C'est dans l'air
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"C'est dans l'air" is a 2008 electronic dance song recorded by French singer-songwriter Mylène Farmer
. It is the fourth single
from her seventh studio album Point de suture
. The CD single was released on 27 April 2009, then the other formats one week later. Unlike Farmer's other three previous singles, the song failed to enter at number one of the French Singles Chart, but topped the chart the week after, becoming Farmer's fourth consecutive number-one hit in France. Surprisingly, the song was also announced as the first single from the live album N°5 on Tour
, which was released on 7 December 2009.
version were sent to the radio stations, and the song was officially announced as the fourth single from the album. The NRJ All French webradio began to air the song in a radio version.
Many fans were happy by this choice because, according to a poll made on Mylene.net, most of them wanted this song as third single, instead of "Si j'avais au moins...
"
On 10 April, the cover artwork was revealed on Mylene.net. On 27 April, the CD single was released and all the versions were available digitally. The two CD maxi and the 12" were released on 4 May.
On 26 November of the same year, it was announced that the song would be re-released in the live version to be the first single from N°5 on Tour
. The music video by François Hanss was available on the Internet on 27 November.
hymn" which "exhorts us to transform our destiny", and that sums up very well the philosophy of the album Point de suture.
The graphic elements of this video are manufactured from the visual elements used for the spectacle on scene and refers to universality of the world through the geometrical primitives. We find there the set of themes of a nuclear expensive destruction already present in are film " The tale of the floating world". As well as the marked reference of "rage net" (1988), "mothlight" (1963) and "Dark tower" of Stan Brakhage experimental film director died in 2003 and the group of creation of the video art between years 80/90. Escalle had reference he used before in the Charles Winter the photographic work (Flash from the Rhumkorff machine 1850) he used before the same theme with the "Fantôme d'amour" video installation, with an evocation of a dancing woman playing with thunder. The whole is in black and white. And the technique mixes different sources once again: 3D, Images the sun and of the planet Earth, Images of branches of trees and of forest in black and white then into negative, reprocessed and then deformed through numerical filters whose characteristic is to generate images automatic flashes. This mixture finds its final key in the use of painting on the film which gives to the clip its aspect ages and worn by time.
The video received mixed reviews. It was sometimes accused of "feeding morbid obsessions or of shocking by simple taste for provocation". However, Chuberre considered the video as "direct and forceful", and which perfectly announced the "exciting and electric atmosphere" of Farmer's 2009 concerts. Chuberre also believes that the video provides "an universal truth: the destructive power at the center of this substance can destroy us, but can also help us to build."
The music video for the live single was composed of images from the concert at the Stade de France in Paris, on 12 September 2009. It was for the first time revealed to the public on 27 November 2009.
". The style of the lyrics, however, may relate to "L'Instant X
" and the universe of French artist Zazie
, as there is a lot of satire and sarcasm. Lyrics laugh at the "lame" things in life, and then goes on to talk about breathing and necessity.
The song was criticized by some media, including City Gay. According to Libération, the song "uses a fairly impressive art of set language". Télé Moustique deemed the verses are composed of "thoughts that will not revolutionize the songwriting". By contrast, Le Nouvel Observateur qualified it as a "very dancing" song and Voici even stated it is "calibrated to make the deads dance". Musique Radio deemed the song is an "original" and "beautiful up-tempo song" which seems to be musically similar to "Dégénération
".
and Khaled
's hit "Même pas fatigué !!!
", then climbed to number one the next week thanks to the CD maxi and the vinyl sales, selling 16,631 units that week. It allowed Farmer to establish a new record: to rank eight singles at number-one in France. It was also the first time since "Les Mots" (2001), the duet with Seal
, that a Farmer's single did not reach its peak position in its first week on the French singles chart. However, the following week, it dropped to number five, but managed to stay for eight weeks in the top ten. The song debuted at a peak of number 26 on the digital chart and remained for three weeks in the top 50.
For the same reason, the single climbed to number 44 on 17 May 2009 on the Swiss Singles Chart, after a debut at number 88, then fell off the chart, but re-entered for a sole week after Farmer's concerts in Geneva in September 2009. The song also reached number seven in its second week on the Eurochart Hot 100 and entered the Ultratop 40
in Belgium at number thirteen on 16 May 2009.
All the versions
Mylène Farmer
Mylène Farmer, , born Marie-Hélène Jeanne Gautier, , , is a French singer, songwriter, occasional actress and author....
. It is the fourth single
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
from her seventh studio album Point de suture
Point de Suture
Point de Suture is the seventh studio album by French singer-songwriter Mylène Farmer, and her 14th album overall. Preceded by the lead single "Dégénération", it was released digitally on 20 August 2008, then on CD five days later...
