"J'ai pas vingt ans" (English: "I'm Not Twenty") is the sixth single by
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 ...
, 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!
"J'en ai marre!" (English: "''I'm fed up!''") is a song performed by French singer Alizée, written by Mylène Farmer. Released in February 2003, the song is Alizée's fifth single as the lead artist, and was the first song from her second studio ...
". The English version of "J'ai pas vingt ans" is "I'm Not Twenty". "J'ai pas vingt ans" was remixed by
Benny Benassi
Marco "Benny" Benassi (; born 13 July 1967) is an Italian DJ, record producer and remixer. He is widely seen as a pioneer of electro house, a genre brought into the mainstream by his 2002 summer club hit " Satisfaction".
He started his career ...
.
"J'ai pas" is informal colloquial French shortening for "je n'ai pas" in "I don't have twenty years". Dropping the "ne" is roughly similar in style to saying "I ain't twenty" in American English.
Music video
The music video is about Alizée and her band playing the song on a stage. It was directed by
Laurent Boutonnat
Laurent Boutonnat (born 14 June 1961) is a French composer and film and music video director, best known as the songwriting partner of Mylène Farmer and the director of several groundbreaking music videos.
Career
Born in Paris, Laurent Bout ...
and was released in May 2003 on
M6.
Formats and track listings
French CD Single
#"J'ai pas vingt ans" – 4:15
#"I'm Fed Up!" – 4:40
French CD maxi single
#"J'ai pas vingt ans" (Single Version) – 4:15
#"J'ai pas vingt ans" (Sfaction Club Remix) – 5:45
#"J'ai pas vingt ans" (Attitude Dance Remix) – 4:10
#"J'ai pas vingt ans" (Attitude Dub Mix) – 6:45
French 12" vinyl single
A Side:
#"J'ai pas vingt ans" (Sfaction Club Remix) – 5:45
B Side:
#"J'ai pas vingt ans" (Attitude Dance Remix) – 4:10
Charts
References
2003 singles
Alizée songs
Music videos directed by Laurent Boutonnat
Songs with music by Laurent Boutonnat
Songs with lyrics by Mylène Farmer
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