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"À l'ombre"
Song
B-side"Instrumental"

"À l'ombre" (Template:Lang-en) is a song recorded by French singer Mylène Farmer. This electropop song was written by Farmer with music composed by Laurent Boutonnat. It was the lead single from her ninth studio album Monkey Me (2012), on 22 October 2012 digitally, and on 26 November in physical formats. The single entrered the French chart at number four, then dropped out of the top 50 and jumped to number one on the chart edition of 8 December 2012. It also peaked in the Belgian (Walloon) chart at number two.

History

On 16 October 2012, RTL journalist Anthony Martin revealed on Tweeter the title of the new single of Farmer, and it was said that the music and lyrics were respectively of Boutonnat and Farmer. Two days later, the cover of the CD single was shown on Twitter by Polydor France. On 22 October, the song was sent to radio station and simultaneously available on the download platforms from 8:00 am.[1] Remixes by Guéna LG then by The Young Professionals were posted on social networks in early November.[2][3]

Music and lyrics

"À l'ombre" is an electropop song which can be considered as similar to the songs on the Point de suture album,[4] with a dance music.[5]

Music video

Farmer in the music video for "À l'ombre". The scene depicted is directly inspired form French artist Olivier de Sagazan's work Transfiguration.

On 29 November 2012, TF1 announced on its site that an excerpt of the music video for "À l'ombre" would be aired three days later on the evening news broadcasting, and that Farmer would be interviewed by French television news broadcasting host Claire Chazal the next day.[6] On 1 December 2012, indeed, a one-minute preview of the music video was aired at the end of the broadcast. The video was directed by Laurent Boutonnat and inspired by French artist Olivier de Sagazan, and especially his work Transfiguration.[7] De Sagazan said that Farmer contacted him and that he agreed to perform in the video, and explained that the "unfolding of [his] the work makes the chronology of the video", adding that his work deals with a "large organic chaos". The music video was shot in Paris in November 2012, in a 800-square meter studio.[8]

According to the newspaper Le Point, "Sagazan's work is a mixture of beautiful, and sometimes disturbing, painting and sculpture which plays with appearances and fears. The work of the performer looks so much like the singer's world that one wonders why both did not meet earlier."[9] Just after the news broadcasting, the full music video was available on the site of TF1.[10] It shows Farmer singing, dancers performing a choreography in the mud, de Sagazan covering his face with mud and wolves running in the fog.

Thomas Montet of Pure People deemed the video "disturbing", seeing in it "the praise of madness".[11] According to de Sagazan, the music video is "magnificent".[8]

Reception

According to Julien Chadeyron of Le Nouvel Observateur, "À l'ombre" is "so effective and haunting".[12]

In France, two hours after its availability on digital platforms, the song became number one on Itunes, which was a feat.[4] On the chart edition of 27 October 2012, the song entered the French chart at number four, with 8,875 downloads,[13] then dropped to number 69 with 960 downloads.[14] It continued to drop the following two weeks, falling off the top 100, then climed to number 59, and reached number one the next week, when the physical formats were released, selling 22,027 units that week. "À l'ombre" became thus Farmer's twelfth number-one solo and thirteenth overall single in France, beating her own record.[15] Then it dropped to number 21.

In Belgium (Wallonia), the song entered the Ultratop 40 at number six on 3 November 2012, then dropped to number 34 and fell until the last rank of the chart the next two weeks before rocketing to number 19 in the fifth week, then to number three and eventually to number two.[16]

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of single releases of "À l'ombre":[17]

