À contre-courant

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"À contre-courant"
Single by Alizée
from the album Mes Courants Électriques
Released October 2003
Genre French pop
Length 4:32
Label Polydor
Producer(s) Mylène Farmer
Laurent Boutonnat
Alizée singles chronology

"J'ai pas vingt ans"
(2003)
"À contre-courant"
(2003)
"Mademoiselle Juliette"
(2007)

"À contre-courant" (English: "against the current") was released on 7 October 2003. It is the seventh single by French singer Alizée. It featured the single version of the song as well as the English version of "J'ai pas vingt ans", "I'm Not Twenty". Maxi CD of the single, released on 12 November 2003, included 3 remixes and the radio edit of the single.

Music video

The music video was shot in Triage-Lavoir de Péronnes, in Péronnes-lez-Binche, in Belgium. The video was directed by Pierre Stine, who also suggested the filming location.[1] The video features Alizée following a man, through an old coal washing plant, as he performs acrobatics. The video was produced by the Belgian production company, Blueberry.[2] It was filmed on 35mm film and the length of the video is 3:54.

The video premiered in M6 on 1 October 2003.

Formats and track listings

French CD Single

  1. "À contre-courant" – 4:32
  2. "I'm Not Twenty" – 4:15

French CD maxi single

  1. "À contre-courant" - 4:25
  2. "À contre-courant" (Azzibo Da Bass Remix) – 7:15
  3. "À contre-courant" (Steve Helstrip Club Remix) – 6:55
  4. "À contre-courant" (Azzibo Da Bass Dub) – 6:05

French promotional CD

  1. "À contre-courant" (radio edit) - 3:47

French promotional vinyl

  1. "À contre-courant" (Azzibo Da Bass Remix) – 7:15
  2. "À contre-courant" (Steve Helstrip Club Remix) – 6:55

French promotional VHS

  1. "À contre-courant" - 3:54

Charts

Chart (2003) Peak
Position
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart 60
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart 20
French Singles Chart 22
Swiss Singles Chart 64

References

  1. Johanne Tinck (2003-11-04). "Alizée en tournage dans la cité du gille pour son dernier clip". La Dernière Heure. Retrieved 2010-12-09.  (French)
  2. "Alizée Art - À contre-courant". Retrieved 2012-08-19. 
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