| J'en ai marre! | |
| Cover: | J'en ai marre! (Alizée single - cover art).jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Alizée |
| Album: | Mes courants électriques |
| Released: | 21 February 2003 |
| Recorded: | 2002 |
| Genre: | French pop, dance-pop |
| Length: | 5:12 |
| Label: | Polydor |
| Prev Title: | Gourmandises |
| Prev Year: | 2001 |
| Next Title: | J'ai pas vingt ans |
| Next Year: | 2003 |
"J'en ai marre!" (English: "I'm fed up!") is a song performed by French singer Alizée, written by Mylène Farmer. Released in February 2003, the song is Alizée's fifth single as the lead artist, and was the first song from her second studio album Mes courants électriques. It charted at #4 in France and #2 in Japan.
The release included the single version of the song followed by an instrumental version. Later on, three remixes were made available in special editions of the single. Internationally, it was released as "I'm Fed Up!". In Japan, it was released as "Mon bain de mousse" ("My Foam Bath") along with a music video and a remix version of the song.
Alizée told MTV Spain that the song was released as her comeback single because of its upbeat sound.[1]
Internationally, the song was released as the English language translation and re-recording "I'm Fed Up!".
The title translates as "I'm fed up". The English translation is artistic rather than literal, lacking both the wordplay and some of the darkness of Mylène Farmer's French. In particular, the French "extrémistes à deux balles" may be translated as "cheap/worthless extremists" though to whom this refers is open to speculation. The French "délits dociles" is a pun which may mean "docile offence" or "docile delight", and also echoes "de lit", "of bed", but the translation does not attempt to render this and replaces it by a simple filler, "Twisting up my toes". The whinging big sister and the idiomatic French "annoying people who roll(drive) at 2km/h" of the chorus are both replaced by a different character, a stressed-out uncle, with various different but similarly annoying complaints.
The translation does however introduce some of its own novel English wordplay such as "I’m foamely ecstatic", which captures the playfulness and cross-line phrasing of the French the "mon etat aquatique" from another section of the song.
The song is widely noted for its live TV performance routine which appeared on several French programmes as well as the UK's Top of the Pops. This featured distinctive choreography featuring a section of notable hip movement which, amongst other reactions, inspired the female Night Elf dance emote in the popular international video game World of Warcraft.
The video, filmed on 4 February 2003 and directed by Olivier Megaton, premiered 19 February 2003 on M6. It is the first video for a song from Alizée's second album. During the filming of the clip, the artist harmed her knees due to lack of appropriate protection, which led to a swelling.
In the video, Alizée, dressed in a red jumpsuit, is enclosed in a glass cubicle, big enough for her to move freely; this scene represents a redfish swimming on an aquarium. Some scenes show her creeping against the glass wall, some show her throwing a tennis ball towards the wall; one particular scene shows her throwing a camera to the ground and smashing it in the process. Throughout the video, water is poured into the cubicle, making Alizée wet. In the middle of the video, i.e. towards the final chorus, Alizée punches the cubicle and it breaks.
French CD Single
French CD maxi single
French 12" vinyl single
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B Side:
| Chart (2003) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[3] | 98 | |
| Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia)[4] | 29 | |
| France (SNEP)[5] | 38 | |
| Germany (Official German Charts)[6] | 78 | |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[7] | 89 |