List of songs recorded by Mylène Farmer
This is a comprehensive list of songs by French-Canadian singer-songwriter Mylène Farmer , in alphabetical order. It contains only songs that were officially released from 1984, whatever they were recorded in studio or live version. Songs are listed as having been released only on the first format on which they featured, whatever it was an album or a single (when they appeared as B-sides of another song). As of 2015, the singer has recorded a total of 138 songs, including two instrumentals, eight covers, eight duets, three English versions of songs previously recorded in French, five B-sides, two hidden tracks and two soundtracks.
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As written on the cover of Farmer's debut single, "Maman a tort ", the song is dedicated to the actress Frances Farmer and to King Ludwig II of Bavaria (pictured) . For her 1988 album Ainsi soit je... covered "Déshabillez-moi ", a song originally recorded by the French actress and singer Juliette Gréco (pictured) . In 1996, American film screenwriter and director Abel Ferrara directed the 600,000-euro expensive music video for "California ", the third single from Farmer's album Anamorphosée In 1996, Algerian raï singer Khaled joined Farmer on stage during her concert tour at Paris-Bercy to perform a cover of "La Poupée qui fait non ", originally recorded by Michel Polnareff . British soul and R&B singer Seal featured on the 2001 song "Les Mots ". The music video for "Fuck Them All ", the lead single of Farmer's album Avant que l'ombre... Agustí Villaronga (pictured) . During the Avant que l'ombre... à Bercy tour, the American session drummer Abe Laboriel, Jr. replaced Seal to perform "Les Mots " on stage with Farmer. American singer-songwriter, musician and DJ Moby wrote the English part of lyrics of "Slipping Away ", a song he re-recorded as a bilingual duet with Farmer. In 2010, Farmer recorded a cover of "Never Tear Us Apart "—originally performed by the Australian band INXS —as a duet with American singer-songwriter Ben Harper . In 2010, the French singer Line Renaud recorded a duet with Farmer, titled "C'est pas l'heure". Israeli electropop band The Young Professionals participated in one of the remixes of Farmer's 2012 single "À l'ombre ". American singer-songwriter Gary Jules performed a live version with Farmer of his cover of Tears for Fears ' song, "Mad World ", at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy , during Farmer's 2013 tour, Timeless . English musician and former member of The Police band Sting covered one of his song from his 2003 album Sacred Love Stolen Car ", released in 2015. Farmer recorded a cover version of "I Want You to Want Me ", a 1977 song written by Rick Nielsen , lead guitarist, backing vocalist, and primary songwriter of the rock band Cheap Trick , which features on her 2015 album Interstellaires
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Notes and references
Cachin, Benoît (2006). Le Dictionnaire des Chansons de Mylène Farmer (in French). Tournon. ISBN 2-35144-000-5 Cachin, Benoît (2012). Mylène Farmer, au fil des mots (in French). France: Gründ. ISBN 978-2-32400-364-6
Studio albums Compilation albums Remix albums Video releases Live releases Concerts and tours Singles Other songs
