{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox song | name = Du temps | cover = Du temps (Mylene Farmer album - cover art).jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Mylène Farmer | album = 2001.2011 | released = 7 November 2011 | recorded = 2011 | studio = | venue = | genre = Dance-pop, electropop, eurodance | length = 3:39 | label = Polydor, Universal Music | writer = Lyrics: Mylène Farmer <br />Music: Laurent Boutonnat | producer = Laurent Boutonnat | prev_title = Lonely Lisa | prev_year = 2011 | next_title = À l'ombre | next_year = 2012 | misc = {{External music video | {{YouTube|jofvK5iPDDY|"Du temps"}} }} }}
"'''Du temps'''" is a 2011 dance-pop song by French singer Mylène Farmer. It was written by Farmer with music composed by Laurent Boutonnat.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mylène Farmer : Découvrez son titre inédit issu de son nouveau Best Of...(Audio) |url=http://www.actuamusic.fr/Mylene-Farmer-Decouvrez-son-titre-inedit-issu-de-son-nouveau-Best-Of-Audio_a3542.html |publisher=Actuamusic |date=2 November 2011 |language=fr |access-date=2 November 2011 |archive-date=25 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425132426/http://www.actuamusic.fr/Mylene-Farmer-Decouvrez-son-titre-inedit-issu-de-son-nouveau-Best-Of-Audio_a3542.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The song is the first single from her second best of ''2001.2011'' and was released first digitally on 7 November 2011.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mylène Farmer déjà de retour avec "Du Temps" |url=http://www.ozap.com/actu/mylene-farmer-deja-de-retour-avec-du-temps/437475 |publisher=Ozap |first=Kevin |last=Boucher |date=2 November 2011 |language=fr |access-date=2 November 2011}}</ref> The song was generally well received by critics, but divided Farmer's fans.
== Background and release == The promotional art cover was shown on the Internet on 2 November,<ref>{{cite web |title=Mylène Farmer : son nouveau single "Du temps", premier extrait du "Best-of 2001–2011" (màj) |url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Mylene-Farmer/news-76135.html |first=Jonathan |last=Hamard |publisher=Charts in France |date=2 November 2011 |language=fr |access-date=2 November 2011}}</ref> and a 30-second excerpt was available to listen on the digital platforms, including amazon.fr.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Mylène Farmer, un extrait de son nouveau single dévoilé: Du Temps |url=http://www.lexpress.fr/culture/musique/mylene-farmer-extrait-de-son-nouveau-single-du-temps_1046736.html |journal=L'Express |first=Éric |last=Gaillard |date=2 November 2011 |language=fr |access-date=2 November 2011}}</ref> On 6 November, the full song was available on the Charts in France site, but was removed after a request by Universal Music.<ref name="CIF">{{cite web |title=Mylène Farmer : écoutez le single "Du temps" en intégralité |url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Mylene-Farmer/news-76511.html |publisher=Charts in France |author=La Rédaction |date=6 November 2011 |language=fr |access-date=6 November 2011}}</ref> The music video for the song was scheduled to be released in mid-November.<ref name="MR">{{cite web |title=Mylène Farmer: "Du Temps" en écoute sur la radio ! |url=http://www.musiqueradio.com/article_news11227_mylene-farmer-du-temps-en-ecoute-sur-la-radio.php |publisher=Musique Radio |date=7 November 2011 |language=fr |access-date=7 November 2011}}</ref>
As written on the back of the cover, the painting on the front was made by Farmer.<ref name="CSP">{{cite AV media notes |title=Du temps |others=Mylène Farmer |year=2011 |type=Promo CD-one Single liner notes |publisher=Polydor |url=http://mylene.net/mylene/mylene-farmer-referentiel-du-temps-cd-promo-france.php |language=fr}}</ref>
