Mademoiselle Juliette

"Mademoiselle Juliette"
Single by Alizée
from the album Psychédélices
Released 30 September 2007
Genre Pop, Europop, French pop, Electropop
Length 3:05 (Album Version)
2:21 (Radio Edit)
Label RCA
Writer(s) Jérémy Chatelain, Jean Fauque
Producer(s) Jérémy Chatelain
Alizée singles chronology
"À contre-courant"
(2003)		 "Mademoiselle Juliette"
(2007)		 "Fifty-Sixty"
(2008)

"Mademoiselle Juliette" (English: "miss Juliet") is a song by French singer Alizée, which was released as the first single from her third studio album Psychédélices,. It was released on 30 September 2007,[1] Alizée's first single in 4 years, the past being "À contre-courant" which was released in October 2003.

Release and promotion

The song was released on 30 September 2007. Alizée appeared on French radio station NRJ three days before the release to promote the song.[2] The single was first made available on the online French music store of Virgin Megastores on 27 September 2007.[3] However, it was rapidly removed a few hours later, and was reported to be a mistake on Virgin's behalf. The song was later added back again the day of the official release.

Formats and track listings

French CD maxi single
  1. "Mademoiselle Juliette" (Album version) — 3:05
  2. "Mademoiselle Juliette" (Datsu Remix Radio Edit) — 3:22
  3. "Mademoiselle Juliette" (Abz Remix) — 3:07
  4. "Mademoiselle Juliette" (Potch & Easyjay Remix) — 3:06
  5. "Mademoiselle Juliette" (Shazo Remix) — 4:20
  6. "Mademoiselle Juliette" (Deefire 2 Remix) — 3:05
  7. "Mademoiselle Juliette" (Datsu Remix - Extended version) — 4:48
  8. "Mademoiselle Juliette" (Push Up Plump DJs Remix) — 7:24
  9. "Mademoiselle Juliette" (Alber Kam Remix - Extended version) — 7:03
French 12" vinyl single (Limited edition picture disc)
A Side
  1. "Mademoiselle Juliette" (Radio edit) — 2:21
  2. "Mademoiselle Juliette" (Push Up Plump DJs Dub Remix) — 7:20
  3. "Mademoiselle Juliette" (Datsu Remix - Extended version) — 4:48
  4. "Mademoiselle Juliette" (Shazo Remix) — 4:20
  5. "Mademoiselle Juliette" (Deefire 2 Remix) — 3:05
B Side
  1. "Mademoiselle Juliette" (Push Up Plump DJs Remix) — 7:24
  2. "Mademoiselle Juliette" (Alber Kam Remix - Extended version) — 7:03
  3. "Mademoiselle Juliette" (Potch & Easyjay Remix) — 3:06
  4. "Mademoiselle Juliette" (Acapella) — 3:05

Music and Structure
"Mademoiselle Juliette"
"Mademoiselle Juliette" begins with techno synths playing followed by vocals and drum beat, then progresses into fast tempo electropop beat with twinkling synths played by guitars, synthesizer keyboards, and snare drums.
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"Mademoiselle Juliette" is an uptempo electropop song. The song is set in Common time with a tempo of 130 beats per minute. The song is written in the key of F major. The song begins with techno synths playing followed by vocals and drum beat, then progresses into fast tempo electropop beat with twinkling synths played by guitars, synthesizer keyboards, and snare drums.

Lyrically, the song "Mademoiselle Juliette" portray Juliet Capulet from Romeo and Juliet, the drama by William Shakespeare, as a girl who would rather party than worry about the Montague-Capulet dispute.

Music video

The video was released on 19 November 2007.[4] In the video Alizée is dancing and having fun in a French mansion. The music video was directed by Julien Rotterman and shot during one day on the north side of Paris, in château of Champlâtreux.[5] On 30 November 2007 the Rotterman released a director's cut version of the music video.

The video reached #1 in the MTV Latin, in a show called Los 10 + Pedidos. On the same channell, it reached place 138 in the cowntdown of 150 most important videos in the past 15 years.

Charts

The single debuted on position twenty-two on the France Top 100 Singles chart. It only held its peak position for a week, later falling to position fifty-two, dropping thirty positions. After falling to position fifty-two, "Mademoiselle Juliette" stood on the charts for six more weeks. Eventually falling to position ninety-nine and leaving the chart afterward.

It debuted on the thirteenth place of the French singles download chart.[6] The single fell off the chart a week later. But after promotion of the album and single throughout late November and early December, Mademoiselle Juliette re-entered the French singles download chart at number 26.[7] However, it fell off the charts quickly.

The single has also been released in Mexico and the CD single was imported there.

Chart (2007) Peak
Position
French Singles Chart[8] 22
French Digital Singles Chart[9] 13
Russian Airplay Chart[10] 44

Reception

References

  1. ↑ "Alizée : fin des rumeurs sur cette "Mademoiselle Juliette" & ces "Psychédélices"" (in French). Musique Radio. 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2007-09-12.
  2. ↑ "Single on the Radio, Download and Album Release Dates". Archived from the original on 2007-10-30. Retrieved 2007-09-25.
  3. ↑ "Alizée: Mademoiselle Juliette" (in French). Archived from the original on 2007-10-21. Retrieved 2007-07-23.
  4. ↑ "Alizée prépare la sortie de son album" (in French). Charts in France. 2007-11-08. Retrieved 2007-10-03.
  5. ↑ "Alizée-Forum - [Video] Mademoiselle Juliette".
  6. ↑ "Ifop" (in French). Archived from the original on 2007-10-15. Retrieved 2007-10-03.
  7. ↑ French Singles Download Chart 02.12-08.12
  8. ↑ Top 100 Singles week of 1.20.08-26.1.08
  9. ↑ France Single Download Chart
  10. ↑ Russia Airplay Chart
  11. ↑ http://stereology.de/?site=album&albid=99

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