"Au Revoir" is a song performed by German dance recording trio Cascada

Cascada

Cascada is a German Eurodance act most famous for their hit singles "Everytime We Touch", "What Hurts the Most", and "Evacuate the Dancefloor"...

. It was produced by Yann Peifer and Manuel Reuter

DJ Manian

DJ Manian is a German producer, DJ, owner of Zooland Records label and a member of the award-winning music dance trio Cascada, alongside fellow DJ Yanou and Natalie Horler...

, who also co-wrote the song with Allan Eshuijs, for the band's fourth studio album Original Me

Original Me

Original Me is the fourth studio album from German eurodance group Cascada, first released on June 17, 2011. Recording sessions for the album took place during 2009 to 2011 at Plazmatek Studio, Yanou Studio 1. The entire album, like their previous albums, was produced by the two disc jockeys from...

(2011). The song serves as the second single (and fourth overall) from the album, on September 23, 2011 through Zooland Records in Germany. Musically, the song is a fast paced electropop that features the use of Auto-Tune

Auto-Tune

Auto-Tune is a proprietary audio processor created by Antares Audio Technologies. Auto-Tune uses a phase vocoder to correct pitch in vocal and instrumental performances. It is used to disguise off-key inaccuracies and mistakes, and has allowed singers to perform apparently perfectly tuned vocal...

 and bass instruments, and the lyrics are about being unimpressed with a man that presents himself as bigger than life.

The song was met with generally positive reviews from critics, with the majority of them praising its experimental sound. "Au Revoir" has peaked to number 73 on the German Singles Chart

Media Control Charts

The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...

 and number 31 on the Austrian Singles Charts

Ö3 Austria Top 40

Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann...

. The accompanying music video was directed by Lex Halaby. The video's premise portrays Horler at a warehouse masquerade party.

Composition

The sound of the song was compared to the work of American dance pop recording artist Britney Spears

Britney Spears

Britney Jean Spears is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album...

. It has similarities in sound mainly with “If U Seek Amy

If U Seek Amy

"If U Seek Amy" is a song by American recording artist Britney Spears from her sixth studio album, Circus. It was released on March 13, 2009 by Jive Records as the third single of the album, and was chosen by a poll on Spears's official website. "If U Seek Amy" was co-written and produced by Max...

”, an electropop song from Spears’s 2008 album Circus

Circus (Britney Spears album)

Circus is the sixth studio album by American recording artist Britney Spears. The album was first released on November 28, 2008 by Jive Records. Spears started work on the album in early 2008 with a range of producers including long-time producers Bloodshy & Avant and Danja...

famous for its double entendre and it's homophonic name. The song has an uptempo sound and was lyrically about being put off by a man who elevates himself to high status. The song is composed as an electronic pop song with some elements of europop

Europop

Europop refers to a style of pop music that first developed in today's form in Europe, throughout the late 1970s. Europop topped the charts throughout the 1980s and ’90s...

music and lasts for three minutes and eight seconds. “Au revoir” features the influence of glam schlager and the use of synthesizers, bass drums and a heavy bassline.

Music Video

In 2011, Clubland TV premiered the music video on the UK. It features Natalie Horler and many dancers attending an underground party. There are many shots of Horler walking down a corridor with her taunting some of the male dancers until finally persuading one of them to follow her. It then features Horler and that dancer doing some tango-style dancing with masquerade masks before she starts dancing with the other female dancers. As it gets to the final chorus, it shows shots of Horler singing in front of a mirror and the other dancers dancing in the corridor. Eventually Horler and the female dancers leave, ending the video with a shot of Horler winking at the camera.

UK Chart Performance

Due to a major lack of airplay, multiple cancelled concerts and no TV performances, Au Revoir became Cascada's 2nd single to not break the UK top 100 charts, after Fever.

Track Listing

Chart performance

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Chart (2011)	Peak position

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label
Germany	23 September 2011	Digital download	Zooland
United States	15 November 2011	Digital download	Zooland