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| Single by Mylène Farmer from the album Avant que l'ombre... |
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| Released | June 4, 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Format | CD single CD maxi 12" maxi Digital download |
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| Recorded | 2005, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Pop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 5:20 (single version) 3:55 (radio edit) |
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| Label | Polydor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Text : Mylène Farmer Music : Laurent Boutonnat |
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| Producer | Laurent Boutonnat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Q. " C'est une belle journée " ( French for "It's a Beautiful Day" is a 2001 song recorded by the French artist Mylène Farmer I" is a 2005 song recorded by the French artist Mylène Farmer. Events January 1 - In most of Europe copyright expired on a number of classic pop and rock-and-roll songs recorded in 1954 and earlier including This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Mylène Farmer born Mylène Jeanne Gautier (12 September 1961 in Montreal, Canada is a French Singer, Songwriter, occasional It was the second single from her sixth studio album, Avant que l'ombre..., and was released on July 4, 2005. Avant que l'ombre is the sixth studio album by Mylène Farmer, released on April 4 2005. Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
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The song was officially played for the first time on NRJ on May 13, in a short version without musical bridge and second chorus. NRJ (acronym read as énergie in French, enɛʁʒi is a French Multimedia group based in Paris.
A first remix was produced by Chris Cox in order to reach the general public and was first broadcast on NRJ, on June 15. NRJ (acronym read as énergie in French, enɛʁʒi is a French Multimedia group based in Paris. It was a great success on radio, followed by another Cox's longer remix and a third even longer intended to the dancefloors. Cox had also remixed "Désenchantée" on album RemixeS released in 2003, and "Peut-être toi". " Désenchantée " ( English: "Disenchanted" is a 1990 song recorded by the French singer-songwriter Mylène Farmer. RemixeS is a compilation of Mylène Farmer 's singles by various famous DJ. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. " Peut-être-toi " is a 2005 song recorded by the French artist Mylène Farmer. Two other remixes were produced and broadcast : a techno remix with a slow ryhthm, 'CQFD R. club', by Syd, who had already remixed two Farmer's other songs respectively in 2003 and 2005 ("Libertine" and "Fuck Them All"), and an electronic and slow remix, 'rodin's extended club mix', by Liquid Twins who had taken part in a remix of "L'Amour n'est rien..."[1]
Finally, the single was released in three editions (CD single, CD maxi, 7" maxi) on June 4, two months after it first broadcasting on radio. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. " Libertine " is a 1986 song recorded by the French artist Mylène Farmer. " Fuck Them All " is a 2005 song recorded by the French Canadian artist Mylène Farmer. " L'Amour n'est rien " is a 2005 song recorded by the French artist Mylène Farmer. A CD single (abbreviated to CDS) is a music single in the form of a standard size Compact disc, not to be confused with the 3-inch CD single A maxi single or maxi-single is a music single release with more than the usual two tracks (generally an a-side song and a b-side song A gramophone [2] There was a printing error for the maxi vinyl : indeed, a share was engraved on both sides with songs that are not those of Farmer. [3]
The song is the fourth track on the studio album. It was sung at the time of the 2006 Farmer's tour, and is also present on the live album Avant que l'ombre... à Bercy (track 8, CD 1, 6:58). Avant que l'ombre à Bercy is the fourth live album by Mylène Farmer, released on December 4, 2006.
