May
21st, 2008
It's in the daily newspaper "Ouest France" dated 21st May,
that we find out the name of Mylène Farmer's new single: Dégénération.
Thierry Suc also mentions here that the single is scheduled on the
radio as from the 19th June 2008.
On the following days, the news is relayed by some of the weekly
magazines ("Public", "Voici"...).
Thierry Suc, giving several interviews to different local
daily papers about the 2009 Tour tickets sale, never fails to remind
everybody about this incoming
Dégénération's day of 19th June.
Many fakes will get to be heard on the Internet.
I
June 07th, 2008 - The Cd Box cover and two short selections The website "musicme" is the
first one to offer Dégénération's CD
picture.
A totally exclusive image signed by Simon Hawk.
This
cover could be referring both to "Le Violon de Ingres" by Man Ray
(1924) and to the CD picture of "L'histoire d'une fée,
c'est...".
click
the pictures ton enlarge
About
the scar:
We can read the letters "IY'H", or more precisely "IY/H", which means
"With God's will" in Hebrew.
Here we are with yet another religious reference to add to
Mylène's work.
On
that day, the same website also offers two different parts of Dégénération
each of 30 seconds.
June
14th, 2008 - The unexpected Over the night from Friday 13th
to Saturday 14th, the website "ecompil" offers to (legally) download Dégénération
in its full length. The single will be available for
a couple of hours before being taken off. Both websites "universalmuic"
and "ecompil" will then be down ("work in progress") until Tuesday 17th
June.
This event brings out some interrogations.
Is this an intentional indiscretion in order to create a buzz ? The
answer seems to be no, given the much important lost in legal downloads
as a result.
It more probably is a simple mistake (maybe just a programing error)
from "universalmusic" and "ecompil" websites.
The whole situation sees the fans debating until the 19th.
Some of them, troubled by the unusual electro sound like of the single,
wonder whether this is a remix or the original version.
June 17th,
2008 - Martin Solveig is announced for a remix The
newspaper "Le Parisien - Aujourd'hui en France" announces a remix of
Dégénération by Martin Solveig (read the article).
June 19th,
2008 - D Day Right
before anyone else, "jiwa.fr" offers a listening of the single as from
midnight on its website (image1
- image2).
Over night, the single becomes available for download on all major
music Internet websites (virginmega, iTunes, musicme, fnacmusic, ecompil, universalmusic..)
The radio channels get to download the single on a dedicated platform
from 6:00 am.
A promotional CD single is also sent out (more details in supports)
NRJ airs the single from 7:30 am (the website "nrj.fr" gives an
important window to the single: home page, downloads page and
Mylène also appears in the background of every single page
of the music section.)
The radio talk show "Laissez-vous tenter" (culture news overview),
broadcast at 9:00 am on "RTL", mentions Mylène's new single
(listen below).
It is important to point out that the version broadcast on the radio
and available for download is the same than the one previously and
unexpectedly offered on "ecompil". It is the single's Radio Edit
version of 04'05.
June
20th, 2008 - Downloads: very good start On its first day, Dégénération
is the number one sale on those of these platforms
who get to measure their activity on a daily basis (virginmega, iTunes,
musicme).
On "musicme" website, Dégénération
is at the first place, with a number of listening ten time superior
compare to the single in second position that day !
The official French downloads chart (ifo/snep) offers a new first place
to Mylene. In only three days of running, Dégénération
is first before all the other singles with 4,998
downloads. Polydor will then precise that Mylène has
established a new record thanks to the sale of these first three days.
June 26th,
2008 - The video clip's trailer The
website "musique.sfr.fr" offers a first 22 seconds trailer of the video
clip from 0:01am.
Two other video trailers will be on line from 30th June.
Broadcast of the full length video clip is announced for the
10th July.
June 27th, 2008 - A remix by
Tomer G After
Martin Solveig, it is Tomer G's turn to work on a remix of
Dégénération.
A one minute part of "Tomer G Sexy Club Mix" can be heard on
the artist's "myspace". Very warm welcome by the fans.
July 01st,
2008 - Bruno Aveillan, director of the music video Here is
what Polydor announces in a statement:
"The first part is called
"Dégénération" and it is directed by
the talented Bruno Aveillan.
This video clip shot in Prague, is a proud addition to Farmer's
beginnings great period of cinema like videos. Mylène Farmer
plays here a character with exceptional powers... just like in her
musical career."
On 3rd July "Paris Match" publishes an article about the video clip
with exclusive images of the shooting signed by Claude Gassian (more
details in the music video
section).
July 10th, 2008 - The Music Video The
website "SFR Music" offers an exclusive screening of the full length
video clip at 12:45 am.
The fans rushing on to the website are about to find out a few seconds
later, that because of too many connections at the same time "lowering
the quality of the video document" the clip was to "temporarily go off
and come back on line later".