== Music video == Directed by Laurent Boutonnat, the music video was broadcast on the Internet on 9 December 2011. On a black background and a wet floor, Farmer and six male dancers perform a choreography, these images alternating with unpublished images of backstage filmed by Farmer's companion, Benoît Di Sabatino, during her 2009 tour.<ref name="Cachin">Cachin, 2012, p. 217</ref> Jonathan Hamard of Charts in France found that "the aesthetics of the video for the song "Du temps" is much closer to [Farmer's last singles] than to the darker atmosphere of "Ainsi soit je..." and "Regrets"".<ref>{{cite web |title=Mylène Farmer prend "Du temps" dans son nouveau clip |url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Mylene-Farmer/news-76903.html |publisher=Charts in France |first=Jonathan |last=Hamard |date=9 December 2011 |language=fr |access-date=9 December 2011}}</ref> Farmer did not perform a choreographied dance in one of her music videos since "Je t'aime mélancolie" in 1991.<ref>{{cite web |title=Clip : Mylène Farmer se remet à la danse pour "Du Temps" |url=http://www.ozap.com/actu/clip-mylene-farmer-du-temps/438196 |publisher=Ozap |first=Kevin |last=Boucher |date=9 December 2011 |language=fr |access-date=9 December 2011}}</ref>
The music video generally received positive reviews from critics. To French magazine ''Têtu,'' it was "in its general aesthetics, much closer to the star's latest videos (...). In addition to the choreography, the clip of "Du temps" contains scenes of Mylène Farmer who appears natural, in her daily life. One way for the singer to lift the veil on (part of) her privacy and to twist the blow to critics who accuse her of being too remote".<ref>{{cite journal |title=Clip: Mylène Farmer danse tout sourire sur "Du temps" |url=http://www.tetu.com/actualites/culture/clip-mylene-farmer-danse-tout-sourire-sur-du-temps-20676 |journal=Têtu |first=Jordan |last=Grevet |place=Paris |date=11 December 2011 |language=fr |access-date=10 December 2011}}</ref> The choreography was described as "superb" by Musiqueradio.com,<ref>{{cite web |title=Mylène Farmer: le clip vidéo "Du Temps" est arrivé ! |url=http://www.musiqueradio.com/article_news11295_mylene-farmer-le-clip-video-du-temps-est-arrive.php |publisher=Music Radio |date=9 December 2011 |language=fr |access-date=11 December 2011}}</ref> and "electro, modern and sexy" by Ninapeople.com.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mylène Farmer prend Du Temps pour danser |url=http://www.ninapeople.com/mylene-farmer-prend-du-temps-pour-danser-a52505.html |publisher=Nina People |date=10 December 2011 |language=fr |access-date=11 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426044129/http://www.ninapeople.com/mylene-farmer-prend-du-temps-pour-danser-a52505.html |archive-date=26 April 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Journalist Benoît Cachin considered the video as "quite simple", but "interesting" since inclusion of images of intimate moments, "in which the star reveals herself a little, provide (finally?) a very human side to the whole."<ref name="Cachin" />
== Critical reception == The song received mostly positive reviews, but also some strong criticism, and became immediately successful on the digital platforms of download. Suite101 site noted that "the song fully satisfy [Farmer's] fans and irritates the others", and that "in two days, it is in the top three sales on !Tunes".<ref>{{cite web |title=Mylène Farmer: son nouveau single "Du Temps" cartonne sur le Net |url=http://www.suite101.fr/news/mylene-farmer-son-nouveau-single-du-temps-cartonne-sur-le-net-a32360 |date=9 November 2011 |publisher=Suite101 |first=Thierry |last=De Cabarrus |language=fr |access-date=9 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112184908/http://www.suite101.fr/news/mylene-farmer-son-nouveau-single-du-temps-cartonne-sur-le-net-a32360 |archive-date=12 November 2011 }}</ref> Cachin considered it a "likable" and "well done" song in which the singer seems to "send a message of hope to his lover", but the journalist added that the song does not surprise Farmer's fans.<ref name="Cachin" />
Musiqueradio.com said "Du temps" "is rather like the productions of Farmer's latest album", describing it as "an effective dance-pop song" which resembles "Lonely Lisa",<ref>{{cite web |title=Mylène Farmer: "Du Temps" annonce un nouvel album 2011 ? |url=http://www.musiqueradio.com/article_news11218_mylene-farmer-du-temps-annonce-un-nouvel-album-2011.php |publisher=Musique Radio |date=2 November 2011 |language=fr |access-date=2 November 2011}}</ref> and concludes that "the so special alchemy between the composer [Boutonnat] and Mylène Farmer still works perfectly".<ref name="MR" /> According to Charts in France site, the song is "electro"-oriented and "more in the continuity of the album ''Point de suture'' (2008) than that of the album ''Bleu noir'', more stripped down and highlighting the artist's voice. There are similar arrangements as in "Dégénération," "Réveiller le monde" and "Sextonik"."