Like "Pourvu qu'elles soient douces", this song deals with a theme related to sexuality while pretending to talk about intelligence : indeed, Farmer says that she loves her lover for his IQ ('Q. " Pourvu qu'elles soient douces " is a 1988 Synthpop song by the French artist Mylène Farmer. Generally speaking human sexuality is how people experience and express themselves as sexual beings An Intelligence Quotient or IQ is a score derived from one of several different Standardized tests attempting to measure Intelligence. I. ' in French), but this acronym becomes a pretext for many equivocal puns which are similar to those in the song "Con c'est con ces conséquences", written by Serge Gainsbourg for Jane Birkin. Acronyms, initialisms, and alphabetisms are Abbreviations that are formed using the initial components in a phrase or name A pun (or paronomasia) is a Phrase that deliberately exploits confusion between similar-sounding Words for humorous or Rhetorical Serge Gainsbourg ɡɛ̃'zbuʁ (2 April 1928 &ndash 2 March 1991 was a French Poet, Singer-songwriter, Actor and Jane Mallory Birkin OBE (born 14 December 1946) is an English-born French Actress, Singer and Film director. The refrain "evokes caresses and sexual intercourse". A refrain (from Vulgar Latin refringere, "to repeat" and later from Old French refraindre) is the Line or lines that are Sexual intercourse, in its biological sense is the act in which the male reproductive organ (in humans and other higher animals enters the female reproductive tract [4] Thus, the song's lyrics "mix sex and intellect with the way in which the women consider physical love". [5] As a result, "QI" was often seen as a "mischievously erotic" song. [6]
The music video was shot in Budapest (Hungary) by Benoît Lestang, a make up specialist - who had worked for Giorgino in 1993 - and scenarist in several French films (La Cité des enfants perdus, Le Hussard sur le toit, Le Pacte des loups, Arsène Lupin. Budapest ( also /ˈbʊ-/) is the capital city of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary it serves as the country's principal Political, Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) The City of Lost Children ( La Cité des enfants perdus) is a Dystopian French fantasy/drama Film by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre The Horseman on the Roof ( Le Hussard sur le Toit) is a 1995 French film directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau. Brotherhood of the Wolf, also known by its French title Le Pacte des loups (literally " The Pact of the Wolves " Arsène Lupin is a fictional Gentleman thief who appears in a Book series of Detective fiction / Crime fiction Novels written by . . ). He had also created the doll which features in the videoclip "Sans contrefaçon". " Sans contrefaçon " is a 1987 song recorded by the French artist Mylène Farmer. [7]
The screenplay, very simple, was written by Mylène Farmer. This man who appears in it is Rafael Amargo (pseudonym used by Jesus Rafael Garcia Hernandez), a Spanish dancer and choreographer born in 1975. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [7]
In the music video, Farmer appears on a giant screen laid out on a building in a big city under the rain. At the same time, a man in his apartment looks at the screen and touches it through the wet window pane. Then Farmer is in his apartment, wearing net stockings and needle heels, and sat on a leather armchair. She looks at the man who is reading a book near to her. With her heels, she starts to take off the man's shirt and he eventually ends up stripped to the waist. Behind a blue pane, they begin together a choreography of which only the shades are shown. Then, sat on a bed in the library, the singer clasps the man and makes love with him. She passes her hands in the man's back and buries them under his skin. The images of the choreography intersect the videoclip until the end. At the end of the song, the screen goes off. [8]
According to Caroline Bee, "in this video the whole influence of David Cronenberg on Benoît Lestang's work can be found". David Paul Cronenberg OC, FRSC (born March 15, 1943) is a Canadian Film director and occasional Actor. [9]
Many Farmer's fans were disappointed seeing the videoclip, which was broadcast for the first time on June 29. [7]
According to a French newspaper, "Q. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. I" is one of the songs that emerge from the album Avant que l'ombre..., adding however that it has a "catchy melody", but "words a little facile". Avant que l'ombre is the sixth studio album by Mylène Farmer, released on April 4 2005. [10] Platine considered that "Q. I" is a song whose text is "tasty", but also "as violent as "Fuck Them All"", while the "up-tempo music is also very effective". " Fuck Them All " is a 2005 song recorded by the French Canadian artist Mylène Farmer. [11]
