Moi... Lolita

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“Moi... Lolita”
“Moi... Lolita” cover
Single by Alizée
from the album Gourmandises
Released July 4, 2000
Genre (French) Pop
Length 4:26
Label Zeitgeist/Polydor
Producer Laurent Boutonnat
Mylène Farmer
Alizée singles chronology
"Moi... Lolita" "L'Alizé"

"Moi... Lolita" (English: "Me... Lolita") was the debut single by French singer Alizée. It was popular in France, Spain, Belgium, Austria, the Netherlands, Syria, Ukraine, Greece, Russia, Italy, Germany, Poland and the United Kingdom.[1] It is one of the few songs in French, or indeed any other language apart from English, to be a UK Top 10 hit.

Despite peaking at number-two on France, the song was one of her most successful songs in her country, and stayed in the top five for 24 consecutive weeks, held off from the top position by ·Les Rois du Monde" by Gregori Baquet, Damien Sargue and Philippe D'Avila. When her following single "L'Alizé" reached number-one, "Moi... Lolita" was still at a number-three position. The song was certified gold two months after its release, and diamond by SNEP for sales of over 750,000 singles in 2000. In total, the song sold over 1,282,000 units, becoming the thirty-first best-selling song in France.

The song was instrumental in showcasing Alizée's image as that of a seductive Lolita character, referring to the novel by Vladimir Nabokov. The video for the single, which was the first to be filmed of her, showed Alizée as a village girl visiting a night-club.

The lyrics to the song also make various references to the song writer, Mylène Farmer.[2]

"Moi... Lolita" was also used in the trailer for Ridley Scott's film A Good Year.

Moi Lolita was also released as the debut single of Nouvelle Star winner Julien Doré.

[edit] Tracklist

French CD Single

  1. Moi... Lolita (Single Version)
  2. Moi... Lolita (The Piano Version)

UK CD Single

  1. Moi... Lolita (Single Version) 4:16
  2. Moi... Lolita (Lola Extended Remix) 6:30
  3. Moi... Lolita (Illicit Full Vocal Mix) 8:05
  4. Moi... Lolita (CD Rom Video) 4:50

German CD Maxi Single

  1. Moi... Lolita (Radio Edit) 3:40
  2. Moi... Lolita (Single Version) 4:16
  3. Moi... Lolita (Lola Extended Remix) 6:30
  4. Moi... Lolita (Hello Helli T'es A Dance Mix) 5:50
  5. Moi... Lolita (Lolidub Remix) 3:45
  6. Moi... Lolita (The Piano Version) 4:20

[edit] Music Charts

Chart (2000-2002)[3] Peak
Position
Austrian Singles Chart 5
Belgium Flanders Ultratop 50 4
Belgium Wallonia Ultratop 40 2 (7)
Danish Singles Chart 9
Dutch MegaCharts Top 50 2
French SNEP Top 100 Singles Chart 2 (13)
German Singles Chart 5
Italian FIMI Singles Chart 1 (6)
Polish National Top 50 1
Spanish Maxi-Singles Chart 1
Swedish Singles Chart 52
Swiss Singles Top 100 11
UK Singles Chart 9
United World Chart 30


Preceded by
"Innocente" by Renato Zero		 Italian FIMI Singles Chart number-one single
April 26, 2002 - May 31, 2002		 Succeeded by
"Wherever You Will Go" by The Calling

[edit] References

  1. ^ lescharts.com - Alizée - Moi... Lolita
  2. ^ TV5 - Enseignants - Fiches pédagogiques
  3. ^ Alizee Moi ...lolita @ Top40-Charts.com - 40 Top 20 & Top 40 Music Charts from 25 Countries


v • d • e
Singles of Alizée
Gourmandises
Moi... Lolita • L'Alizé • Parler tout bas • Gourmandises
Mes Courants Électriques
Psychédélices
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