Pourvu qu'elles soient douces
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French seven-inch vinyl single
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| Single by Mylène Farmer | |||||||||
| from the album Ainsi soit je... | |||||||||
| B-side | "Puisque..." | ||||||||
| Released | 12 September 1988 | ||||||||
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CD maxi, 7" single, 12" maxi, digital download (since 2005) |
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| Recorded | 1988 | ||||||||
| Genre | Synthpop | ||||||||
| Length | 4:55 (album version) 4:16 (single version) |
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| Label | Polydor | ||||||||
| Writer(s) | Lyrics: Mylène Farmer Music: Laurent Boutonnat |
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| Producer(s) | Laurent Boutonnat | ||||||||
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"Pourvu qu'elles soient douces" French pronunciation: [puʁvy kɛl swa dus] (English: "As Long as They're Soft") is a 1988 synthpop song by the French artist Mylène Farmer. Third single from her second studio album Ainsi soit je..., it was released on 12 September 1988. The long music video version is provocative, and contains various sexual scenes. It achieved great success in France, becoming Farmer's first number-one hit.
After the minimum success of "Ainsi soit je...", Farmer chose to release "Pourvu qu'elles soient douces" as the third single from the album Ainsi soit je.... The song was released in a remixed version.
The song was exported outside France under the title "Douces" in Germany and the Netherlands and had a less sexy cover photo. It was also released in Japan where it was marketed as a promotional 7" with another cover design. In 2003, Paul Oakenfold remixed the song which was added on the remix album RemixeS.
The music, very dynamic and effective, eclipses the words that are very daring (many people have not yet understood the theme of the song). In the refrain, Farmer addresses her lover who thinks only of her buttocks, and there are many alliterations.
The song has been said by fans, critics and Farmer herself, to be about sodomy, and even a real "ode to sodomy", while some consider it to be a logical sequel to her 1986 hit "Libertine" which includes references to prostitution. Farmer explained that "Pourvu qu'elles soient douces" is "a pamphlet written as we take revenge on men, taboos, childhood".
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