Sous le vent

"Sous le vent" (meaning under the wind, pronounced: [su lə vɑ̃]) is a duet between Garou and Celine Dion, released on October 29, 2001. It's the third hit single from Garou's album Seul (November 2000). "Sous le vent" was also included on Dion's On ne change pas greatest hits compilation in October 2005.

The song was written by Jacques Veneruso, who later wrote for Dion "Tout l'or des hommes" and "Je ne vous oublie pas" among others.

"Sous le vent" music video was directed by Istan Rozumny and released in September 2001. It was included on Dion's On ne change pas DVD. A previous video also exists. Made in 2000, it shows Dion and Garou in the studio.

Dion performed this song few times live with Garou, including 2001 ADISQ gala awards and the historic performance in front of 250,000 spectators to celebrate Quebec's 400th anniversary, which was included on Céline sur les Plaines DVD in 2008. She also sang it as a duet with Marc Dupré in 2002, with whom she recorded "Tout près du bonheur" in 2005.

Sous

The Sous or Souss (Berber: Sus) is a region in southern Morocco. Geologically, it is the alluvial basin of the Oued Sous (Asif n Sus), separated from the Sahara by the Anti-Atlas Mountains. The natural vegetation in the Sous is savanna dominated by the Argan (Argania spinosa), a local endemic tree found nowhere else; part of the area is now a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve to protect this unique habitat.

A well irrigated area, this has been one of Morocco's most fertile regions for centuries, known since at least the eleventh century for its cultivation and export of sugar. The golden age of the Sous was in the seventeenth century during the era of the kingdom of Tazerwalt, when the region enjoyed autonomy and profited from both the trans-Saharan gold trade and the sale of sugar to Portuguese, Dutch and English traders. The centre for foreign trade during this time was Agadir, a city 10 km north of the mouth of the Sous river.

The Sous is inhabited by Berber peoples; aside from some Arabic-speaking tribes, the main inhabitants are the Chleuh (ašlḥi, Shilha, Sousis), speakers of a distinct Berber language called Shilha or Sous Berber (Tashelhiyt or Tasoussit).