| À contre-courant | |
| Cover: | acontrecourant.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Alizée |
| Album: | Mes Courants Électriques |
| Released: | 7 October 2003 |
| Recorded: | 2002 |
| Genre: | French pop |
| Length: | 4:32 |
| Label: | Polydor |
| Producer: | Mylène Farmer Laurent Boutonnat |
| Prev Title: | J'ai pas vingt ans |
| Prev Year: | 2003 |
| Next Title: | Mademoiselle Juliette |
| Next Year: | 2007 |
"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.
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.
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.
French CD Single
French CD maxi single
French promotional CD
French promotional vinyl
French promotional VHS
| Chart (2003)[5] | Peak Position |
|---|---|
| Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart | 60 |
| Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart | 20 |
| French Singles Chart | 22 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 64 |