Ça plane pour moi 4 in Ireland, and No. 2 in Netherlands (behind Boney M.'s "Rivers of Babylon"). It also topped the Swiss Charts for one week and the French charts for 2 consecutive weeks. In Oceania, the song peaked at No. 7 in New Zealand, and No. 2 in Australia in early January 1979. On the other side of the Atlantic, "Ça plane pour moi" entered the "Billboard" Hot 100, a feat for a French-language song because only "Dominique" by the Belgian singer The Singing Nun and "Je t'aime... moi non plus" by French and English singers Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin, respectively
I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing under his own Unlimited Gold imprint. White's first album on his new label, "The Message Is Love", was released seven months and six days after "I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing". With attention and interest focused on his well-publicized CBS deal, "I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing" passed by largely unnoticed. It was the least successful album of his 20th Century career, only reaching #40 on the R&B chart, which six of his eight previous albums had topped. None of the single releases made any impact either. I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing I