Particularly famous for its suggestive music video which was censored on certain TV channels, the song was a great success in France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria and Germany where it was a top ten hit.

[3] A review in Pan-European magazine Music & Media deemed the song an "intriguing, driving rock production from this French ballet dancer, choreographer and (powerful) vocalist.

[4] Jerry Smith of Music Week considered Patti as "the modern Piaf" who "delivers a fine and very sitinctive, warbling rendition" on this song.

[5] The video clip, in which Patti carries out a striptease in front of some men, was censored on several French TV channels (but not on Canal +) and on MTV Europe,[6] and only broadcast in the evening.

[13] "Étienne" was performed by Brigitte Fortin, Laurent's mother, in the French TV reality show "Mon Incroyable Fiancé".