The clip will be available again shortly after. The websites "tf1.fr",
"universalmusic.fr" and "nrj.fr" will then offer the video clip in its
full length on their pages.
As for the TV, it is "NRJ Hits" channel who will first broadcast the
clip (from 3:45 pm to be precise). "Virgin 17" followed by the other TV
music channels will screen it later that evening or from the day after.
The SFR
Music website is the first to broadcast the full music video version at
12:45.
August 18th,
2008 - The supports Three different supports are
proposed: a CD Single, a Maxi CD Digipak in limited edition and a Maxi
Vinyl in limited edition.
During the week from 17th to 23rd August 2008, Dégénération
directly reaches the first place with 27,401 copies
sold.
It is the best start for a single in 2008.
It is also Mylène's fifth number one single, a record only
shared with Celine Dion in France until then.
The CD will finally get sold at around 80,000 copies, including
Internet downloads.
A very good score for a song judged to be so different from what
Mylène Farmer usually offers.
This single will have most of the fans quite surprised by the electro
sonority and by the unstructured aspect of it (no classic succession
verses/chorus). Some will even qualified this song as the UFO of the
album.
The single will only be heard on the radio on a few occasions, only
allowing it to reach the 51st place of the radio airplay
"yacast".
Available
on:
CD
Single France Dégénération CD Maxi
France Dégénération Maxi Vinyle France
Dégénération CD Maxi Promo
France Dégénération Album Point
de Suture (all formats)
Available
on:
CD
Maxi Promo France Dégénération Maxi Vinyl Promo France Dégénération
Remixed ans additional
production by
Martin Solveig & Michael Tordjman
The first name of this remix (on the CD Maxi Promo) was: "Comatik Club
Remix". It's the same remix as "Martin Solveig Degenerave Remix".
This remix is not available on public formats such as cd or maxi-cd or
maxi vinyl.
It i's only available on downloads and exclusively by sfr
(phone or net).
A radio edit version of this remix was aired on electronic or dance
radios such as Radio FG, Contact...
Available
on:
CD
Maxi
France Dégénération Maxi Vinyle France
Dégénération CD Maxi Promo
France Dégénération Maxi Vinyl Promo France Dégénération
Remixed by Tomer
G
MHC
Future Generation Remix Club
Length:
06'29
Available
on:
CD
Maxi
France Dégénération Maxi Vinyle France
Dégénération CD Promo France
"New
Remix" Dégénération
Remixed and additional
production by Manahattan Clique
Keyboards: Philip Larsen
Guitar: Lee Turner
Manhattan
Clique Mix
Length:
03'20
Available
on:
CD
Maxi
France Dégénération Maxi Vinyle France
Dégénération
Remixed and additional
production by Manahattan Clique
Keyboards: Philip Larsen
Guitar: Lee Turner
Lyrics:
Mylène Farmer
Music: Laurent
Boutonnat
Editions: Isiaka
Record label: Polydor - Universal Music
Picture: Simon Hawk /
h&k
Art "Cicatrice":
Melikito
Design: Henry Neu
Sexy coma
Sexy trauma
Sexy coma
Sexy trauma
Coma t’es sexe, t’es styx,
Test statique
Coma t’es sexe, t’es styx,
Extatique
Coma t’es sexe, t’es styx,
Test, test statique
Coma t’es sexe, t’es styx,
Esthétique
Ou ou wa ou
Ou wa ou
Dégénération
Ou ou est ou
Ou est où est
Ma génération
J’sais pas moi
Mais y faut qu’ça bouge
J’sais pas moi
Mais y faut qu’ça bouge
J’suis coma là...
Mais y faut qu’ça bouge
Faut qu’ça bouge
Faut qu’ça bouge
FRANCE
Top
Singles (singles sales):
40 weeks in top100
Peak position N°1 (1 week)
3 weeks in Top 10
5 weeks in Top 20
17 weeks in Top 50
Sales
in France (estimation): around75 000 copies (58 000 sales + 17 000 downloads)
Year chart 2008: Singles
sales: N°23
Titles downloads: N°73
sales and downloads: N°28 Certification
SNEP: none
sources: IFOP - SNEP - infodisc
French singles sales
chart
Date
Charts
(top100)
Sales
ifop panel
17
- 23/08/2008
01
27
401
24
- 30/08/2008
02
8
579
31/08
- 06/09/2008
05
4
891
07
- 13/09/2008
12
3
127
14
- 20/09/2008
18
?
21
- 27/09/2008
22
?
28/09
- 04/10/2008
26
?
05
- 11/10/2008
32
877
12
- 18/10/2008
35
601
19
- 25/10/2008
41
?
26/10
- 01/11/2008
41
511
02
- 08/11/2008
41
475
09
- 15/11/2008
41
374
16
- 22/11/2008
49
263
23
- 29/11/2008
50
247
30/11
- 06/12/2008
56
246
07
- 13/12/2008
50
?
