L'Amour n'est rien...
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| Single by Mylène Farmer from the album Avant que l'ombre... |
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| Released | March 27, 2006 (CD single) May 2, 2006 (CD maxi) |
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| Format | CD single CD maxi 12" maxi Digital download |
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| Recorded | 2005, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Pop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 5:03 (single version) 3:42 (radio edit) |
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| Label | Polydor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Text : Mylène Farmer Music : Mylène Farmer, Laurent Boutonnat |
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| Producer | Laurent Boutonnat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"L'Amour n'est rien..." is a 2005 song recorded by the French artist Mylène Farmer. The song was released as the fourth single from Farmer's sixth studio album Avant que l'ombre... on March 27, 2006.
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[edit] Background and writing
In the summer of 2005, this song was announced as the third single from Avant que l'ombre..., but "Redonne-moi" was chosen instead of it. Finally, "L'Amour n'est rien..." was aired for the first time in a short version (radio edit) on NRJ on January 24, 2006, only three weeks after "Redonne-moi"'s release. On March 24, a remix with R&B sonorities, 'the sexually no remix', produced by The Bionix, is heard on the radio.[1] On April 11, the promotional CD maxi was sent to the radio stations, then eight days later, it was the turn of the 7" maxi.[2]
As opposed to the other singles from Avant que l'ombre..., this song was regularly broadcast in its single version on many French radios such as MFM, Chérie FM and RFM, and also both in its radio edit and remix version on NRJ and Fun Radio.[1]
The single's release was made in two times : first, the CD single on March 27, then the CD maxi on which the remixes were available, on May 7.
"L'Amour n'est rien..." was performed on the 2006 Farmer's tour, and thus it is available on the live album Avant que l'ombre... à Bercy (track 6, CD 2, 5:05).
[edit] Lyrics and music
"L'Amour n'est rien..." is the only song from Avant que l'ombre... whose music was composed both by Mylène Farmer and Laurent Boutonnat. The music, the most cheerful and lively of the album with "Peut-être toi", was inspired by a free ditty which was also covered by Dorothée in her song "Hou ! La Menteuse !". The lyrics seem to be autobiographical : in it, Farmer evokes both her silent temperament and her "thirst for sex and love".[3]
Unlike other Farmer's songs, "L'Amour n'est rien..." is an optimistic song, in which "the singer kindly laughs at herself" and seems to adress her critics who accuse her of being too pessimistic in her songs. At the end of the refrain, she answers that "she doesn't oblige others to adhere to her lifestyle". The song deals with "sex, religion and death", and uses various neologisms.[4] It makes the "apology of a blossomed sexuality".[5]
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[edit] Music video
Initially, Farmer did not want to illustrate this song with a video, but she eventually accepted to make a few tests in a studio in Paris.[6] The video was directed by Benoît di Sabatino, the Farmer's boyfriend, under the name of M. Liberatore. It was first seen on March 28 on an official Universal website especially created for this occasion.[7]
In it, Farmer performs a complete striptease, however she hides her breasts with her hands and only her buttocks are shown for a short time. Thus, this video was not seen as erotic by the TV channels which did not censore it.
It was the first and the only time that a Farmer's music video is not only available on the singer's videos DVD, but also on a CD single.
[edit] Chart performances
In France, the single went straight to the top ten - as all the Farmer's singles since "L'Âme-stram-gram" -, at number 7, on April 1, 2006, with 12,932 copies sold[8] (only CD single was released that week). The four following weeks, the single kept on dropping on the chart, but on May 6, it made a great jump from #33 to #10 with 7,139 sales,[8] thanks to the releases of the CD maxi and vinyl that week. After that, it started again to fall quickly enough every week, staying for 10 weeks in the top 50 and leaving the chart after its 18th weeks.[9] In April 2006, the SNEP has revealed the best-selling singles during the first quarter of 2006 (from January 1 to March 31, 2006) and despite being released four days before the first quarter of 2006 ended, the single managed the song to peak at number 86.[10] Later, in December 2006, the SNEP released a document with the best-selling singles from the first till the third quarter of 2006 (from January 1 till September 30). In this document, "L'Amour n'est rien..." was ranked number 69.[11] Finally, the single was the 92th best selling single in 2006[12] and thus the great Farmer's hit in France that year.
