Written by band members Serge Fiori and Michel Normandeau, it was released on vinyl as a single in April of that year, along with the B-side "100,000 raisons" (meaning "100,000 Reasons").
The song was extremely popular within Quebec and its success on the radio during the summer of 1974 helped drive sales of the album.
[1][2] According to radio host Raymond Desmarteau, it was often among the first songs learned by new guitarists during the 1970s in Quebec.
[3] The song, like many by Harmonium, has a sovereigntist political message, particularly the following lines: Des inconnus vivent en roi chez moi (Strangers live like kings in my home); Moi qui avait accepté leurs lois (I who had accepted their laws).
In January 2009, the song was included in a playlist of 49 Canadian songs selected by over 130,000 CBC Radio 2 listeners to help define Canada to the recently elected United States president Barack Obama.