14
- 20/12/2008
50
?
21
- 27/12/2008
54
?
28/12
- 03/01/2009
59
?
05
- 11/01/2009
60
?
12
- 18/01/2009
60
?
19
- 25/01/2009
65
?
26/01
- 01/02/2009
67
?
02
- 08/02/2009
64
?
09
- 15/02/2009
83
?
16
- 22/02/2009
62
?
23
/02 - 01/03/2009
67
?
02
- 08/03/2009
79
?
09
- 15/03/2009
81
?
16
- 22/03/2009
73
?
23
- 29/03/2009
68
?
30/03
- 05/04/2009
out
top100
?
06
- 12/04/2009
72
42
13
- 19/04/2009
80
29
20
- 26/04/2009
out
top100
?
27/04
- 03/05/2009
82
22
04
- 10/05/2009
76
31
11
- 17/05/2009
out
top100
?
01
- 07/06/2009
86
?
08
- 14/06/2009
out
top100
?
15
- 21/06/2009
99
?
22
- 28/06/2009
71
?
29/06
- 05/07/2009
out
top100
?
13
- 19/07/2009
78
?
sources:
IFOP- SNEP
For
its first week: 27 401 copies. The best sales in one week for a single
in 2008.
Fifth number one's single for Mylène in France (after Pourvu qu'elles soient douces,
Désenchantée, XXL, Slipping away (Crier la vie).
French downloads
titles chart
Date
Classements
(top50)
Ventes panel
ifop
15
- 21/06/2008
01
4
998
22
- 28/06/2008
08
2
028
29/06
- 05/07/2008
10
1
769
06
- 12/07/2008
25
940
13
- 19/07/2008
29
?
20
- 26/07/2008
35
?
27/07
- 02/08/2008
43
?
03
- 09/08/2008
44
?
10
- 16/08/2008
45
?
17
- 23/08/2008
10
1
450 (+190%)
24
- 30/08/2008
25
?
31/08
- 06/09/2008
19
?
07
- 13/09/2008
36
?
14
- 20/09/2008
out
top50
?
sources: IFOP - SNEP
For its first week,
Dégénération was number 1
in only three days with 4 998 downloads (a record according to Polydor).
Week 17-23/08: increase of downloads (+190%) thanks to remixes.
France Radio Airplay Muzicast
Date
Charts
(top100)
Diffusions
Audience
20
- 26/06/2008
81
?
?
27/06
- 03/07/2008
80
?
?
04
- 10/07/2008
56
222
13
551
11
- 17/07/2008
61
?
?
18
- 24/07/2008
57
210
13
590
25
- 31/07/2008
77
?
?
01
- 07/08/2008
54
226
14
052
08
- 14/08/2008
52
178
14
879
15
- 21/08/2008
55
174
14
569
22
- 28/08/2008
63
?
?
29/08
- 04/09/2008
51
223
15
127
05
- 11/09/2008
93
?
?
12
- 18/09/2008
out
top100
?
?
source:
yacast
France Radio
Airplay Power 70
Date
Charts
(top70)
d25/06
- 01/07/2008
69
02
- 08/07/2008
out
13
- 19/08/2008
58
20
- 26/08/2008
64
27/08
- 02/09/2008
57
03
- 09/09/2008
64
10
- 16/09/2008
out
top 70
source: musiqueinfo
France TV Airplay
Date
Charts
(top60)
Diffusions
Audience
11
- 17/07/2008
16
189
?
18
- 24/07/2008
31
167
13
590
25
- 31/07/2008
75
?
?
01
- 07/08/2008
60
115
14
052
08
- 14/08/2008
56
98
14
879
15
- 21/08/2008
54
92
14
569
22
- 28/08/2008
38
82
?
29/08
- 04/09/2008
out
top60
?
15
127
05
- 11/09/2008
42
?
?
12
- 18/09/2008
50
110
?
19
- 25/09/2008
35
113
?
26/09
- 02/10/2008
44
114
?
03
- 09/10/2008
54
103
?
10
- 16/10/2008
47
71
?
17
- 23/10/2008
5out
top60
?
?
source:
yacast
France Clubs Airplay
Date
Charts
(top60)
27/06
- 03/07/2008
51
04
- 10/07/2008
50
11
- 17/07/2008
33
18
- 24/07/2008
10
25
- 31/07/2008
32
01
- 07/08/2008
38
08
- 14/08/2008
42
15
- 21/08/2008
37
22
- 28/08/2008
45
29/08
- 04/09/2008
48
05
- 11/09/2008
51
12
- 18/09/2008
out
top60
source: yacast
BELGIUM
Sales and downloads
in Belgium Francophone
14
weeks in top40
Peak Position: N°1 (one week)
4 weeks in Top 10
6 weeks in Top 20
Year Chart 2008:N°77 Certification:
none
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