<ref name="CIF" /> Sylvain Zimmermann of ''Têtu'' stated "Du temps" is "a catchy electro pop song, with a typically farmerian chorus" and "a mix between the flights of "Innamoramento" and a sound club which recalls "Dégénération" or "Sextonik".<ref>{{cite journal |title=Mylène Farmer dévoile son nouveau single. Et vous qu'en pensez-vous? |url=http://www.tetu.com/actualites/culture/mylene-farmer-devoile-son-nouveau-single-et-vous-quen-pensez-vous-20463/ |journal=Têtu |first=Sylvain |last=Zimmermann |publisher=Pierre Bergé |place=Paris |date=7 November 2011 |language=fr |access-date=7 November 2011}}</ref> French newspaper ''France Soir'' presented the song as the successful successor of the efficiency "Oui... mais non" and "Lonely Lisa", adding that the song "marks with promise the come back of the duet [Farmer-Boutonnat]".<ref>{{cite journal |title=Mylène Farmer sans attendre |journal=France Soir |date=7 November 2011 |place=Paris |language=fr}}</ref> Later, summarizing the reviews left on the Internet, the newspaper concluded that the song "divides the singer's fans", some of them being "disappointed", but noted that in all cases, "the song deserves to create a buzz".<ref>{{cite journal |title=Mylène Farmer : Son nouveau single Du Temps crée le buzz |url=http://www.francesoir.fr/loisirs/musique/mylene-farmer-son-nouveau-single-du-temps-cree-buzz-155108.html |journal=France Soir |first=Ingrid |last=Bernard |date=9 November 2011 |place=Paris |language=fr |access-date=9 November 2011}}</ref>
Much more critical, Gilles Médioni said on the blog of ''L'Express'' that the song has "botched lyrics" and is "really bad", adding that in terms of both music and lyrics, "it's nothing".<ref>{{cite journal |title=Le nouveau Mylène Farmer, Du temps, est-il nul? |url=http://blogs.lexpress.fr/all-access/2011/11/08/le-nouveau-mylene-farmer-du-temps-est-il-nul/ |journal=L'Express |first=Gilles |last=Médioni |date=8 November 2011 |publisher=Groupe Express-Roularta |place=Paris |language=fr |access-date=8 November 2011}}</ref>
In January 2012, "Du temps" was elected the number one gay hit of the 2011 year, with 39% of votes, in a poll led by French magazine ''Têtu'' on its website.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Album et tube gay de 2011: et vos gagnant(e)s sont... |url=http://www.tetu.com/actualites/culture/album-et-tube-gay-de-2011-et-vos-gagnantes-sont-20830 |first=Sylvain |last=Zimmermann |date=8 January 2012 |journal=Têtu |publisher=Pierre Bergé |place=Paris |language=fr |access-date=8 January 2012}}</ref>
== Live performances == Farmer performed the song at the 2012 NRJ Music Awards, broadcast on TF1 on 29 January 2012, and was awarded a Diamond Award.<ref>{{cite web |title=Un prix spécial pour Mylène Farmer aux NRJ Music Awards |url=http://www.7sur7.be/7s7/fr/1529/Musique/article/detail/1386923/2012/01/29/Un-prix-special-pour-Mylene-Farmer-aux-NRJ-Music-Awards-video.dhtml |publisher=7 sur 7 |language=fr |date=29 January 2012 |access-date=2 December 2012}}</ref>
== Chart performance == "Du temps" entered the French Singles Chart at number eight on the chart edition of 13 November 2011, which was the highest debut then, with 6,089 downloads.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tops : Julien Clerc s'efface devant Adele |url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/actualite/news-76672.html |publisher=Charts in France |first=Jonathan |last=Hamard |date=16 November 2011 |language=fr |access-date=17 November 2011}}</ref> The following week, it was only number 78, making the biggest drop of all time on the chart, before falling off the top 100. However, it re-entered the chart on 10 December, and climbed up to number 80. After fluctuating up and down for some weeks, it made a huge jump from number 75 to number 4 on 23 January 2012, when the physical formats were released, selling 6,601 units.<ref name="Lescharts">{{cite web |title=Mylène Farmer – "Du temps", French Singles Chart |url=http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Myl%E8ne+Farmer&titel=Du+temps&cat=s |publisher=lescharts.com |language=fr |access-date=25 November 2011}}</ref> In the early beginning, the radio airplay of "Du temps" was very confident, but after some weeks, it was finally picked up by the radio stations and peaked at number 38 on the French airplay chart.