Moi ... Lolita

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Moi ... Lolita
Cover
Alizée
publication 4th July 2000
length 4:26
Genre (s) French pop , electronica
text Mylène Farmer
music Laurent Boutonnat
Label Universal , Polydor
album Gourmandises

Moi… Lolita is a song by the French singer Alizée , which was released as her debut single from the debut album Gourmandises in 2000. The title of the then fifteen year old was her international breakthrough and was popular in Germany , Austria , Switzerland , France , Spain , Belgium , Georgia , the Netherlands , Israel , Mexico , Lebanon , Ukraine , Turkey , Syria , in Azerbaijan , Russia , Greece , Italy , Poland , Denmark , Bulgaria and the United Kingdom . Here the song was also the most successful non-English-language production of all time.

background

In 1999, Alizée appeared in the talent show Graines de Star on the French television channel M6 . Originally she wanted to take part in the dance competition, but only groups were allowed to participate. Instead, she took part in the singing competition, where she performed the titles “Waiting for Tonight” by Jennifer Lopez and “Ma Prière” by Axelle Red . She won the Meilleure Graine Prize as a promising young artist. This caught the attention of composers Mylène Farmer and Laurent Boutonnat . They were looking for new talent for a new project and agreed to test recordings with Alizée.

The text of the song shows references to the biography of its author Mylène Farmer.

reception

New Musical Express's Peter Robinson reviewed the song, saying:

“It's pop as pop should be: the perfect marriage of innocence and experience of which the French, from Birkin to Paradis, have always seemed overwhelmingly capable. All this plus it has one of the most electrifying middle eights ever committed to record. "

“It's pop the way pop should be: the perfect combination of innocence and experience that the French, from Birkin to Paradis, always seemed extremely capable of. All of that, plus one of the most electrifying bridges that has ever been recorded. "

- Peter Robinson : New Musical Express

Video

The video for the single was directed by Laurent Boutonnat and first shown on July 26, 2000 on M6 .

In the first part of the video, she flees from a man who confesses his love to her and wants to pay her for it. She later flees with her little sister from their mother to the Paris nightclub Les Bains Douches , where she dances, has fun and sings the song in flashes.

Charts

"Moi ... Lolita" reached number two in the French charts and remained in the top five for 24 consecutive weeks. There the song was still in position three when the follow-up single "L'Alizé" reached number one. In 2000 the title was awarded the Diamond Record by the SNEP . With 1,282,000 copies sold, the song was ranked 31st among the best-selling singles in France. In the Netherlands there was the gold award, in Switzerland the platinum award.

In the UK, the New Musical Express made Moi… Lolita “Single Of The Week”. At the same time, the song became the most successful non-English language single.

use

  • The song could be heard in the film A Good Year by Ridley Scott.
  • The song was performed by Les Enfoirés at the charity concert called Tous dans le même bateau for the benefit of the Restos du Cœur organization in 2002 . Although Alizée herself was a member of the ensemble, it was, as is customary there, performed by other artists such as Zazie , Elsa and MC Solaar and later published.
  • In 2007 Julien Doré released a cover version that reached number 1 in Belgium, number 2 in France and number 20 in the charts in Switzerland.
  • Another cover version was interpreted by Lolita Jolie in 2013 .

Track list of the single

CD single - France
  1. "Moi ... Lolita" (single version)
  2. "Moi ... Lolita" (the piano version)
CD single - United Kingdom
  1. "Moi ... Lolita" (single version) - 4:16
  2. "Moi ... Lolita" (Lola extended remix) - 6:30
  3. "Moi ... Lolita" (Illicit full vocal mix) - 8:05
  4. "Moi ... Lolita" (CD rom video) - 4:50
CD maxi - Germany
  1. "Moi ... Lolita" (radio edit) - 3:40
  2. "Moi ... Lolita" (single version) - 4:16
  3. "Moi ... Lolita" (Lola extended remix) - 6:30
  4. "Moi ... Lolita" (hello helli t'es a dance mix) - 5:50
  5. "Moi ... Lolita" (Lolidub remix) - 3:45
  6. "Moi ... Lolita" (the piano version) - 4:20

Charts and sales

Top positions

Chart (2000–2001) Top position
Germany ( German single charts ) 5
Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) 5
Switzerland ( Swiss hit parade ) 11
Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders) 4th
Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Wallonia) 2
France ( SNEP ) 2
Netherlands ( Nederlandse Top 40 ) 2
Poland 1
Romania 56
Russia 1
Spain ( PROMUSICAE ) 1
United Kingdom ( Official Charts Company ) 9
Chart (2002) Top position
Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) 5
Denmark ( track lists ) 9
Italy ( FIMI ) 1
Taiwan 3
Sweden ( Sverigetopplistan ) 52

Annual charts

Annual charts 2000 position
Switzerland 28
Belgium (Wallonia) 6th
France 3
Annual charts 2001 position
Austria 66
Switzerland 82
Belgium (Flanders) 16
Belgium (Wallonia) 96
Netherlands 6th
France 54
Annual charts 2002 position
Austria 34

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alizée - Moi ... Lolita (chanson). Lescharts.com, accessed July 2, 2018 .
  2. ↑ fs_fiche_chanson. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on July 10, 2018 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.tv5.fr
  3. ↑ Peter Robinson: Alizee: Moi ... Lolita. In: NME. Time Inc. , September 12, 2005, accessed July 2, 2018 .
  4. ^ Alizée singles, German Singles Chart ( German ) musicline. Archived from the original on February 22, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 30, 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.musicline.de
  5. ^ "Moi ... Lolita", in various singles charts . Top40 charts. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
  6. ↑ a b c d e f g h i "Moi ... Lolita", in various singles charts . Lescharts. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
  7. ↑ a b Single top 100 over 2001 ( Dutch , pdf) Top40. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
  8. ↑ a b ALIZÉE - MOI… LOLITA (SONG) . Spanishcharts.com. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
  9. ↑ top-100-edition.html. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on July 10, 2018 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.rt100.ro
  10. ↑ TOPHIT.RU . Tophit.ru. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
  11. ^ "Moi ... Lolita", UK Singles Chart . Chartstats. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
  12. ↑ 2000 Swiss Singles Chart ( German ) Swisscharts. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
  13. ↑ 2000 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart ( French ) Ultratop. Archived from the original on April 17, 2008. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
  14. ↑ 2000 French Singles Chart ( French ) SNEP. Archived from the original on May 1, 2011. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
  15. ↑ 2001 Austrian Singles Chart ( German ) Austriancharts. Archived from the original on August 1, 2012. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
  16. ↑ 2001 Swiss Singles Chart ( German ) Swisscharts. Archived from the original on August 1, 2012. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
  17. ↑ 2001 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart ( Dutch ) Ultratop. Archived from the original on August 1, 2012. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
  18. ↑ 2001 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart ( French ) Ultratop. Archived from the original on August 1, 2012. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
  19. ↑ 2001 French Singles Chart ( French ) SNEP. Archived from the original on January 17, 2012. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
  20. ↑ 2002 Austrian Singles Chart ( German ) Austriancharts. Archived from the original on March 12, 2014. Retrieved April 30, 2010.