Histoires de

Histoires de
Greatest hits album by
Released4 December 2020
Recorded1997–2020
Length230:10
LabelStuffed Monkey
Producer
Mylène Farmer chronology
Live 2019
(2019)
Histoires de
(2020)
Plus grandir
(2021)
Singles from Histoires de
  1. "L'âme dans l'eau"
    Released: 18 September 2020

Histoires de is a greatest hits album by French singer Mylène Farmer, released on 4 December 2020. It is her third compilation, after Les Mots (2001) and 2001.2011 (2011).

Composition

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Composed of 52 tracks, this compilation retraces Farmer's career up to that point and includes a previously unreleased song, "L'Âme dans l'eau", released two months earlier.

Songs from the albums Cendres de lune, Ainsi soit je..., L'Autre... and Anamorphosée are offered in their Live versions on disc 1; this is likely due to the fact that the singer's former label, Universal Music, holding the rights to her material released between 1986 and 1997.

There are two songs that were not released during this time period which are also only available in a Live version: Mad World, a cover of Tears for Fears in a duet with Gary Jules, and Diabolique mon ange, the original version of which was on the album Bleu noir (2010).

On discs 2 and 3, songs released after 1999 (starting with singles from the album Innamoramento) are offered in their original version, with the exception of Dégénération and C'est dans l'air (both from Point de suture) which are offered in their single edits (shortened versions compared to the originals).

Some singles are absent, either because they did not have a Live version released after 1999, or by a deliberate choice, since the singer wanted to balance the number of songs from each album, which explains the presence on the last disc of certain songs that were not released as singles, such as À force de... (from Monkey Me), Interstellaires, Un jour ou l'autre (both from Interstellaires) and Histoires de fesses (from Désobéissance).

Commercial performance

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In France, the compilation was certified Gold within ten days for more than 50,000 copies sold. It was later certified Platinum two months later, having sold more than 100,000 copies.

