Written and composed by the band members, it was the second single from their debut studio album Vives les gestes, on which it appears as the seventh track, and was released in July 1993.

[1] Philippe Ascoli, A&R director for Virgin, explained that initially he was not interested in the song, but impressed after meeting the band's singer Roland Ramade, he changed his mind and Regg'Lyss eventually signed with the record company on 18 June 1993.

[4] Elia Habib, an expert of the French charts, deemed that the song is a synthesis between reggae and southern rap, with exaggerated occitan accents and humorous words.

[3] According to Habib, "Mets de l'huile" "surprises with its variegated colors and its rhythms oscillating between the nonchalance of reggae and the dynamism of brassy verses".

[5] A review in Music & Media stated that the song "has all characteristics of a summer hit: you can dance to its reggae groove, you can hum it".