Tristana (song)
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| Single by Mylène Farmer from the album Cendres de Lune |
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| Released | February 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Format | 7" single 7" maxi Digital download (since 2005) |
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| Recorded | 1987, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Pop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 4:30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Label | Polydor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Text : Mylène Farmer Music : Laurent Boutonnat |
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| Producer | Laurent Boutonnat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Certification | Silver France, 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Tristana" is a 1987 song recorded by the French artist Mylène Farmer. Fourth single from her first studio album Cendres de Lune, the song was released in February 1987.
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[edit] Background and writing
After the success of "Libertine", the duo Farmer-Boutonnat sought to repeat their musical feat. In January 1987, Farmer performed "Au bout de la nuit" during a TV show dedicated to Guy Béart, given that the song was scheduled as her fifth single. However, Boutonnat had composed a new music and had asked Farmer to write text that could be sung with this music (in fact, from this title, Farmer wrote all the texts of her songs). She drew her inspiration from Luis Buñuel's film Tristana,[1] with Catherine Deneuve, which tells the story of a mutilated woman. Finally, this song was released instead of "Au bout de la nuit".[2]
"Tristana" has been sung on stage only during the 1989 tour and is available on both compilations Dance Remixes and Les Mots. Because of this hit, the album Cendres de Lune proved a great success and was more launched as a CD, adding "Tristana" in studio and remix version in the track listing.
[edit] Lyrics and music
According to L'Est Républicain, "the fragility released by the texts can be found in the establishment of the instruments. For the occasion, flute, keyboards, percussion were treated in the manner of drum machines".[3]
[edit] Music video
The video, directed by Laurent Boutonnat, was shot for five days in La Chapelle-en-Vercors, France.[4] This Polydor production cost about 450,000 francs (70,000 euros) and lasts 11:30. It was first broadcast on May 6, 1987 at Cinéma Normandie on the Champs-Élysées.[5]
The video, whose scene takes place in the snowy steppes,[6] was inspired by the story "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"[7] [8] in a Russian version, during the revolution of October 1917, as evidenced by the archival images used throughout the video. Real tribute to the revolutionary Soviet Russian film director and film theorist Sergei Eisenstein, it was dedicated to Max Gautier, Farmer's father, who died a few months earlier. As "Plus grandir" and "Libertine", the video was released at the cinema in preview.[9][10]
It features Tristana (played by Farmer), Rasoukine (played by Sophie Tellier, a Farmer's dancer, who had also featured in "Libertine"), a tsarina, a monk, seven dwarfs, several soldiers, horses, birds and wolves. This video was presented as an event in the media.[11]
[edit] Critical reception
The song was generally very well-received by the madia at the time. For example : this song "reveals the original universe of Farmer : mystery, hushed atmosphere, sweet voice" (Cool).[12] "The music superbly refined prevents despair to settle" (Foto musique).[13] This song has an "undeniable charm" (Rock Musique).[14] and "aestheticism" (Télé Loisirs).[15]
[edit] TV performances
In 1987, Farmer appears on many French channels such as TF1, Antenne 2, FR3, Canal + and France 5 to promote the song. She then performed "Tirstana" in no fewer than 26 TV shows from February 19 to December 15 in which she was sometimes interviewed before or after her performance. On certain shows, she also sung "Au Bout de la nuit", "La Ronde triste" and "Sans contrefaçon".[16]
At each performance, Farmer wore a special costume and, for the first time, she performed a choreography with dancers. She always sung "Tristana" in playback, except in the show La Nouvelle Affiche, but there were a few problems with the sound during this performance. Because of this, Farmer has not sung in live until 2003.[17]
[edit] Chart performance
In France, the single debuted at number 33. It gained a few places every week until reaching #7, its highest position, on June 13. The song managed to stay for 12 weeks in the top 20 and 21 weeks on the chart (from April 25, to September 12, 1987).[18] Like the previous Farmer's single "Libertine", "Tristana" was certified Silver disc by SNEP, in 1987 for a minimum of 200,000 copies sold,[19] thus becoming one of the ten biggest hits of the singer.
[edit] Formats and track listings
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[edit] Versions
- Official versions
| Version | Length | Album | Remixed by | Year | Comment[5] |
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| Album version | 4:35 | Cendres de Lune | 1987 | ||
| Single / Album version | 4:30 | Les Mots | Laurent Boutonnat | 1987 | |
| Remix club | 7:10 | Cendres de Lune, Dance Remixes | Laurent Boutonnat | 1987 | This dance remix uses a lot of drum machines and many echoes. |
| Remix club (on 7" maxi) | 6:30 | Laurent Boutonnat | 1987 | This version is similar to the 'Remix Club', but the musical bridge is shorter. | |
| Wolf mix | 4:30 | Laurent Boutonnat | 1987 | This is an instrumental version. Farmer performs vocals througouth the song and sings almost a cappella one refrain at the end of this version. | |
| Live version (recorded in 1989) | 8:00 | En concert | Laurent Boutonnat | 1989 | This live version has a long musical introduction, in which some cries of wolves and the breath of an icy wind can be heard. |
[edit] Credits and personnel
- Text : Mylène Farmer
- Music : Laurent Boutonnat
- Editions : Bertrand Le Page and Toutankhamon
- Recording company : Polydor
- Photography : Christophe Mourthé
- Design : Philippe Huart / Pearl Cholley
[edit] Charts, certifications, sales
[edit] References
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