Written by Didier Barbelivien with a music composed by Vincent-Marie Bouvot and Georges Lunghini, it was released first in 1988, then in a remixed version in September 1989 as the fifth and last single from her debut album Elsa, on which it is the seventh track.
The music video for "Jamais nous" was directed by Maxime Ruiz and filmed in the Studios de cinéma d'Arpajon.
A Spanish version Dos bichos raros without Laurent Voulzy is also available on the compilation Elsa, l'essentiel 1986-1993.
About "Jamais nous", a review in Pan-European magazine Music & Media said: "The French starlet with the gentle voice shines one sweet and fragile ballad.
[4] The single earned a Gold disc awarded by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.