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Wikipedia article
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| cover = Elle Me Dit Mika.jpg
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| type = single
| artist = Mika
| album = The Origin of Love
| released = 11 July 2011
| recorded = 2011
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| length = 3:38
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| prev_title = Kick Ass (We Are Young)
| prev_year = 2010
| next_title = Celebrate
| next_year = 2012
| misc =
}}
"'" 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 "" 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
The song was first rumoured when a twelve-second preview was published online on 1 July 2011.[http://www.twitvid.com/WTSBY TwitVid.com] , Elle me dit Preview. Just ten days later, the French iTunes Store made the whole song available as a digital download.[https://itunes.apple.com/fr/album/elle-me-dit-single/id448943368 Elle me dit single], iTunes Retrieved 2011-07-13 However, its official release did not occur until 26 September 2011.
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".Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/lbvAL3X8a-M Ghostarchive] and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20110718152050/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbvAL3X8a-M&gl=US&hl=en&has_verified=1 Wayback Machine]:
A first English version named "She tells me" was sung live, with lyrics very close to the initial meaning.Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/kyE86S5z1Y4 Ghostarchive] and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20110809083335/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyE86S5z1Y4&gl=US&hl=en&has_verified=1 Wayback Machine]: The commercially released version switched the focus to an Emily character with the singer being the one bossing her around.
Music video
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.
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