<ref name="media-forest">{{cite web |title=Mylène Farmer – Du temps – Classements et ventes |url=http://www.mylene.net/mylene/mylene-farmer-du-temps-classements.php |publisher=mylene.net / media-forest |language=fr |access-date=12 January 2012}}</ref> It was also popular on NRJ in France, one of the country's biggest radio stations, where it was listed several times as one of the 20 most played songs of the moment.<ref name="NRJ">{{cite web |title=Facebook – "Du Temps" s'accroche. Trois mois après sa sortie le titre est 13ème (+1) de la playlist NRJ. Votez |url=http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=294668010588718&id=143489575679306 |publisher=mylene.net / NRJ |language=fr |access-date=25 February 2012}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=March 2020}}
In Switzerland, the single started at a peak of number 73.<ref name="Swiss">{{cite web |title=Mylène Farmer – "Du temps", Swiss Singles Chart |url=http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Myl%E8ne+Farmer&titel=Du+temps&cat=s |publisher=hitparade.ch |language=de |access-date=15 November 2011}}</ref> In Belgium (Wallonia), it entered the Ultratop 50 at number nine, on the chart edition of 19 November 2011 and then fell off the chart. After more than two months, "Du temps" re-entered the chart, when the physical formats were released, at number 32. It moved four places to 28 the next week before dropping again.<ref name="Ultratop">{{cite web |title=Mylène Farmer – "Du temps", Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart |url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/song/e13cf/Mylene-Farmer-Du-temps |publisher=ultratop.be |language=fr |access-date=19 November 2011}}</ref> However, it made much more impact in clubs and discothèques, peaking at number 12 on the Wallonian Dance Chart on the chart edition of 4 February 2012.<ref name="autogenerated2">{{cite web |title=Ultratop 50 Dance, 21/01/2012 |url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/weekchart.asp?cat=sd |publisher=ultratop.be |language=fr |access-date=23 January 2012}}</ref> On the radio airplay chart, the song had a similar trajectory as in France. On the chart edition of 25 February 2012, it entered the Ultratop 30 airplay chart, making a big jump from number 42 to 22, nearly four months after the single's release.<ref name="autogenerated3">{{cite web |title=Ultratop 30 Airplay, 25/02/2012 |url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/weekchart.asp?cat=sa&year=2012&date=20120225 |publisher=ultratop.be |language=fr |access-date=25 February 2012}}</ref> It has since reached a peak of number 17.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |title=Mylène Farmer – Du temps (chanson) |url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/song/e13cf/Mylene-Farmer-Du-temps |publisher=ultratop.be |language=fr |access-date=23 March 2012}}</ref>
== Formats and track listings == The formats and track listings of single releases of "Du temps":<ref name="tracks">{{cite web |title=Mylène Farmer — "Du temps" — Formats |url=http://mylene.net/mylene/mylene-farmer-referentiel-du-temps.php |publisher=Mylene.net |language=fr |access-date=3 December 2012}}</ref> * '''Digital download'''<ref name="amazon">{{cite web |title="Du Temps", Mylène Farmer – Format : Téléchargement MP3 |url=https://www.amazon.fr/Du-Temps/dp/B006299PH2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1320192471&sr=8-1 |language=fr |access-date=2 November 2011}}</ref><ref name="amazon2">{{cite web |title="Du Temps", Mylène Farmer – Format : Téléchargement MP3 |url=https://www.amazon.fr/Du-Temps/dp/B006QJKQ3U/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1354567181&sr=301-1 |language=fr |access-date=3 December 2012}}</ref> {{Track listing | title1 = Du temps | note1 = single version | length1 = 3:39 | title2 = Du temps | note2 = Tomer G reloaded club mix | length2 = 6:34 | title3 = Du temps | note3 = Mico C club remix | length3 = 5:14 | title4 = Du temps | note4 = Mico C radio edit | length4 = 3:36 | title5 = Du temps | note5 = instrumental | length5 = 3:35 }} * '''CD single – Promo'''<ref name="CSP" /> {{Track listing | title1 = Du temps | note1 = single version | length1 = 3:39 }} * '''CD maxi – Promo'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Du temps |others=Mylène Farmer |year=2012 |type=Promo CD maxi liner notes |url=http://mylene.net/mylene/mylene-farmer-referentiel-du-temps-cd-promo-club-remixes-france.php |publisher=Polydor |language=fr}}</ref>
