Les Mots (song)

"Les Mots"
Single by Mylène Farmer and Seal
from the album Les Mots
Released13 November 2001
Recorded2001, France
GenrePop, classical
Length4:50
LabelPolydor
Songwriter(s)Lyrics: Mylène Farmer
Music: Laurent Boutonnat
Producer(s)Laurent Boutonnat
Mylène Farmer singles chronology
"L'Histoire d'une fée, c'est..."
(2001)
"Les Mots"
(2001)
"C'est une belle journée"
(2002)
Seal singles chronology
"This Could Be Heaven"
(2001)
"Les Mots"
(2001)
"My Vision"
(2002)

"Les Mots" (English: "The Words") is a 2001 song recorded as a duet by the French singer-songwriter Mylène Farmer and the English soul singer Seal. It was the first single from her best of album, Les Mots, and was released on 13 November 2001. It was Farmer's third duet, after those with Jean-Louis Murat in 1991 and Khaled in 1997, and her first international duet. "Les Mots" is a bilingual song, containing verses in French (sung by Farmer) and in English (by Seal). In terms of sales, "Les Mots" is Farmer's fourth biggest success in France, behind "Désenchantée", "Pourvu qu'elles soient douces" and "Sans contrefaçon".