. The CD single was released on 27 April 2009, then the other formats one week later. Unlike Farmer's other three previous singles, the song failed to enter at number one of the French Singles Chart, but topped the chart the week after, becoming Farmer's fourth consecutive number-one hit in France. Surprisingly, the song was also announced as the first single from the live album N°5 on Tour
N°5 on Tour
Nº5 on Tour is a double live album by French singer Mylène Farmer which documents her 2009 tour Mylène Farmer en tournée. It is her fifth live album and her 15th album overall. It was released on 7 December 2009, and it includes the standard set list that she sang during the indoor shows in France...
, which was released on 7 December 2009.
Background and release
On 27 March, the CD promo and the mp3MP3
MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
version were sent to the radio stations, and the song was officially announced as the fourth single from the album. The NRJ All French webradio began to air the song in a radio version.
Many fans were happy by this choice because, according to a poll made on Mylene.net, most of them wanted this song as third single, instead of "Si j'avais au moins...
Si j'avais au moins...
"Si j'avais au moins..." is a song recorded by French singer Mylène Farmer. This pop rock ballad was written by Farmer with music composed by Laurent Boutonnat. It was the third single released, from her eight studio album Point de suture , on 16 February 2009...
"
On 10 April, the cover artwork was revealed on Mylene.net. On 27 April, the CD single was released and all the versions were available digitally. The two CD maxi and the 12" were released on 4 May.
On 26 November of the same year, it was announced that the song would be re-released in the live version to be the first single from N°5 on Tour
N°5 on Tour
Nº5 on Tour is a double live album by French singer Mylène Farmer which documents her 2009 tour Mylène Farmer en tournée. It is her fifth live album and her 15th album overall. It was released on 7 December 2009, and it includes the standard set list that she sang during the indoor shows in France...
. The music video by François Hanss was available on the Internet on 27 November.
Lyrics and music
Farmer turns a noun into a verb in the refrain, "coïter", which do not exist in French-language. According to the psychologist Royer, the song contains touches of humor, especially in the verses in which the singer states in a deep voice "all the sins of the world". In this song which appears as "a form of apology for sin", the singer became "the spokewoman of the misunderstoods and the madmen". According to the author Erwan Chuberre, the song is a "DionysianDionysus
Dionysus was the god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine, of ritual madness and ecstasy in Greek mythology. His name in Linear B tablets shows he was worshipped from c. 1500—1100 BC by Mycenean Greeks: other traces of Dionysian-type cult have been found in ancient Minoan Crete...
hymn" which "exhorts us to transform our destiny", and that sums up very well the philosophy of the album Point de suture.
Music video
The music video was aired on television on 15 April 2009. Directed by 3D-animations designer Alain Escalle, it was shot in black and white, and shows Farmer dancing with skeletons in the background. Archival nuclear test footage is also used in the video, and the face of the singer turns sometimes into a skull, with light effects. At the and of the video, the Earth is destroyed after an atomic explosion.The graphic elements of this video are manufactured from the visual elements used for the spectacle on scene and refers to universality of the world through the geometrical primitives. We find there the set of themes of a nuclear expensive destruction already present in are film " The tale of the floating world". As well as the marked reference of "rage net" (1988), "mothlight" (1963) and "Dark tower" of Stan Brakhage experimental film director died in 2003 and the group of creation of the video art between years 80/90. Escalle had reference he used before in the Charles Winter the photographic work (Flash from the Rhumkorff machine 1850) he used before the same theme with the "Fantôme d'amour" video installation, with an evocation of a dancing woman playing with thunder. The whole is in black and white. And the technique mixes different sources once again: 3D, Images the sun and of the planet Earth, Images of branches of trees and of forest in black and white then into negative, reprocessed and then deformed through numerical filters whose characteristic is to generate images automatic flashes. This mixture finds its final key in the use of painting on the film which gives to the clip its aspect ages and worn by time.
The video received mixed reviews. It was sometimes accused of "feeding morbid obsessions or of shocking by simple taste for provocation". However, Chuberre considered the video as "direct and forceful", and which perfectly announced the "exciting and electric atmosphere" of Farmer's 2009 concerts. Chuberre also believes that the video provides "an universal truth: the destructive power at the center of this substance can destroy us, but can also help us to build."
The music video for the live single was composed of images from the concert at the Stade de France in Paris, on 12 September 2009. It was for the first time revealed to the public on 27 November 2009.
