Elle me dit

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"Elle me dit"
Single by Mika
from the album The Origin of Love
Released11 July 2011
Recorded2011
Genre
Length3:38
Label
Songwriters
  • Mika
  • Doriand
Producers
Mika singles chronology
"Kick Ass (We Are Young)"
(2010) 		"Elle me dit"
(2011) 		"Celebrate"
(2012)
Audio sample
Music video
"Elle me dit" on YouTube

"Elle me dit" (English: She Tells Me) is a song by Lebanese-born British singer and songwriter Mika, released as a single in France ahead of the release of his third studio album, The Origin of Love. Mika re-recorded the song in English under the title "Emily". "Emily" is included on the standard track listing of The Origin of Love, while "Elle me dit" is featured as a bonus track on the French standard edition of the album, and all international deluxe editions. The song was released on 11 July 2011.

Background

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The song was first rumoured when a twelve-second preview was published online on 1 July 2011.[1] Just ten days later, the French iTunes Store made the whole song available as a digital download.[2] However, its official release did not occur until 26 September 2011.[3] Lyrically, the song is "about all the horrific things a mother can say to her son to get him to get out of her house".[4]

A first English version named "She tells me" was sung live, with lyrics very close to the initial meaning.[5] The commercially released version switched the focus to an Emily character with the singer being the one bossing her around.

Music video

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The music video directed by Kinga Burza was released on 16 August 2011. The video shows a family dancing and singing along to the song individually, as well as clips of the family members arguing and behaving mischievously. The video features a well-known ensemble of French actors, including Fanny Ardant, Marie-Clotilde Ramos-Ibanez, Patrice Pujol and Axel Huet.[6][7][8]

In other media

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The song "Elle Me Dit" is briefly featured in the 2017 film "Pitch Perfect 3".

Track listing

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Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Elle me dit"3:38
CD single
No.TitleLength
1."Elle me dit" (Radio Edit)3:27
2."Elle me dit" (Beataucue Remix)5:14

Chart performance

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Chart (2011-2014) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[9] 9
Belgium Dance (Ultratop Flanders)[9] 36
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[10] 1
Belgium Dance (Ultratop Wallonia)[10] 1
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[11] 43
France (SNEP)[12] 1
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[13] 65
South Korea (GAON)[14] 129
South Korea International Songs (GAON)[15] 7
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 16

Year-end charts

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Year Chart Position
2011 Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders)[17] 74
Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia)[18] 14
Belgian Dance Singles Chart (Wallonia)[19] 7
French Singles Chart[20] 8
South Korea International Singles Chart[21] 147
2012 French Singles Chart[22] 101

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Belgium (BRMA)[23] Gold 10,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Country Release date Format(s)
Australia[24] 11 July 2011 Digital download
France
Spain[25]
France 26 September 2011 CD single[3]

References

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  1. ^ TwitVid.com Archived 2 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Elle me dit Preview.
  2. ^ Elle me dit – single, iTunes – Retrieved 2011-07-13
  3. ^ a b "Elle Me Dit: Mika: Amazon.fr: Musique". Amazon.fr. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  4. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Mika - Elle me dit Chante en Français on Bestfest Romania. YouTube.
  5. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Mika - Elle Me Dit (in English) @ Das Festival, Schaffhausen in Switzerland 6.8.2011. YouTube.
  6. ^ "Quand Fanny Ardant s'amuse dans le clip de Mika..." Elle (in French). 16 August 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  7. ^ "Marie-Clotilde Ramos-Ibanez (Circée) dans le clip du chanteur Mika". pblv-plusbellelavie.fr (in French). 29 March 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  8. ^ "Patrice Pujol". Dynamite Talents. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  9. ^ a b "Mika – Elle me dit" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  10. ^ a b "Mika – Elle me dit" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  11. ^ "Mika Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard.
  12. ^ "Mika – Elle me dit" (in French). Le classement de singles.
  13. ^ "ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201134 into search.
  14. ^ "Gaon Digital Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Chart. Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  15. ^ "Gaon International Digital Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Chart. Archived from the original on 25 June 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  16. ^ "Mika – Elle me dit". Swiss Singles Chart.
  17. ^ "JAAROVERZICHTEN 2011". Ultratop (NL)language=Dutch. Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  18. ^ "RAPPORTS ANNUELS 2011". Ultratop (FR)accessdate=2011-12-29. Archived from the original on 19 October 2012.
  19. ^ "RAPPORTS ANNUELS 2011: Dance" (in French). Ultratop (FR). Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  20. ^ "Classement des 100 premiers Singles Fusionnés par GfK Music 2011 - du 1er Janvier au 31 Décembre 2011" [GfK Music's Top 100 Singles Chart 2011 - 1 January to 31 December 2011] (PDF). GFK Music (in French). 31 December 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  21. ^ "Gaon International Digital Chart: 2011" (in Korean). Gaon Chart. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  22. ^ "Classement des 200 premiers Singles Fusionnés par GfK année 2012" (PDF) (in French). GFK. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  23. ^ "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – singles 2011". Ultratop. Hung Medien.
  24. ^ "iTunes - Music - Elle me dit - Single by MIKA". iTunes Store. 11 July 2011. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  25. ^ "iTunes - Música - Elle me dit - Single de MIKA". iTunes Store. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
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