Mes Courants Électriques (English: My Electric Currents) is the second album by Alizée

Alizée

Alizée Jacotey is a French singer, known professionally by her given name Alizée She was discovered by Mylène Farmer, following her winning performance in the talent show, Graines de Star, in 1999...

. It was released in 18 March 2003. Though not as successful as her previous album, Gourmandises

Gourmandises

Gourmandises is the debut album by Alizée. It was released in France on 21 November 2000, followed by an international release on 13 March 2001, though the first single, "Moi... Lolita", was released in 2000 itself. The album was the result of a collaboration between Alizée, Mylène Farmer and...

, this album still sold more than 200,000 copies in the first three months of its release. Unlike her previous album, which was entirely in French, this album has English versions of four of its songs. As with Alizée's first album, the entire production was the work of Mylène Farmer

Mylène Farmer

Mylène Farmer, , born Marie-Hélène Jeanne Gautier, , , is a French singer, songwriter, occasional actress and author....

 (Lyrics) and 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 :...

 (Music). This would be the last time the pair would work with Alizée.

Unlike Alizée's earlier album, this album was localized for different regions, with slightly different contents. The French version did not contain any English versions of any of the tracks, whereas the international version included four English language renditions. The Japan version refers to "J'en ai marre!

J'en ai marre!

"J'en ai marre!" is Alizée's fifth single. Released in February 2003, it had the single version of the song followed by an instrumental version. Later on three remixes were made available in special editions of the single. Internationally, it was released as "I'm Fed Up!"...

" as "Mon bain de mousse". In Taiwan and Hong Kong, and other traditional Chinese spoken parts of Asia, this album was launched in a 2 CD set, along with an Enhanced CD, not playable on DVD/VCD players, featuring videos of "Moi... Lolita

Moi... Lolita

"Moi... Lolita" is a song by French singer Alizée, which was released as her debut single and the first from her debut album Gourmandises when she was 16...

" and "I'm Fed Up!".

French Version

1. "J'en ai marre!
   J'en ai marre!
   "J'en ai marre!" is Alizée's fifth single. Released in February 2003, it had the single version of the song followed by an instrumental version. Later on three remixes were made available in special editions of the single. Internationally, it was released as "I'm Fed Up!"...
   
   " – 5:12
2. "À contre-courant
   À Contre-courant
   "À contre-courant" was released on 7 October 2003. It is the seventh single by French singer Alizée. It featured the single version of the song as well as the English version of "J'ai pas vingt ans", "I'm Not Twenty"...
   
   " – 4:32
3. "Toc de mac" – 4:29
4. "Amélie m'a dit" – 3:51
5. "C'est trop tard" – 4:43
6. "Tempête" – 4:42
7. "J'ai pas vingt ans
   J'ai pas vingt ans
   "J'ai pas vingt ans" is the sixth single by Alizée, released in June 2003. The single featured, in addition to the solo version of the song, an instrumental version as well as "I'm Fed Up!", which is the English version of "J'en ai marre!". The English version of "J'ai pas vingt ans" is "I'm Not...
   
   " – 4:23
8. "Hey! Amigo!" – 3:54
9. "L'e-mail a des ailes" – 4:10
10. "Youpidou" – 4:09
11. "Cœur déjà pris" – 4:16

International Version

1. "I'm Fed Up!"
2. "À contre-courant"
3. "Toc de mac"
4. "Amélie"
5. "C'est trop tard"
6. "Tempête"
7. "I'm Not Twenty"
8. "Hey! Amigo!"
9. "L'e-mail a des ailes"
10. "Youpidoo"
11. "Cœur déjà pris"
12. "J'en ai marre!"
13. "Amélie m'a dit"
14. "J'ai pas vingt ans"
15. "Youpidou"

Japan Version

1. "Mon bain de mousse"
2. "À contre-courant"
3. "Toc de mac"
4. "Amélie"
5. "C'est trop tard"
6. "Tempête"
7. "I'm Not Twenty"
8. "Hey! Amigo!"
9. "L'e-mail a des ailes"
10. "Youpidoo"
11. "Cœur déjà pris"
12. "Mon bain de mousse" (English Version)

Singles

1. "J'en ai marre!" ("I'm Fed Up!")
2. "J'ai pas vingt ans" ("I'm Not Twenty")
3. "À contre-courant"

In addition, "Amélie m'a dit" was used in the promotion of her live album Alizée En Concert

Alizée En Concert

Alizée En Concert is the live album by Alizée, released on 18 October 2004. After the release of her second album Mes Courants Électriques she toured France. Performances from these concerts make up Alizée En Concert....

. For that reason, a video of the song, featuring clips from her stage performances, was released.

Charts and sales

Chart (2003)	Peak position
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart	9
French Albums Chart	2
German Albums Chart	26
Italian Albums Chart	29
Mexican Albums Chart	24
Polish Albums Chart	41
Spanish Albums Chart	7
Swiss Albums Chart	13

Sales

Country	Certification	Sales/shipments
France	2×Platinum	600,000+
Korea	—	4,530

Reception

• Allmusic [ link]
• Amazon.com
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External links

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