"À cause de l'automne" (English: "Because of Autumn") is the first single from the French recording artist Alizée's album 5. The single was pre-released on 28 June 2012 at 17:00 French time (CET) directly on Alizée's official website.[2] The single was released on French iTunes and French Amazon.fr on 4 July 2012, and also on iTunes and in e-music stores around the world. Some download platforms list 6 July 2012 as the release date. The first public performance of the song was on RFM radio on 21 December 2012 where she sang the song in a live broadcast.[3]
| "À cause de l'automne" | ||||
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| Single by Alizée | ||||
| from the album 5 | ||||
| Released | 4 July 2012 | |||
| Recorded | 2012 | |||
| Genre | French pop | |||
| Length | 3:55 | |||
| Label | Jive Epic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Pete Russell, Thomas Boulard[1] | |||
| Producer(s) | Alexandre Azaria | |||
| Alizée singles chronology | ||||
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 The second version of the cover art for "À cause de l'automne" was released along the release of the official music video. | ||||
On 6 October 2018 a cover version by Lowrence Fitz was released.
Composition edit
The original song was in English and titled Never Again[4][5] and was written by Pete Russell,[4][5] a British songwriter based in Liverpool. The original song came from DWB Music and when accepted by Sony Music Entertainment for Alizée's new single, Sony had the lyrics re-written by Thomas Boulard[1] in French with the new title but retaining the original music.[4]
Release edit
The pre-release of the single was divided in four phases, announced by Alizée. First, a video was released on Jive Epic's YouTube channel, with Alizée herself on the video in the studio.[6] The second phase was to release video on Dailymotion channel announcing "Live Chat" with Alizée. Questions to Alizée were possible to send via e-mail, Facebook and Twitter.[7] Third phase was announcement during "Live Chat" of the release of the single on the following day (28 June 2012).[8] Fourth phase was the actual pre-release, exclusively for those who subscribed to the newsletter on Alizée's official website.[9] The final release in France was 4 July 2012 on iTunes.
On the day after the pre-release, the cover art was revealed on Instagram and soon afterwards in various social media sites, also announcing the world-wide release of the single during the course of the following week.
Music video edit
The first music video was shot on 15 July 2012 in Corsica, directed by Laurent Darmon.[10] On 18 September, the music video was leaked out through PlayStation 3's VidZone. The following day, Jive Epic announced on Twitter that the leaked video is not the "official clip" of the song and that the official video would be released in late October.[11][12][13] Jive Epic and SME removed the original music video from all their streaming websites.[11]
In mid-October 2012, Sony announced that the second video will be filmed during early November.[14] The new version of the music video was finally filmed on 30 October 2012[15] in Paris. The video was directed by Arnaud Delord, the producer was Léo Hinstin[15] and Alizée's make-up was done by Bilitis Poirier. Originally scheduled to be launched on 6 December, the music video was released on Alizée's VEVO YouTube channel on 5 December 2012.
Reception edit
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| RFM (customer value) |  [17] |
| Charts in France | (very positive)[16] |
The song received positive feedback from foreign radio stations worldwide.[18]
Charts edit
| Chart (2012) | Peak Position |
|---|---|
| French Singles Chart[19] | 131 |
| French International Download Singles Chart[20] | 1 |
| Russian Radio Play[21] | 43 |
References edit
- ^ a b "Alizée Art – The writer of À cause de l'automne is Thomas Boulard". Retrieved 4 September 2012.
- ^ "Single A cause de l'automne (2012-06-28)". Alizee-forum.com. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
- ^ "Alizée Art – Alizée at radio RFM – singing live A cause de l'automne". Retrieved 21 December 2012.
- ^ a b c "Alizée Art – Featured: Pete Russell – The composer of À cause de l'automne". Retrieved 19 August 2012.
- ^ a b "中国有限公司官网". www.dwbsongs.com. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
- ^ Message d'Alizée en studio YouTube. Retrieved 28 March 2023
- ^ Daily Motion [dead link]
- ^ Daily Motion [dead link]
- ^ Daily Motion [dead link]
- ^ "Alizée Art – Music video of À cause de l'automne was shot today". Retrieved 19 August 2012.
- ^ a b "Alizée Art – Jive Epic denies existence of the clip". Retrieved 20 September 2012.
- ^ "Jive Epic on Twitter". Retrieved 20 September 2012.
- ^ "Jive Epic on Twitter". Retrieved 20 September 2012.
- ^ "More information about the album and the single". Retrieved 17 October 2012.
- ^ a b "Filming the new music video". Retrieved 17 October 2012.
- ^ "Alizée dévoile son nouveau single "A cause de l'automne"".
- ^ "RFM". rfm.fr. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
- ^ "Francophonie Diffusion • Radio stations comments • ALIZÉE". Francophonie Diffusion. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles week of 1.20.08-26.1.08". Retrieved 28 March 2023.
- ^ "Francophonie Diffusion • French International Music Download Charts". Francodiff.org. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
- ^ "Основные параметры ротации трека на радиостанциях, работающих в системе". Tophit.ru. 16 August 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2012.