - Next Plane Out (Official Video) |website=YouTube |date=24 August 2012 |access-date=20 April 2023}}</ref> and "Call the Man".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pujWc-JPkk |title=Céline Dion - Call The Man (Official Music Video) |website=YouTube |date=12 March 2021 |access-date=20 April 2023}}</ref>
== Accolades == At the 1996 Félix Awards in Quebec, "Je sais pas" was nominated for Most Popular Song of the Year and Video of the Year.<ref name="Felix">{{cite web |title=Gala de l'ADISQ - 1996 |publisher=ADISQ |url=http://www.adisq.com/even-gala/archives/gala1996.html |access-date=21 April 2023 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026004824/http://www.adisq.com/even-gala/archives/gala1996.html |archive-date=26 October 2014}}</ref>
== Formats and track listing == {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} * '''French 7-inch, 12-inch, and CD single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Je sais pas |year=1995 |type=French CD single liner notes |publisher=Columbia Records |id=662102 1}}</ref> # "Je sais pas" – 4:35 # "La mémoire d'Abraham" – 3:51
* '''French CD maxi-single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Je sais pas |year=1995 |type=French CD maxi-single liner notes |publisher=Columbia Records |id=662102 2}}</ref> # "Je sais pas" – 4:35 # "La mémoire d'Abraham" – 3:51 # "Je danse dans ma tête" (live) – 4:27 {{col-2}}
* '''1997 Dutch CD single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Je sais pas |year=1997 |type=Dutch CD single liner notes |publisher=Columbia Records |id=664306 1}}</ref> # "Je sais pas" (live) – 4:26 # "J'attendais" – 4:24
* '''1997 Dutch CD maxi-single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Je sais pas |year=1997 |type=Dutch CD maxi-single liner notes |publisher=Columbia Records |id=664306 2}}</ref> # "Je sais pas" (live) – 4:26 # "J'attendais" (live) – 4:58 # "J'attendais" – 4:24 {{col-end}}
== Charts == {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
=== Weekly charts === {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ {{sro|Weekly chart performance}} ! scope="col"| Chart (1995–1997) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{single chart|Flanders|39|artist=Céline Dion|song=Je sais pas|rowheader=true|access-date=23 September 2014}} |- {{single chart|Wallonia|1|artist=Céline Dion|song=Je sais pas|rowheader=true|access-date=23 September 2014|refname=Wallonia peak}} |- ! scope="row"| European Hot 100 Singles (''Music & Media'')<ref name="EU peak">{{cite web |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1995/MM-1995-12-16.pdf |title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles |work=Music & Media |page=12 |date=16 December 1995 |access-date=4 May 2019}}</ref> | 7 |- {{single chart|France|1|artist=Céline Dion|song=Je sais pas|rowheader=true|access-date=23 September 2014|refname=French peak}} |- ! scope="row"| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.top40.nl/celine-dion/celine-dion-je-sais-pas-15744 |title=Celine Dion - Je sais pas - Top 40 |language=nl |publisher=Dutch Top 40 |access-date=7 October 2017}}</ref> | 6 |- {{single chart|Dutch100|34|artist=Céline Dion|song=Je sais pas|rowheader=true|access-date=23 September 2014|refname=Dutch peak}} |- {{single chart|Dutch100|78|artist=Céline Dion|song=Je sais pas (Live) / J'attendais|rowheader=true|access-date=23 September 2014|refname="nl2"|note=1997 live version}} |- ! scope="row"| Quebec Radio Songs (ADISQ)<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151129124027/http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/palmares/2010-Franco/Franco-Compilation_succes_ordre_alpha_interpretes.pdf |url=http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/palmares/2010-Franco/Franco-Compilation_succes_ordre_alpha_interpretes.pdf |title=Palmarès de la chanson francophone au Québec |page=108 |publisher=BAnQ |language=fr |archive-date=29 November 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.qim.com/oeuvres/oeuvre.asp?oeuvreid=1326&albumid=107 |title=Québec Info Musique: Céline Dion |publisher=Québec Info Musique |access-date=23 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040908093331/http://www.qim.com/oeuvres/oeuvre.asp?oeuvreid=1326&albumid=107 |archive-date=8 September 2004 |url-status=usurped}}</ref> | 1 |} {{col-2}}
=== Year-end charts === {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ {{sro|Year-end chart performance}} ! scope="col"| Chart (1995) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=1995 |title=Rapports annuels 1995 |publisher=Ultratop |language=fr |access-date=23 September 2014}}</ref> | 9 |- ! scope="row"| Belgium Francophone (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=1995&cat=sf |title=Rapports annuels 1995 - singles francophones |publisher=Ultratop |language=fr |access-date=29 May 2016}}</ref> | 3 |- ! scope="row"| European Hot 100 Singles (''Music & Media'')<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1995/MM-1995-12-23.pdf |title=Music & Media 1995 in Review: Year End Sales Charts |work=Music & Media |page=14 |date=23 December 1995 |access-date=2 May 2019}}</ref> | 47 |- ! scope="row"| France (SNEP)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-singles-annee/?annee=1995 |title=Tops de l'année - Top Singles 1995 |publisher=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique |language=fr |access-date=9 December 2019}}</ref> | 6 |} {{col-end}}
== Certifications == {{Certification Table Top|caption={{sro|Certifications}}}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|type=single|title=Je sais pas|artist=Celine Dion|award=Gold|certyear=1995|relyear=1995|access-date=4 September 2018|refname=Belgian cert}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=France|type=single|title=Je sais pas|artist=Celine Dion|award=Gold|certyear=1995|relyear=1995|access-date=4 September 2018|refname=French cert}} {{Certification Table Bottom|noshipments=true}}
== Release history == {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+ {{sro|Release history}} ! scope="col"| Region ! scope="col"| Date ! scope="col"| Format ! scope="col"| Version ! scope="col"| Label ! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- ! scope="row"| Belgium | 21 August 1995 | CD | rowspan="3"| Original | rowspan="4" | Columbia | rowspan="4" align="center"| <ref name="Release date">{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/Celine-Dion-Je-Sais-Pas/master/134810 |title=Celine Dion – Je sais pas |website=Discogs |date=1995 |access-date=23 February 2017}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| France | 2 October 1995 | {{hlist|12-inch|CD}} |- ! scope="row" rowspan="2"| Netherlands | 18 December 1995 | rowspan="2" | CD |- | 12 May 1997 | Live |}
== See also == * List of number-one singles of 1995 (France) * Ultratop 40 number-one hits of 1995
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * {{Discogs master|134810|Je sais pas|type=single}} * {{Discogs master|872775|Je sais pas (live)|type=single}}
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