No.TitleLength
1."À l'ombre" (single version)4:51
2."À l'ombre" (instrumental)4:48
No.TitleLength
1."À l'ombre" (single version)4:51
2."À l'ombre" (Offer Nissim club remix)7:31
3."À l'ombre" (TYP remix club)7:00
4."À l'ombre" (Guéna LG new chords radio remix)3:49
No.TitleLength
1."À l'ombre" (single version)4:51
2."À l'ombre" (Guéna LG remix)7:00
3."À l'ombre" (Tony Romera club remix)6:00
4."À l'ombre" (instrumental)4:48
No.TitleLength
1."À l'ombre" (Tony Romera club remix) 
2."À l'ombre" (Guéna LG remix) 
3."À l'ombre" (Offer Nissim club remix) 
4."À l'ombre" (TYP remix club) 
5."À l'ombre" (single version) 
  • CD single – Promo[22]
No.TitleLength
1."À l'ombre" (radio edit)4:45
  • CD maxi – Promo - Remixes[23]
No.TitleLength
1."À l'ombre" (TYP pemix club)7:00
2."À l'ombre" (Tony Romera club remix)6:00
3."À l'ombre" (Offer Nissim club remix)7:13
4."À l'ombre" (Guena LG remix)7:59
5."À l'ombre" (TYP remix - radio version)4:20
6."À l'ombre" (Tony Romera radio remix)3:26
7."À l'ombre" (Offer Nissim radio remix)4:12
8."À l'ombre" (Guena LG new chords radio remix)3:49
No.TitleLength
1."À l'ombre" (single version)4:50
2."À l'ombre" (Offer Nissim club remix)7:14
3."À l'ombre" (TYP remix club)7:01
4."À l'ombre" (Guena LG new chords radio remix)3:48
5."À l'ombre" (Guena LG remix)7:59
6."À l'ombre" (Tony Romera club remix)6:59
7."À l'ombre" (Instrumental)4:48

Personnel and credits

These are the credits and the personnel as they appear on the back of the single:[17][27]

  • Mylène Farmer – lyrics
  • Laurent Boutonnat – music
  • Requiem Publishing – editions
  • Nathalie Delépine - photograph
  • Henry Neu – design
  • Made in the E.U.

Charts

Release history

Region Date Format
Belgium, France 22 October 2012 Digital download (single)
26 November 2012 CD single,[33] CD maxi 1,[34] CD maxi 2,[35] 12" maxi,[36] Digital download (remixes)[25][26]

