Written and composed by Zazie, alongside Philippe Paradis and Jean-Pierre Pilot, the song deals in a critical and pessimistic way with human behavior towards environmental issues and consumer society.

[2] The music video was directed by Yvan Attal[3] and the shooting was made at the Mac / Val, the Musée d'art contemporain of Vitry-sur-Seine.

The woman is worried about various problems presented, including population explosion, forest devastated, deaths by malnutrition, CO2 emissions...[4] The song, as well as the music video, are available on Zazie's greatest hits compilation Zest of.

In France, the single entered the SNEP chart on 6 October 2007 at a peak of seven, becoming Zazie's second top ten hit, after her duet with Axel Bauer, "À ma place".

"Je suis un homme" was performed live by Amandine Bourgeois and Ycare on 28 May 2008, in French television show Nouvelle Star.