La Poupée qui fait non
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| Single by Mylène Farmer and Seal from the album Live à Bercy |
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| Released | April 29, 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Format | CD single CD maxi 12" maxi Digital download (since 2005) |
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| Recorded | 1996, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Pop | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 4:39 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Label | Polydor | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Text : Franck Gérald Music : Michel Polnareff |
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"La Poupée qui fait non" is a 1996 cover recording by the French artist Mylène Farmer and the French-born musician Khaled of the 1966 hit originally performed by French singer/songwriter Michel Ponareff. The Farmer/Khaled cover was performed during Farmer's 1996 concert tour. After three live performances, the song finally was released as the first single from Farmer's second live album, Live à Bercy on April 29, 1997. The song was written by Franck Gérald and, as noted above, originally recorded by the French artist Michel Polnareff, in 1966. There have been other covers of La Poupée qui fait non, including one in English recorded by the Byrds.
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[edit] Background
There is a studio version of this duet, but it was never commercialized. Interviewed by the French magazine Instant-Mag, Thierry Rogen, the sound engineer who has participated in the recording, said : "I have participated in the single "La Poupée qui fait non" with Khaled. Laurant [Boutonnat] was absent. The recording was made in the studio Merga in Suresnes in the right mood. It has been very rapid. Mylène [Farmer] and Khaled were together for four hours in total".[1] This studio version has been performed in playback in a single television show, Tip top, broadcast on a French channel, where Farmer was invited to promote her single "Comme j'ai mal".[2]
Farmer said she chose the song because it was the first song she learned when she was a child, and she loved Michel Polnareff's work.[3]
The live version, which was released in 1997, was performed only three nights (two in Geneva and the last at Bercy) as a duet on stage during the 1996 tour.[4]
The two remixes available on the CD maxi and the promotional vinyl were produced by Mylène Farmer (this is the first and only time she has participated in remixes of one of her singles), in collaboration with Thierry Rogen. However, these remixes have not been well appreciated by the singer's fans, because almost all the words have disappeared.[2]
When the song was released, Khaled declared that he found Farmer very sympathetic. However, later, he said he had felt used by her, since she put herself forward all the time when they performed the song and were interviewed.[4]
[edit] Chart performance
In France, the single didn't fail its entry in the first places of the SNEP Singles Chart, Top 50. It debuted thus at #6, its peak position, on May 3, 1997. However, like the other Farmer's singles, it fell quickly and left the chart after only eight weeks of attendance.[5]
Surprisingly, the song was a big success in Belgium, having a better running in the Ultratop than in France.[6] It featured on the chart for 18 weeks from May 24 to September 13, 1997, peaking at number 5 on June 21 and managing to remain for eight weeks in the Top ten.[7] The song ranked at number 41 in the Annual Single Chart.[8]
[edit] Formats and track listings
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[edit] Versions
- Official versions
| Version | Length | Album | Remixed by | Year | Comment[9] |
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| Live version (recorded in 1996) | 4:39 | Live à Bercy | 1997 | See the previous sections | |
| Single version | 4:30 | 1997 | It is shorter than the live album version. The final applause are deleted. | ||
| Say it like you used to club remix | 7:50 | Mylène Farmer, Thierry Rogen | 1997 | It is an Arabist version in which all the lyrics are deleted, except "C'est une poupée", sang by Farmer. | |
| I want a man mix | 6:30 | Mylène Farmer, Thierry Rogen | 1997 | Few words. All text originally sung by Khaled is deleted. |
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