See also

References

  1. ^ Homard, Jonathan (22 October 2012). "Mylène Farmer : écoutez son nouveau single "A l'ombre"" (in French). Charts in France. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  2. ^ Homard, Jonathan (5 November 2012). "Mylène Farmer remixe "A l'ombre" : écoutez !" (in French). Charts in France. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  3. ^ Homard, Jonathan (14 November 2012). "Mylène Farmer collabore avec The Young Professionals sur le remix du titre "A l'ombre"" (in French). Charts in France. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  4. ^ a b Homard, Jonathan (22 October 2012). "Mylène Farmer : son nouveau single "A l'ombre" déjà numéro un des ventes sur iTunes" (in French). Charts in France. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  5. ^ "Mylène Farmer, "À l'ombre" : C'est déjà un carton pour son nouveau single !" (in French). Pure People. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  6. ^ Corriez, Olivier (29 November 2012). "Mylène Farmer : le clip "A l'ombre" en exclusivité samedi soir sur TF1" (in French). TF1. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  7. ^ Bakela, Dolorès (2 December 2012). ""À l'ombre", le nouveau clip de Mylène Farmer". Métro France (in French). Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  8. ^ a b Daheran, Nicolas (16 December 2012). "Performance en clip". Presse Ocean (in French).
  9. ^ Béglé, Jérôme (1 December 2012). "L'offensive médiatique de Mylène Farmer". Le Point (in French). Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  10. ^ "Mylène Farmer - "À l'Ombre"" (in French). TF1. 1 December 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  11. ^ Montet, Thomas (1 December 2012). "Mylène Farmer dévoile le très dérangeant clip de "À l'ombre"" (in French). Pure People. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  12. ^ Chadeyron, Julien (3 December 2012). "Mylène Farmer sur TF1 avec un nouvel album "Monkey me" : elle m'a étonnée..." Le Nouvel Observateur (in French). Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  13. ^ Decant, Charles (31 October 2012). "Top Singles : Psy, Adele et Rihanna plus forts que Mylène Farmer !" (in French). Charts in France. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  14. ^ Decant, Charles (12 November 2012). "Top Singles : record historique de ventes pour le "Skyfall" d'Adele !" (in French). Charts in France. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  15. ^ Hamard, Jonathan (6 December 2012). "Mylène Farmer place "A l'ombre" en tête des ventes et bat son propre record" (in French). Charts in France. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  16. ^ a b c d "Mylène Farmer — "À l'ombre", Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart" (in French). Ultratop. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  17. ^ a b "Mylène Farmer - "À l'ombre" - Supports" (in French). Mylene.net. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  18. ^ (Media notes) http://mylene.net/mylene/mylene-farmer-referentiel-a-l-ombre-cd-single.php. {{cite AV media notes}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Unknown parameter |Format= ignored (|format= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |Language= ignored (|language= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |Publisher= ignored (|publisher= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |Type= ignored (|type= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |Year= ignored (|year= suggested) (help)
  19. ^ (Media notes) http://mylene.net/mylene/mylene-farmer-referentiel-a-l-ombre-cd-maxi-1.php. {{cite AV media notes}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Unknown parameter |Format= ignored (|format= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |Language= ignored (|language= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |Publisher= ignored (|publisher= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |Type= ignored (|type= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |Year= ignored (|year= suggested) (help)
  20. ^ (Media notes) http://mylene.net/mylene/mylene-farmer-referentiel-a-l-ombre-cd-maxi-2.php. {{cite AV media notes}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Unknown parameter |Format= ignored (|format= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |Language= ignored (|language= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |Publisher= ignored (|publisher= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |Type= ignored (|type= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |Year= ignored (|year= suggested) (help)
  21. ^ (Media notes) http://mylene.net/mylene/mylene-farmer-referentiel-a-l-ombre-maxi-33-tours.php. {{cite AV media notes}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Unknown parameter |Format= ignored (|format= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |Language= ignored (|language= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |Publisher= ignored (|publisher= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |Type= ignored (|type= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |Year= ignored (|year= suggested) (help)
  22. ^ (Media notes) http://mylene.net/mylene/mylene-farmer-referentiel-a-l-ombre-cd-promo.php. {{cite AV media notes}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Unknown parameter |Format= ignored (|format= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |Language= ignored (|language= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |Publisher= ignored (|publisher= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |Type= ignored (|type= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |Year= ignored (|year= suggested) (help)
  23. ^ (Media notes) http://mylene.net/mylene/mylene-farmer-referentiel-a-l-ombre-cd-promo-remixes.php. {{cite AV media notes}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Unknown parameter |Format= ignored (|format= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |Language= ignored (|language= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |Publisher= ignored (|publisher= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |Type= ignored (|type= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |Year= ignored (|year= suggested) (help)
  24. ^ ""A L'Ombre" — Mylène Farmer — Format : Téléchargement MP3" (in French). Amazon.fr. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  25. ^ a b ""A L'Ombre" — Mylène Farmer — Format : Téléchargement MP3" (in French). Amazon.fr. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  26. ^ a b ""A L'Ombre" — Mylène Farmer — Format : Téléchargement MP3" (in French). Amazon.fr. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  27. ^ "Mylène Farmer - "À l'ombre" - Crédits" (in French). Mylene.net. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  28. ^ "Mylène Farmer — "À l'ombre", Belgian (Flanders) Ultratip Chart" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
  29. ^ "Mylène Farmer — "À l'ombre", French Singles Chart" (in French). Lescharts. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  30. ^ "Le classement radio, semaine du 07/12/2012" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  31. ^ "Rapport annuel 2012 — Singles" (in French). Ultratop. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  32. ^ "Celassement des 200 premiers Singles Fusionnés par GfK, année 2012" (pdf) (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. p. 2. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  33. ^ ""A L'Ombre" (CD Single) (CD single, Edition limitée) — Mylène Farmer — Format : CD" (in French). Amazon.fr. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  34. ^ ""A L'Ombre" (CD Maxi) (CD single, Single Maxi, Edition limitée) — Mylène Farmer — Format : CD" (in French). Amazon.fr. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  35. ^ ""A L'Ombre" (CD Maxi) (CD single, Single Maxi, Edition limitée) — Mylène Farmer — Format : CD" (in French). Amazon.fr. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  36. ^ "A L'Ombre (Maxi Vinyl) (EP, Single Maxi, Edition limitée) — Mylène Farmer (Artiste) — Format : Album vinyle" (in French). Amazon.fr. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
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