- Femme libérée
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Name = Femme libérée
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Artist = Cookie Dingler
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B-side = "Sexy Rock"
Released = July 1, 1984
Format =7" single
Recorded = France, 1984
Genre = Pop
Length = 3:40
Label = EMI Pathé Marconi
Writer = Joëlle Kopf
Christian Dingler
Producer = Bob Medhi
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Misc ="Femme libérée" is a successful song recorded by French band Cookie Dingler. Written in 1984, it achieved a huge success in France and became a popular song throughout the years. It was the sole success of the band.
Background and writing
Written in 1984 by Joelle Kopf and Christian Dingler under the label EMI Music, the song, which lasts 3:42, was a great success in the 1980s.
The song, released as a single on July 1, 1984, [Cookie Dingler's singles, with dates of release [http://www.infodisc.fr/Artistes.php Infodisc] (Retrieved July 19, 2008)] fell within the context of an era marked by the emergence of thoughtless songs which mocked some popular themes of society at the time. According to Elia Habib, an expert of French charts, the song reduced "freed women with a tender irony in an archetypal caricature" at a time when "the look is gaining importance and makes that we are "in" or not".Elia Habib, "Muz hit. tubes", 1998, p. 21,22 (ISBN|2-9518832-0-X)] .
The song is available on many French compilations released in the 2000s, such as "Tubes d'un jour tubes de toujours spécial années 80" (2001), "Absolument 80: Tubes français Vol. 1" (2002), "Nostalgie Classiques 80" (2006), "Maxi Singles 80", "100 chansons françaises", "Nos années 80 - Platinum Collection" (2007).
Charts performances and awards
In 1984, the song gained the price of the Union Nationale des Auteurs et Compositeurs awarded by the
SACEM .The single featured for 18 weeks on the French Singles Chart (Top 50), but this official chart began only on December 4, 1984, while the song was released five month earlier. It was #2 in the first edition of the chart, just behind
Peter and Sloane 's hit "Besoin de rien, envie de toi"; it stayed for two consecutive weeks at number 2. Then it dropped and totalled ten weeks in the top ten."Femme libérée", French Singles Chart [http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?key=27120&cat=s Lescharts.com] (Retrieved July 19, 2008)] In 1985, the single was certified Platinum disc by theSNEP . According to Infodisc website, 985,000 copies of the song were sold,Platinum discs in France [http://www.infodisc.fr/S_Certif_Platine.php Infodisc.fr] (Retrieved July 19, 2008)] making to date "Femme libérée" the 96th best-selling single of all time in France. [Best-selling singles of all time in France [http://www.infodisc.fr/S_ToutTemps.php?debut=50 Infodisc.fr] (Retrieved July 19, 2008)]Cover versions
The song was first covered in 1998 by
Mireille Mathieu ,Alain Souchon andJulien Clerc for an album ofLes Enfoirés .In 2005, Soma Riba band featuring DJ Fou covered the song at thier turn, but not managed to reach success : indeed, the single peaked at #33 on the French Singles Chart on July 4, 2005, and remained on the chart (top 100) for 16 weeks. ["Femme libérée", by Soma Riba and DJ Fou, French Singles Chart [http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?key=192557&cat=s Lescharts.com] (Retrieved July 19, 2008)]
Track listings
; 7" singleA-side:
# "Femme libérée" — 3:40B side:
# "Sexy Rock" — 2:47Certifications and sales
Charts
References
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