"Fuck Them All" | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ||||
Single by Mylène Farmer | ||||
from the album Avant que l'ombre... | ||||
B-side |
| |||
Released | 14 March 2005 | |||
Recorded | 2005, France | |||
Genre | Pop rock, trip hop | |||
Length | 4:30 | |||
Label | Polydor | |||
Songwriter(s) | Lyrics: Mylène Farmer Music: Laurent Boutonnat | |||
Producer(s) | Laurent Boutonnat | |||
Mylène Farmer singles chronology | ||||
|
"Fuck Them All" is a 2005 song recorded by French singer-songwriter Mylène Farmer. Released on 14 March 2005, it was the lead single from her sixth studio album, Avant que l'ombre.... Like all tracks from the album, the lyrics were written by the singer with music composed by Laurent Boutonnat. "Fuck Them All" combines pop music elements with acoustic guitar, electronic beats and synths, with a musical bridge sung as a rap in English. As a result, it is often compared to Madonna's early 2000s songs. Using both crude and colorful lyrics, including sex and vulgarity, the song deals with the war between the sexes and was often considered a feminist plea in which women are presented as warriors.
The original music video to the song, filmed by Agustí Villaronga in Romania over two days, shows Farmer portraying two women in a warehouse, with scarecrows made by Swiss artist Martial Leiter. The video was generally praised for its aesthetic qualities but criticized for its lack of innovation.
Farmer sang "Fuck Them All" during her 2006 series of concert at Bercy and the performance was released on the Avant que l'ombre... à Bercy DVD.
The song received a mixed critical reception from fans and the general public, reviews ranging from "unconvincing" and "vulgar" to "bold" and "catchy". Despite this, the song was downloaded over 5,000 times from official download platforms during its first week of release. It met some success on the French and Belgian (Wallonia) charts, where it reached number two and eventually became the album's best-selling single. In France, it earned a silver disc for over 100,000 units sold.