"Am I Wrong" is a 2000 house song by
Étienne de Crécy
Étienne Bernard Marie de Crécy (, born 25 February 1969, Lyon, France), also known as Superdiscount, EDC, Minos Pour Main Basse (Sur La Ville) and Mooloodjee, is a French DJ and producer who composes electronic music, primarily house.
Biog ...
. The track is mainly instrumental except for sampling the phrase "am I wrong" from
Millie Jackson
Mildred Virginia Jackson (born July 15, 1944) is an American R&B and soul recording artist. Beginning her career in the early 1960s, three of Jackson's albums have been certified gold by the RIAA for over 500,000 copies sold. Jackson's songs o ...
's voice singing "Am I wrong to hunger...", from the song "
(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right
"(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" is a song written by Stax Records songwriters Homer Banks, Carl Hampton, and Raymond Jackson. Originally written for The Emotions, it has been performed by many singers, most notably by Lu ...
". The song was lead single from his album ''
Tempovision
''Tempovision'' is the second studio album by French DJ and producer Étienne de Crécy, released on 23 October 2000 through Disques Solid and V2 Records. It includes the singles " Am I Wrong", "Scratched" and "Tempovision", which had 3D computer ...
'', and its 3D animated video received wide airplay in Europe. "Am I Wrong" charted on European dance and house charts, and peaked at #44 in the
UK Singles Chart in January 2001.
The song is best remembered for its prize-winning video clip.
Video
De Crécy commissioned his brother,
Geoffroy, to make three animated videos using
3D computer graphics
3D computer graphics, sometimes called Computer-generated imagery, CGI, 3D-CGI or three-dimensional Computer-generated imagery, computer graphics, are graphics that use a three-dimensional representation of geometric data (often Cartesian coor ...
for the album singles "Am I Wrong", "Scratched" and "Tempovision". The "Am I Wrong" video was in large part critical commentary on the
food industry
The food industry is a complex, global network of diverse businesses that supplies most of the food consumed by the world's population. The food industry today has become highly diversified, with manufacturing ranging from small, traditional, ...
and the then current scandal of
mad cow disease
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease, is an incurable and always fatal neurodegenerative disease of cattle. Symptoms include abnormal behavior, trouble walking, and weight loss. Later in the course of th ...
. The video for "Am I Wrong" was entered in several European film festivals. The video went on to win the
best video for 2000 at the 2001
Victoires de la musique.
RFI 2001
"Geoffrey de Crecy s'est vu remettre la Victoire du meilleur vidéo-clip de l'année pour Am I wrong de son frère Etienne de Crécy."
Charts
References
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2000 singles
2000 songs