Discover the story of the song > Un enfant de toi – Marlène Duval and Phil Barney

- Un enfant de toi is a French song written and composed by Phil Barney and Pierre Zito.
- The song has a romantic melody and is about a man who is about to become a father, his wife being pregnant.
- However, the birth does not go well and the woman dies during the delivery of a boy, named Jason.
- The father, who responds directly to his deceased wife in the song, tells ten years later how he is raising their son.
- In France, the original version stayed 23 weeks in the Top 50 from September 5, 1987 to February 6, 1988, reaching the 3rd place.
- The single was certified as a gold record by the Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique for more than 500,000 sales.
- In 2002, Marlene Duval, candidate of the reality TV show Loft Story Season 2, regularly sang Un enfant de toi during her participation in the show