Tu es foutu

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“Tu Es Foutu (You Promised Me)”
Single by In-Grid
from the album Rendez-Vous
Released 2003
Format CD Single, Maxi Single, Airplay Single
Genre Electrotango, Dance-Pop
Length 3:38
Label Universal
Writer(s) Marco Soncini, Ingrid Alberini
Producer Alfredo Larry Pignagnoli
In-Grid singles chronology
"Tu es foutu (You Promised Me)"
(2003)
"In Tango"
(2003)

"Tu Es Foutu" (English: "You're Fucked Up") was the debut single by Italian dance singer-songwriter In-Grid, released as the lead single from her debut album Rendez-Vous in 2003.

An English version of the song titled "You Promised Me (Tu Es Foutu)" was also released in United States, Australia, United Kingdom and another countries.

To date, "Tu Es Foutu" remains as In-Grid's most successful song worldwide, having entered the top ten of many European and Oceanic countries.


[edit] Song information

"Tu Es Foutu" describes the end of a relationship. In-Grid tells her lover that she is fed up with his promises and says angrily that he is "fucked up" (the literal meaning of "tu es foutu" in French.

The lyrics were written by In-Grid and Marco Soncini, who co-produced the song with Alfredo Larry Pignagnoli. The English version was also co-written by D.Golli and Paul Sears.


[edit] Chart performance

"Tu Es Foutu" became a significant hit for In-Grid and marked the beginning of her successful career. The single reached the top ten in a handful of countries such as Germany, Austria, Norway and Netherlands. It also proved to be successful in other continents, charting inside the top ten in Australia and on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play and Hot Dance Singles Sales chart.


[edit] Chart performance

Chart (2002/3) Peak
position
Australia ARIA Singles Chart 7
Austrian Singles Chart 6
Belgian Flemmish Ultratop 50 Singles Chart 2
Belgian Wallon Ultratop 40 Singles Chart 17
Chilean Airplay Chart 19
Danish Singles Chart 2
Dutch Top 40 2
Billboard Eurochart Hot 100 10
Finnish Singles Chart 7
French SNEP Singles Chart 47
German Singles Chart 9
Greece IFPI Singles Chart 1
Chart (2002/3) Peak
position
Italian FIMI Singles Chart 16
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart 14
Norwegian VG-lista Singles Chart 3
Polish Singles Chart 1
Russian Airplay Chart 1
Spanish Singles Chart 16
Swedish Sverigetopplistan Singles Chart 1
Swiss Singles Chart 23
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play 6
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales 2
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Airplay 4
United World Chart 35