In Belgium, the single debuted at number 15 on April 8 and reached its peak position (#9) the week after. It left the chart on July 8, after having been listed for 13 weeks.[13] The song peaked at number 59 in the 2006 Belgian singles year-end chart.[14]
On May 9, the single started at #52 in Switzerland, before dropping in its four following weeks. Thus, as in France, it went to 90th to 47th position on May 14 thanks to the CD maxi and vinyl's sales. It was its peak position. Then the single took back its descent of the chart, leaving it on June 11. It made a short come back in the chart edition of July 2 at number 94, before disappearing again. It remained on the chart for a total of 10 weeks.[15]
"L'Amour n'est rien..." had also a great success on the various French Airplay Charts : it peaked at #33 on General Airplay Chart, #52 on Radio Airplay Chart (strong rotations), #12 on Radio Airplay Chart (low rotations) and #33 on French TV Airplay Chart. It was also the most broadcast single on radio in 2006 in Russia on September 17, reaching number 3 on the Moscow Airplay Chart and number 4 on the Russian weekly Aiplay Chart, and remaining for a total of 57 weeks on this chart.[16]
[edit] Formats and track listings
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B-side :
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- Official versions
| Version | Length | Album | Remixed by | Year | Comment |
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| Single / Album version | 5:03 | Avant que l'ombre... | 2005 | See the previous sections | |
| Radio edit | 3:42 | Laurent Boutonnat | 2006 | The musical bridge and a refrain are deleted. | |
| Instrumental | 5:03 | Laurent Boutonnat | 2006 | This instrumental version is the same as the album one, but without lyrics (even vocals). | |
| The sexually no remix | 3:30 | The Bionix | 2006 | This is a remix with R&B sonorities. | |
| Obsessed club mix | 5:47 | Fat Phaze | 2005 | ||
| Patrice Strike & Teo Moss remix | 5:04 | Patrice Strike and Teo Moss | 2005 | This version is only available on the promotional MP3 of "Avant que l'ombre...". | |
| Live version (recorded in 2006) | 5:05 | Avant que l'ombre... à Bercy | 2006 | See Avant que l'ombre... à Bercy (tour) |
- Unofficial mentionable fan remixes[17]
- Plutonic remix - by Ygrek (7:12)
- Axl C goes pop mix (5:52)
[edit] Credits and personnel
- Text : Mylène Farmer
- Music : Mylène Farmer, Laurent Boutonnat
- Editions : Requiem Publishing
- Recording company : Polydor
- Photo : Dominique Issermann
- Design : Henry Neu
[edit] Certifications and sales
| Country | Certification | Physical sales |
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| France | No | 53,841+[18] [8] |
[edit] Charts
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[edit] References
- ^ a b "L'Amour n'est rien...", chronology Mylene.net (Retrieved December 19, 2007)
- ^ Mylène Farmer, news in 2006 Mylene.net (Retrieved December 20, 2007)
- ^ "L'Amour n'est rien...", L'histoire de la chanson : la chanson la plus autobiographique ? Mylenefarmeriscalled.net (Retrieved December 19, 2007)
- ^ Le Dictionnaire des Chansons de Mylène Farmer, Benoît Cachin, 2006, Tournon Ed., p. 42-43
- ^ Mylène Farmer, le culte - L'envers du décor, Sophie Khairallah, 2007, Why Not Ed., p. 141
- ^ Mylène Farmer, le culte - L'envers du décor, Sophie Khairallah, 2007, Why Not Ed., p. 44
- ^ "Mylène Farmer, l'icône", Jukebox, n°253, p. 10 Devant-soi.com (Retrieved May 13, 2008)
- ^ a b c 2005 weely selling singles Chartinfrance.net (Retrieved December 17, 2007)
- ^ a b "L'Amour n'est rien...", French SNEP Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved December 17, 2007)
- ^ Best selling singles from 01.01.06 to 31.03.06 Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved December 20, 2007)
- ^ Best selling singles from 01.01.06 to 30.09.06 Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved December 20, 2007)
- ^ a b 2005 French Singles Chart Ifop.com (Retrieved December 19, 2007)
- ^ a b "L'Amour n'est rien...", Belgian (Wallonia) Ultratop 40 Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved January 3, 2007)
- ^ a b 2006 Belgian Singles Chart Skynet.be (Retrieved December 19, 2007)
- ^ a b "L'Amour n'est rien...", Swiss Top 100 Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved December 19, 2007)
- ^ a b c Russian Airplay Chart Tophit.ru (Retrieved December 19, 2007)
- ^ Mentionable fan remixes Libnet.wuggleworld.com (Retrieved March 18, 2008)
- ^ 2006 best selling singles Fanofmusic.free.fr (Retrieved December 19, 2007)
- ^ Euro 200 Apcchart.com (Retrieved May 17, 2008)
- ^ a b c "L'Amour n'est rien...", in European and World Charts Top40-charts.com (Retrieved May 13, 2008)
