Slipping Away (Crier la vie)

"Slipping Away" is a song by American electronica musician Moby. It was released on 23 January 2006 as the fourth UK and sixth international single from his 2005 album Hotel. It peaked at number 53 and stayed for a sole week on the chart. It also reached number ten in Spain. The single version features Alison Moyet as backing vocals. In June 2006, a rumor was launched that Mylène Farmer would record a duet with an international star. Several artists were mentioned, such as Lara Fabian, Benjamin Biolay, Diam's, or Madonna, but especially Robbie Williams who had apparently declared at the 2002 NRJ Music Awards that he would like to work with her. Then the name of Moby was suggested because a possible collaboration with Mylène Farmer had been mentioned in the past by Moby himself. In late August, the purchase order and Moby's official website indicated that the name of the song was "Slipping Away (Crier la vie)". Produced and remixed by MHC in London, this dance version of "Slipping Away" adds French lyrics. On his blog on 9 September 2006, then in the edition of the 16 December 2006 of French newspaper Le Parisien, Moby stated that Farmer came to his restaurant Teany in New York, told him to record a duet version of "Slipping Away", as she liked this song from Moby's last album then, his best of. He explained that she wrote her lyrics in French and they worked together at a distance from each other (New York and Paris). The song was very regularly aired by all French radio stations, including Fun Radio which aired it several times every day. As the song was very successful, new remixes were made and a second CD maxi and vinyl were released on November 15. Finally, several rumours went around: two duets were recorded, the next Mylène Farmer's album was entirely written by Moby, and an album composed of duets with artists such as Kate Bush or Brian Molko. All of this information was incorrect. However, Farmer's 2008 album Point de Suture contains another duet with Moby called "Looking for My Name", which was recorded just after "Slipping Away (Crier la vie)". (wiki)