"À contre-courant" (English: "Against the current") was released on 7 October 2003. It is the seventh single by French singer
Alizée
Alizée Lyonnet (''née'' Jacotey; born 21 August 1984), known professionally as Alizée, is a French singer, dancer and musician. She was born and raised in Ajaccio, Corsica.
She first became known with her winning performance in the talent s ...
. It featured the single version of the song as well as "
I'm Not Twenty", the English version of "
J'ai pas vingt ans". Maxi CD of the single, released on 12 November 2003, included 3 remixes and the radio edit of the single.
On the cover art, the title of the song is written partly backwards (as ''"courant-ertnoc A"'') to symbolize the meaning of the title. This caused some confusion outside France among non-francophones; for example, time to time the single was found on sale listed as ''"Courant-ertnoc a"'', which obviously means nothing.
Music video
The music video was shot in
Triage-Lavoir de Péronnes, in
Péronnes-lez-Binche
Péronnes-lez-Binche ( wa, Perone) is town of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Binche located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It was a municipality before the 1977 fusion of the Belgian municipalities.
Péronnes became known ...
, in
Belgium
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. The video was directed by
Pierre Stine, who also suggested the filming location. The video features Alizée following a young man through an old coal washing plant, while he performs acrobatics. The video was produced by Belgian production company Blueberry
and AdnStudio.
The video was filmed on 35mm film and the length of the video is 3:54.
The video premiered on
M6 channel on 1 October 2003.
Formats and track listings
French CD Single
#"À contre-courant" – 4:32
#"I'm Not Twenty" – 4:15
French CD maxi single
#"À contre-courant" - 4:25
#"À contre-courant" (Azzibo Da Bass Remix) – 7:15
#"À contre-courant" (
Steve Helstrip Club Remix) – 6:55
#"À contre-courant" (Azzibo Da Bass Dub) – 6:05
French promotional CD
#"À contre-courant" (radio edit) - 3:47
French promotional vinyl
#"À contre-courant" (Azzibo Da Bass Remix) – 7:15
#"À contre-courant" (Steve Helstrip Club Remix) – 6:55
French promotional VHS
#"À contre-courant" - 3:54
Charts
References
2003 singles
Alizée songs
Songs with lyrics by Mylène Farmer
Songs with music by Laurent Boutonnat
2003 songs
Polydor Records singles
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