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"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 "I'm Not Twenty", the English version of "J'ai pas vingt ans". Maxi CD of the single, released on 12 November 2003, included 3 remixes and the radio edit of the single.

"À contre-courant"
Single by Alizée
from the album Mes Courants Électriques
Released	7 October 2003
Recorded	2002
Genre	French pop
Length	4:32
Label	Polydor
Songwriter(s)	Mylène Farmer Laurent Boutonnat
Producer(s)	Mylène Farmer Laurent Boutonnat
Alizée singles chronology
"J'ai pas vingt ans" (2003) "À contre-courant" (2003) "Mademoiselle Juliette" (2007)

On the cover art, the title of the song is written partly backwards (as "courant-ertnoc A") to symbolize the meaning of the title. This caused some confusion outside France among non-francophones; for example, time to time the single was found on sale listed as "Courant-ertnoc a", which obviously means nothing.

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 young man through an old coal washing plant, while he performs acrobatics. The video was produced by Belgian production company Blueberry[2][3] and AdnStudio.[4] The video was filmed on 35mm film and the length of the video is 3:54.

The video premiered on M6 channel 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)[5]	Peak Position
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart	60
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart	20
French Singles Chart	22
Swiss Singles Chart	64

References

На других языках

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- [en] À contre-courant

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[es] À contre-courant

«A Contre-Courant» (en español: «A contra corriente») fue sacado a la venta en octubre del 2003. Este es el séptimo sencillo de la cantante francesa Alizée. Incluye la versión en inglés de la canción "J'ai pas vingt ans", I'm not twenty.

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[ru] À contre-courant

«À contre-courant» (рус. Против течения) — седьмой сингл французской певицы Alizée, выпущенный 7 октября 2003 года. Сингл содержал англоязычную версию песни «J'ai pas vingt ans». Макси сингл, выпущенный 12 ноября 2003 года, включал в себя 3 ремикса и радиоверсию.

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