Mademoiselle Juliette

"Mademoiselle Juliette"
Single by Alizée
from the album Psychédélices
Released	30 September 2007
Genre	Pop
Length	3:05 (album version) 2:21 (radio edit)
Label	RCA
Songwriter(s)	Jérémy Chatelain, Jean Fauque
Producer(s)	Jérémy Chatelain
Alizée singles chronology
"À contre-courant" (2003) "Mademoiselle Juliette" (2007) "Fifty-Sixty" (2008)
Audio video
"Mademoiselle Juliette (Remastered 2022)" on YouTube

"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 last 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 in 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 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" is a pop song.^[4] 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 a fast tempo electropop beat with twinkling synths played by guitars, synthesizer keyboards, and snare drums.

Lyrically, the song "Mademoiselle Juliette" portrays 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.^[5] 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, at the château of Champlâtreux.^[6] On 30 November 2007, Rotterman released a director's cut of the music video.

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

Charts

The single debuted at #22 on the France Top 100 Singles chart. It only held its peak position for a week, later falling to #52, dropping thirty places. "Mademoiselle Juliette" then stayed on the charts for six more weeks, eventually dropping to #99 and leaving the chart afterward.

It debuted in thirteenth place on the French singles download chart.^[7] 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.^[8] However, it fell off the charts quickly.

The single has also been released in Mexico as a CD single import.

Weekly charts Chart (2007–08) Peak position Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)[9] 4 CIS Airplay (TopHit)[10] 44 France (SNEP)[11] 22

Year-end charts Chart (2008) Position CIS (Tophit)[12] 195

Reception

• Stéréology: Works quite well, as the first song "Mademoiselle Juliette" shows. Alizée with a slightly distorted voice, lots of synthesizers and a beat, then immediately swing dancing leaves. A great pop song that is immediately in the head, and there Ohrwurm pushes his mischief.^[4]

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 2009-01-29. Retrieved 2007-07-23.
4. "Stereology". stereology.de. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
5. "Alizée prépare la sortie de son album" (in French). Charts in France. 2007-11-08. Archived from the original on 2007-11-09. Retrieved 2007-10-03.
6. "Alizée-Forum - [Video] Mademoiselle Juliette". Archived from the original on 2016-10-08. Retrieved 2018-11-01.
7. "Ifop" (in French). Archived from the original on 2007-10-15. Retrieved 2007-10-03.
8. French Singles Download Chart 02.12-08.12^{[permanent dead link‍]}
9. "Alizée – Mademoiselle Juliette" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
10. Alizee — Mademoiselle Juliette. TopHit. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
11. "Alizée – Mademoiselle Juliette" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
12. "Популярные хиты 2008" [Popular hits 2008] (in Russian). Tophit. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.