It was released in October 2000 as the first single from his debut album, Seul, on which it features as the fourth track.

The song was written by the songwriter Luc Plamondon, who also wrote "Belle" about two years before, composed by Romano Musumarra who also composed several hits for various artists such as Elsa Lunghini, Jeanne Mas and Princess Stéphanie of Monaco and produced by Erick Benzi, who also participated in the 1995 two hits of Céline Dion.

[1] The song was also performed on Garou's 2001 concert and was thus included on his live album Seul... avec vous, as 13th track.

[2] It features on many French compilations, such as Hits France 2001, NRJ Music Awards 2002, and was also the second track on Garou's 2006 single, "L'Injustice".

It entered the chart in low positions on 23 December 2000, jumped quickly and reached number one three week later.