Track listing

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Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Arranger(s)Length
1."Libertine" (N°5 on Tour Live)
Yvan Cassar5:36
2."Sans logique" (Live 2019)
  • Christophe Voisin-Boisvinet
  • Olivier Schultheis
3:49
3."Sans contrefaçon" (N°5 on Tour Live)
  • Farmer
  • Boutonnat
Cassar4:10
4."Ainsi soit je..." (N°5 on Tour Live)
  • Farmer
  • Boutonnat
Cassar4:19
5."Pourvu qu'elles soient douces" (Live 2019)
  • Farmer
  • Boutonnat
  • Voisin-Boisvinet
  • Schultheis
5:23
6."Je t'aime mélancolie" (Timeless 2013 Live)
  • Farmer
  • Boutonnat
Cassar5:01
7."Regrets" (Mylenium Tour Live)
  • Farmer
  • Boutonnat
Cassar5:06
8."Désenchantée" (Timeless 2013 Live)
  • Farmer
  • Boutonnat
Boutonnat6:19
9."Beyond My Control" (Mylenium Tour Live)
  • Farmer
  • Boutonnat
Cassar4:56
10."XXL" (Avant que l'ombre... à Bercy Live)
  • Farmer
  • Boutonnat
Cassar4:49
11."California" (Avant que l'ombre... à Bercy Live)
  • Farmer
  • Boutonnat
Cassar5:22
12."Rêver" (N°5 on Tour Live)
  • Farmer
  • Boutonnat
Cassar5:22
13."Comme j'ai mal" (Timeless 2013 Live)
  • Farmer
  • Boutonnat
Boutonnat3:48
14."L'Instant X" (Stade de France Live)
  • Farmer
  • Boutonnat
Boutonnat4:53
15."Mad World" (featuring Gary Jules) (Timeless 2013 Live)Roland OrzabalCassar3:25
16."Diabolique mon ange" (Timeless 2013 Live)
Cassar5:12
Total length:75:30
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Innamoramento"
  • Farmer
  • Boutonnat
Boutonnat5:24
2."L'Âme-stram-gram"
  • Farmer
  • Boutonnat
Boutonnat4:23
3."Souviens-toi du jour"
  • Farmer
  • Boutonnat
Boutonnat4:58
4."Optimistique-moi"FarmerBoutonnat4:20
5."Je te rends ton amour"
  • Farmer
  • Boutonnat
Boutonnat5:10
6."C'est une belle journée"
  • Farmer
  • Boutonnat
Boutonnat4:16
7."Les Mots" (featuring Seal)
  • Farmer
  • Boutonnat
Boutonnat4:49
8."Fuck Them All"
  • Farmer
  • Boutonnat
Boutonnat4:35
9."L'amour n'est rien..."
  • Farmer
  • Boutonnat
Boutonnat5:06
10."Avant que l'ombre..."
  • Farmer
  • Boutonnat
Boutonnat5:57
11."Q.I"
  • Farmer
  • Boutonnat
Boutonnat5:24
12."Redonne-moi"
  • Farmer
  • Boutonnat
Boutonnat4:25
13."Dégénération" (Radio Edit)
  • Farmer
  • Boutonnat
Boutonnat4:06
14."C'est dans l'air" (Radio Edit)
  • Farmer
  • Boutonnat
Boutonnat3:37
15."Appelle mon numéro"
  • Farmer
  • Boutonnat
Boutonnat5:30
16."Si j'avais au moins..."
  • Farmer
  • Boutonnat
Boutonnat5:30
Total length:77:30
Disc three
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Oui mais... non"
RedOne4:20
2."Bleu Noir"
Moby4:04
3."M'effondre"
  • Farmer
  • Moby
Moby3:33
4."Lonely Lisa"
  • Farmer
  • RedOne
RedOne3:02
5."Du temps"
  • Farmer
  • Boutonnat
Boutonnat3:37
6."À force de..."
  • Farmer
  • Boutonnat
Boutonnat4:06
7."Monkey Me"
  • Farmer
  • Boutonnat
Boutonnat4:11
8."À l'ombre"
  • Farmer
  • Boutonnat
Boutonnat4:48
9."Je te dis tout"
  • Farmer
  • Boutonnat
Boutonnat5:30
10."Interstellaires"Kierszenbaum3:11
11."Stolen Car" (featuring Sting)
  • Farmer
  • Sting
The Avener3:22
12."City of Love"
Kierszenbaum4:27
13."Un jour ou l'autre"
  • Farmer
  • Kierszenbaum
Kierszenbaum4:27
14."Rolling Stone"
  • Farmer
  • Feder
  • Johanna Iser
  • Peter Hoppe
  • Anastassia Zimmerman
  • Ashley Hicklin
  • Kimberley Sawford
  • Quentin Segaud
Feder3:45
15."N'oublie pas" (featuring LP)
Del Rio3:40
16."Désobéissance"
  • Farmer
  • Leon Deutschmann
Kimotion3:59
17."Sentimentale"
  • Farmer
  • Feder
  • Segaud
Feder4:16
18."Des larmes"
  • Farmer
  • Del Rio
  • LP
Del Rio3:48
19."Histoires de fesses"
  • Farmer
  • Feder
Feder1:57
20."L'âme dans l'eau"
  • Farmer
  • Jonathan Burr
  • Adam Richardson
 3:07
Total length:77:10

Charts

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Certifications

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Certifications for Histoires de
Region Certification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP)[8] Platinum 100,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ "Ultratop.be – Mylène Farmer – Histoires de" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Lescharts.com – Mylène Farmer – Histoires de". Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Mylène Farmer – Histoires de". Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Rapports Annuels 2020". Ultratop. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Top de l'année Top Albums 2020" (in French). SNEP. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Rapports Annuels 2021". Ultratop. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Top de l'année Top Albums 2021" (in French). SNEP. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  8. ^ "French album certifications – Mylène Farmer – Histoires de" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 17 December 2020.