In France, the single debuted on July 2 at number 77, two days before its official release because some stores already sold it. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. As all the Farmer's singles since "L'Âme-stram-gram", "Q. I" entered in the top 10. Indeed, the following week, it made an enormous jump to #7, its peak position, with 20,551 sales. After that, the single kept on dropping and remained for eight weeks in the top 50 and 18 weeks on the chart. [12] According to IFOP, it was the 99th best selling single in 2005. The Institut français d'opinion publique (IFOP ( English: French Institute of Public Opinion) is an international Marketing firm whose motto is "Global Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [13]
In Switzerland, "Q. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation I" went to #33, its best position, on July 17, before dropping very quickly. It left the chart after it tenth week, on September 25. [14]
All merged countries, the single obtained its peak position in the Belgian (Wallonia) Ultratop Singles Chart[15] where it reached #4 on July 23, before debuting at 8 the preceding week. Ultratop is the name of the official Belgian Record charts Due to the two different regions ( Flanders and Wallonia) there are two different It stayed five weeks in the top 10 and eleven weeks in the chart. On 2005 annual chart, "Q. I" ranked number 50. [16]
In 2005, it was also the eleventh francophone song the more broadcast worldwide. [2]
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| Version | Length | Album | Remixed by | Year | Comment[4] |
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| Album / Single version | 5:20 | Avant que l'ombre... | 2005 | See the previous sections | |
| Radio edit | 3:55 | Laurent Boutonnat | 2005 | The musical bridge and some refrains are deleted. Avant que l'ombre is the sixth studio album by Mylène Farmer, released on April 4 2005. Laurent Pierre Marie Boutonnat (born June 14[[ 961]] in Paris) is a French Musician and director of films and music videos This article is about a bridge section in a piece of popular or classical music A refrain (from Vulgar Latin refringere, "to repeat" and later from Old French refraindre) is the Line or lines that are The song ends in fade-out. In Audio engineering, a fade is a gradual increase or decrease in the level of an Audio signal. | |
| Instrumental | 5:20 | Laurent Boutonnat | 2005 | All lyrics, even vocals, are deleted. Laurent Pierre Marie Boutonnat (born June 14[[ 961]] in Paris) is a French Musician and director of films and music videos | |
| Sanctuary's radio edit | 4:10 | Chris Cox | 2005 | This dance remix, devoted to the discothèques, is faster and more dynamic than the album version. Charles Christopher Cox (born October 16, 1952, in St Paul Minnesota, USA has served as Chairman of the U This article is about music for dancing in general You may also be looking for Electronic dance music. A discothèque, diskoˈtɛk̚ compare the Spanish "discoteca" is an Entertainment venue or Club with recorded music played by "Discaires" There are numerous "Ton Q. I, mon cul est, ton Q. I, C. Q. F. D" throughout the song. | |
| Sanctuary's edit club mix | 8:27 | Chris Cox | 2005 | This dance and techno remix is the same as the 'sanctuary's radio edit', but it is longer. Charles Christopher Cox (born October 16, 1952, in St Paul Minnesota, USA has served as Chairman of the U This article is about music for dancing in general You may also be looking for Electronic dance music. Techno is a form of Electronic dance music (EDM that emerged in Detroit, Michigan, USA during the mid to late 1980s | |
| Sanctuary's club remix | 10:55 | Chris Cox | 2005 | This dance and techno remix is the same as the 'sanctuary's edit club mix', but it is longer. Charles Christopher Cox (born October 16, 1952, in St Paul Minnesota, USA has served as Chairman of the U This article is about music for dancing in general You may also be looking for Electronic dance music. Techno is a form of Electronic dance music (EDM that emerged in Detroit, Michigan, USA during the mid to late 1980s | |
| CQFD R. club | 5:00 | Syd | 2005 | This is an acid techno remix with many electronic sounds. Acid techno is the term used to describe a style of Techno that originated in the London Squat party scene in the mid 1990s | |
| Rodin's extended club mix | 4:58 | Liquid Twins | 2005 | This is an electronic version which contains the whole of lyrics from the original version. | |
| Live version (recorded in 2006) | 6:58 | 2006 | See Avant que l'ombre... à Bercy (tour) |
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