"Je t'aime mélancolie" | ||||
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Single by Mylène Farmer | ||||
from the album L'Autre... | ||||
Released | December 1991 | |||
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CD maxi, 7" single, 12" maxi, cassette, digital download (since 2005), 12" maxi (2003 version) |
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Recorded | 1991, France | |||
Genre | Synthpop, new jack swing | |||
Length |
4:20 (single version) 5:29 (album version) |
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Label | Polydor | |||
Songwriter(s) | Lyrics: Mylène Farmer Music: Laurent Boutonnat |
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Producer(s) | Laurent Boutonnat | |||
Mylène Farmer singles chronology | ||||
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Alternative cover | ||||
12" maxi for the 2003 version by Felix Da Housecat
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L'Autre... track listing | ||||
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"Je t'aime mélancolie" (English: "I Love You Melancholy") is a 1991 song recorded by the French artist Mylène Farmer. The song was released as the third single from her third studio album L'Autre..., in December 1991. Characterized by its gloomy lyrics and its music video shot on a boxing ring, it achieved success, becoming a top ten hit in France and Belgium.
In late 1991, "Pas de doute" was chosen to be the third single from L'Autre.... However, "Je t'aime mélancolie" was finally released instead. At the time, a fan from Nancy who wanted to meet Farmer killed the receptionist of Polydor, her recording company in Paris, shooting him with a rifle because he refused to give him the singer's address. After this tragedy, Farmer went into exile in the U.S..
The single was released in France and Germany, and for the first time, among the formats available for the single, there was a voluminous promotional object, namely a carton pyramid containing the visual of the 12" maxi with at its base the promotional CD in a digipack case. The four 1991 remixes were all produced by Thierry Rogen. The radio stations aired one of these remixed versions, shorter, instead of the single version. The song was eventually released on 15 December 1991, including as CD maxi which contained a then unreleased song entitled "Mylène Is Calling".
In 2003, the song was remixed by the famous DJ Felix Da Housecat for the remixes compilation RemixeS. This version was even released as a second single from this album in November that year; it was not aired on radio but was successful in nightclubs.