Promotion and live performances
The song was never performed on television. It was sung during the 2009 tour: Farmer wore a black leather jacket with a golden cross in the back, and her dancers a beige jackets with a black cross in the back. They performed almost the same choreography as used in the music video, including some additional gestures. After the main part of the song, the musicians and dancers are presented on the screen above the stairs.Reviews
The song has a techno, minimalistic rhythm at first, evolving to more techno which resembles "Optimistique-moiOptimistique-moi
"Optimistique-moi" is a 1999 song recorded by the French artist Mylène Farmer. The fourth single from her fifth studio album, Innamoramento, it was released on 22 February 2000...
". The style of the lyrics, however, may relate to "L'Instant X
L'Instant X
"L'Instant X" is a 1995 song recorded by the French artist Mylène Farmer. It was the second single from her fourth album Anamorphosée and was released on 12 December 1995. Directed by Marcus Nispel in New York, the music video depicts with humour the apocalypse and shows Farmer bathing in the foam...
" and the universe of French artist Zazie
Zazie
Zazie is a French singer and songwriter. Zazie co-produces all her albums.-Early life:...
, as there is a lot of satire and sarcasm. Lyrics laugh at the "lame" things in life, and then goes on to talk about breathing and necessity.
The song was criticized by some media, including City Gay. According to Libération, the song "uses a fairly impressive art of set language". Télé Moustique deemed the verses are composed of "thoughts that will not revolutionize the songwriting". By contrast, Le Nouvel Observateur qualified it as a "very dancing" song and Voici even stated it is "calibrated to make the deads dance". Musique Radio deemed the song is an "original" and "beautiful up-tempo song" which seems to be musically similar to "Dégénération
Dégénération
"Dégénération" is a 2008 electro / techno song by French singer-songwriter Mylène Farmer. It was the first single from her seventh studio album Point de Suture, and was released first digitally and on radio in June 2008, then in a CD in August 2008. The song marked an important musical change in...
".
Chart performances
The music video reached number seven on the television airplay chart in its third week, on 2 May 2009. It also debuted at its peak at number 48 on the club chart. The single went straight to number two on the singles chart, being unable to dislodge Magic SystemMagic System
A magic system is a set of rules that magical effects in a fictional setting follow. Magic systems are most elaborate in video games and role-playing games, due to the need to balance the game. A common feature to many magic systems is a way to limit the number of spells a magic user can cast.-...
and Khaled
Khaled (musician)
Khaled Hadj Ibrahim , better known as Khaled, is a raï singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist born in Sidi El Houari in Oran Province of Algeria...
's hit "Même pas fatigué !!!
Même pas fatigué !!!
"Même pas fatigué !!!" is a 2009 song recorded as duet by Magic System and Khaled. It was the lead single from Khaled's album Liberté on which it is the 18th track, and it also appeared on Kore's album Rai'N'B Fever : Même pas fatigué !!! on the second disc...
", then climbed to number one the next week thanks to the CD maxi and the vinyl sales, selling 16,631 units that week. It allowed Farmer to establish a new record: to rank eight singles at number-one in France. It was also the first time since "Les Mots" (2001), the duet with Seal
Seal (musician)
Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel , known simply as Seal, is a British soul and R&B singer-songwriter, of Nigerian and Brazilian background. Seal has won numerous music awards throughout his career, including three Brit Awards—winning Best British Male in 1992, four Grammy Awards, and an...
, that a Farmer's single did not reach its peak position in its first week on the French singles chart. However, the following week, it dropped to number five, but managed to stay for eight weeks in the top ten. The song debuted at a peak of number 26 on the digital chart and remained for three weeks in the top 50.
For the same reason, the single climbed to number 44 on 17 May 2009 on the Swiss Singles Chart, after a debut at number 88, then fell off the chart, but re-entered for a sole week after Farmer's concerts in Geneva in September 2009. The song also reached number seven in its second week on the Eurochart Hot 100 and entered the Ultratop 40
Ultratop 40
Ultratop 40 singles, often just Ultratop 40, is the weekly chart of best-selling singles in Wallonia and Brussels Capital Region, the french-speaking parts of Belgium. Its equivalent covering the Flanders region is Ultratop 50. Both charts are produced and published by the Ultratop organization...
in Belgium at number thirteen on 16 May 2009.
Formats and track listings
These are the formats and track listings of single releases of "C'est dans l'air":First release
- CD single
- CD maxi 1
- CD maxi 2
- 12" maxi
- CD single - Promo
- CD maxi - Promo - Club remixes 1
- CD maxi - Promo - Club remixes 2
Second release
- MP3 - Promo
- CD single 1 - Promo
- CD single 2 - Promo
- CD single - Club remix - Promo
- CD maxi - Club remix - Promo
- Digital download
All the versions
Credits
These are the credits and the personnel as they appear on the back of the single:- Mylène Farmer – lyrics
- Laurent Boutonnat – music
- Polydor / Universal Music – recording company
- Stuffed Monkey – production
- Isiaka – editions
- Alain Escalle – photo
- Henry Neu – design
- Made in the E.U.
