"Beyond My Control" is a 1991 song recorded by French singer-songwriter Mylène Farmer. It was the fourth single from her third studio album '' L'autre...'' and was released in May 1992. The song probably remains well known for its music video that caused controversy and was censored at the time because of its sexual and violent content. It achieved minor success in terms of sales, even though it reached the top ten in France and Belgium.

Background, writing and release

The fickle and ambiguous song "Pas de doute", already scheduled as the third single from the album '' L'autre...'', would have been released as the fourth single, but was finally replaced by "Beyond My Control", which was remixed to be more commercial. The song was inspired by two characters in the 1782 French epistolary novel '' Les Liaisons dangereuses'', written by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos: the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont. Cachin, 2006, pp. 52–57. In the song, the voice heard on the chorus of the song which repeats "It's beyond my control" is in fact a

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of John Malkovich's voice from the film " Dangerous Liaisons" by Stephen Frears. For the first time throughout Farmer's career, a CD single was released among the various formats. At the time of the song's release, the radio

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prepared a 7" maxi with a collector picture disc in a limited edition (50 units) and containing a new remix. The song deals with self-control, love, death and the betrayal of the beloved man. Farmer tells her own story from the Val