C'est dans l'air
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| Single by Mylène Farmer | ||||||||||
| from the album Point de suture | ||||||||||
| B-side | Remixes | |||||||||
| Released | 27 April 2009 | |||||||||
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CD single, CD maxi, 12" maxi, digital download |
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| Recorded | 2008 | |||||||||
| Genre | Electronic dance, house, Hi-NRG | |||||||||
| Length | 4:35 (album version) 3:35 (radio edit) |
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| Label | Polydor, Universal Music | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | Lyrics: Mylène Farmer Music: Laurent Boutonnat |
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| Producer(s) | Laurent Boutonnat | |||||||||
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"C'est dans l'air" (English: "It's in the Air") is a 2008 electronic dance song recorded by French singer-songwriter Mylène Farmer. It is the fourth single from her seventh studio album Point de suture. The CD-single was released on 27 April 2009, followed by other formats one week later. Unlike Farmer's three previous singles, the song failed to enter at number one of the French Singles Chart, but topped the chart the week after, becoming Farmer's eighth number one single (and her fourth consecutive) in France. A live version of the song was also released, as the first single from Farmer's 2009 live album N°5 on Tour.
On 27 March 2009, the CD promo and the mp3 version were sent to the radio stations, and the song was officially announced as the fourth single from the album. The NRJ All French web radio station began to air a radio version of the song.
The track became a fan favourite and, according to a poll made on Mylene.net, most fans wanted this song as the third single instead of "Si j'avais au moins..."
On 10 April 2009, the cover artwork was revealed on Mylene.net. On 27 April, the CD single was released and all the versions were available digitally. The two CD maxi and the 12" were released on 4 May.
On 26 November 2009, it was announced that a live version of the song would be released as the first single from Farmer's 2009 live album N°5 on Tour.
Farmer turns a noun into a verb in the refrain, "coïter", which do not exist in French-language. According to the psychologist Royer, the song contains touches of humour, especially in the verses in which the singer states in a deep voice "all the sins of the world". In this song which appears as "a form of apology for sin", the singer became "the spokeswoman of the misunderstoods and the madmen". According to the author Erwan Chuberre, the song is a "Dionysian hymn" which "exhorts us to transform our destiny", which sums up the philosophy of the album Point de suture.
The music video was aired on television on 15 April 2009. Directed by 3D-animations designer Alain Escalle, it was shot in black and white, and shows Farmer dancing with skeletons in the background (Farmer's face becomes skeletal itself). Archival nuclear test footage is also used in the video, and at the end of the video the Earth is destroyed after a nuclear explosion.
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