{{Track listing | title1 = Du temps | note1 = Mico C club remix | length1 = 5:14 | title2 = Du temps | note2 = Tomer G reloaded club mix | length2 = 6:34 | title3 = Du temps | note3 = Mico C radio edit | length3 = 3:36 | title4 = Du temps | note4 = Tomer G reloaded radio edit | length4 = 3.37 | title5 = Du temps | note5 = version single | length5 = 3:38 }} * '''CD maxi'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Du temps |others=Mylène Farmer |year=2012 |type=CD maxi liner notes |url=http://mylene.net/mylene/mylene-farmer-referentiel-du-temps-cd-maxi-france.php |publisher=Polydor |language=fr}}</ref> {{Track listing | title1 = Du temps | note1 = version single | length1 = 3:38 | title2 = Du temps | note2 = Tomer G reloaded club mix | length2 = 6:34 | title3 = Du temps | note3 = Mico C club remix | length3 = 5:14 | title4 = Du temps | note4 = Mico C radio edit | length4 = 3:36 | title5 = Du temps | note5 = instrumental version | length5 = 3:35 }} * '''12" maxi'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Du temps |others=Mylène Farmer |year=2012 |type=Maxi vinyl liner notes |url=http://mylene.net/mylene/mylene-farmer-referentiel-du-temps-maxi-45-tours-france.php |publisher=Polydor |language=fr}}</ref>
{{Track listing | title1 = Du temps | note1 = Tomer G reloaded club mix | length1 = 6:32 | title2 = Du temps | note2 = Mico C club remix | length2 = 5:12 | title3 = Du temps | note3 = single version | length3 = 3:40 }}
== Credits and personnel == These are the credits and the personnel as they appear on the back of the single:<ref name="tracks" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Mylène Farmer – "Du temps" – Crédits |url=http://mylene.net/mylene/mylene-farmer-du-temps-credits.php |publisher=Mylene.net |language=fr |access-date=3 December 2012}}</ref> * Mylène Farmer – lyrics * Laurent Boutonnat – music * Requiem Publishing – editions * Nathalie Delépine – photograph * Mylène Farmer – drawing on sticker * Henry Neu – design * Made in the E.U.
== Charts == {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
=== Peak positions === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Chart (2011/12) !Peak<br>position |- |Belgian (Wallonia) Airplay Chart<ref name="Ultratop" /> |style="text-align:center;"|17 |- |Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart<ref name="Ultratop" /> |style="text-align:center;"|9 |- |Belgian (Wallonia) Dance Chart<ref name="Ultratop" /> |style="text-align:center;"|12 |- |French Airplay Chart<ref name="media-forest" /> |style="text-align:center;"|38 |- |French SNEP Singles Chart<ref name="Lescharts" /> |style="text-align:center;"|4 |- |Swiss Singles Chart<ref name="Swiss" /> |style="text-align:center;"|73 |}
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=== Year-end charts === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Chart (2012) !Position |- |French Singles Chart<ref>{{cite web |title=Classement des 200 premiers Singles Fusionnés par GfK, année 2012 |url=http://proxy.siteo.com.s3.amazonaws.com/www.snepmusique.com/file/singlefusionnes2012.pdf |publisher=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique |language=fr |page=4 |access-date=11 February 2013}}</ref> |align="center"|155 |- |} {{col-end}}
== Release history == {| class="wikitable" |- !Region !Date !Format |- |rowspan="2"|Belgium, France, Switzerland |7 November 2011 |Digital download <small>(single)</small><ref name="amazon" /> |- |16 January 2012 |CD maxi,<ref>{{cite web |title="Du Temps" (CD single, Single Maxi, Import) — Mylene Farmer (Artiste) — Format : CD |url=https://www.amazon.fr/Du-Temps-Mylene-Farmer/dp/B006HCCE40/ref=sr_1_4?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1354567578&sr=1-4 |language=fr |access-date=2 December 2012}}</ref> 12" maxi,<ref>{{cite web |title="Du Temps" – Édition Limitée (Vinyle Maxi 45T) (EP, Single Maxi) — Mylène Farmer (Artiste) — Format : Album vinyle 3 |url=https://www.amazon.fr/Du-Temps-%C3%89dition-Limit%C3%A9e-Vinyle/dp/B006K4IK3Y/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1354567578&sr=1-1 |language=fr |access-date=3 December 2012}}</ref> digital download <small>(remixes)</small><ref name="amazon2" /> |}
== References == {{Refbegin}} * {{cite book |title=Mylène Farmer, au fil des mots |last=Cachin |first=Benoît |year=2012 |publisher=Gründ |place=France |language=fr |isbn=978-2-32400-364-6|ref=Cachin}} {{Refend}} {{Reflist|30em}}
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