Release history
| Date | Label | Country | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 March 2009 | Polydor | Belgium, France, Switzerland | CD single - Promo | |
| 1 April 2009 | CD remixes 1 - Promo | 12319 | ||
| CD remixes 2 - Promo | 12323 | |||
| 27 April 2009 | CD single | 531 847-8 | ||
| 4 May 2009 | CD maxi 1 | 531 847-7 | ||
| CD maxi 2 | 531 847-9 | |||
| 5 May 2009 | 12" maxi | 531 847-6 | ||
| 30 November 2009 | MP3 - Promo | — | ||
| 14 December 2009 | CD single - Promo | 13237 | ||
| CD maxi - Promo | 13243 | |||
| January 2010 | CD maxi - Remixes - Promo | 13237 | ||
Official versions
| Version | Length | Album | Remixed by | Year | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Album version | 4:29 | Point de suture Point de Suture Point de Suture is the seventh studio album by French singer-songwriter Mylène Farmer, and her 14th album overall. Preceded by the lead single "Dégénération", it was released digitally on 20 August 2008, then on CD five days later... |
— | 2008 | See the previous sections |
| Extended club mix | 5:30 | — | Laurent Boutonnat Laurent Boutonnat Laurent Pierre Marie Boutonnat is a French composer and film and music video director, best known as the songwriting partner of Mylène Farmer and the director of moody, provocative and literature-inspired music videos.- Career :... |
2009 | This version is similar to the album one but is longer and contains extra beats |
| Instrumental | 4:33 | — | — | 2009 | All the lyrics are deleted. |
| Extended instrumental | 5:30 | — | — | 2009 | This version is similar to the Extended club mix, but all the lyrics are deleted |
| Single version | 4:33 | — | — | 2009 | |
| Radio edit | 3:35 | — | — | 2009 | The musical introduction is shortened and a refrain is deleted |
| Fat Phaze remix | 6:10 | — | Olivier Huguenard and Emmanuel Plégat | 2009 | |
| Greg B remix | 6:00 | — | Greg B | 2009 | |
| Greg B dance mix | 5:10 | — | Greg B | 2009 | This version is similar to the Greg B remix, but there are more dance sounds |
| House club remix | 6:30 | — | Greg B | 2009 | It contains a sample from "Show Me Love" |
| Wize remix | 6:30 | — | Basile Fanon | 2009 | This is an electro version in which the voice is distorted in the refrains |
| Music video | 3:49 | — | — | 2009 | |
| Live version (recorded in 2009) |
6:08 | N°5 on Tour N°5 on Tour Nº5 on Tour is a double live album by French singer Mylène Farmer which documents her 2009 tour Mylène Farmer en tournée. It is her fifth live album and her 15th album overall. It was released on 7 December 2009, and it includes the standard set list that she sang during the indoor shows in France... |
— | 2009 | This live version uses some elements from the 'Extended club remix', especially during the introduction. |
| Live radio edit | 3:49 | — | — | 2009 | Some sounds of the 'Extended club mix' are used during the musical bridge. |
| Live music video | 4:40 | N°5 on Tour N°5 on Tour Nº5 on Tour is a double live album by French singer Mylène Farmer which documents her 2009 tour Mylène Farmer en tournée. It is her fifth live album and her 15th album overall. It was released on 7 December 2009, and it includes the standard set list that she sang during the indoor shows in France... |
— | 2009 | |
| Live version radio edit | 3:50 | — | — | 2009 | The musical introduction is shortened with crowd sounds fading in and two middle refrains are deleted. |
| Tiesto radio edit | 4:18 | — | Tiesto Tiësto Tijs Michiel Verwest, , known as Tiësto , is a Dutch musician, DJ and record producer of electronic dance music. Although he has used many aliases in the past, he is best known for his work as DJ Tiësto... |
2009 | This remix was made to promote the live single. It is an electro version which uses many synthesizer sounds. It is devoted to radio stations. |
| Tiesto remix | 9:51 | — | Tiesto | 2009 | This remix is similar to the 'Tiesto radio edit', but much longer. It is devoted to night clubs. |
Peak positions
| Chart (2009) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart | 13 |
| Eurochart Hot 100 Singles | 7 |
| French Digital Chart | 26 |
| French SNEP Singles Chart | 1 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 44 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (2009) | Position |
|---|---|
| Eurochart Hot 100 | 68 |
| French Airplay Chart | 65 |
| French Singles Chart | 13 |
Sales
| Country | Certification | Physical sales | Digital downloads |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | — | 60,000 | 2,000 |