![]() Philippe Gautier directed a vibrant and widely viewed music video to accompany the record. The band first achieved major popular success in 1985, with the release of the second single from their first album: " Marcia baila" rose to number 2 on the French record charts that summer. Rita Mitsouko began performing in the early 1980s in alternative spaces such as the Pali-Kao, a squatted factory building in Belleville, Paris. The group originally went by the name "Rita Mitsouko" but in 1985 "Les" was added when they realized that many people believed the name of the group was that of the singer. ![]() Mitsouko is the French spelling of the Japanese first name Mitsuko, and is also the name of a perfume by Guerlain. Īccording to the French Wikipedia the name of the group was chosen to reflect the band's extremely diverse musical reference: Rita refers to the South American music (and the iconic actress Rita Hayworth). The duet has stated that the name "Rita Mitsouko" originated from the combination of Catherine Ringer's childhood friend and the name of a meal they enjoyed in a local Japanese restaurant soon after they met. ![]() Instead of continuing as Les Rita Mitsouko, Ringer completed a final tour, "Catherine Ringer chante Les Rita Mitsouko and more" ( Catherine Ringer sings Les Rita Mitsouko and more), and started a solo career. Iggy Pop also collaborated with them on 1993's Système D, duetting with Ringer on "My Love Is Bad". "Singing in the Shower", sung as a duet with Sparks, was a commercial success in France and was then heavily played on US dance radio stations in 1988. They then started a collaboration with producer Tony Visconti on two albums: the No Comprendo and Marc & Robert. " Marcia Baila", their debut single produced by Conny Plank, went to number 2 in the French singles chart in 1984. They went on to become one of the most acclaimed musical acts in France. The duo first performed as Rita Mitsouko at Gibus Club in Paris in 1980. Les Rita Mitsouko ( French pronunciation: , translation: The Rita Mitsukos) were a French pop rock group formed by Fred Chichin and Catherine Ringer. New wave, pop rock, alternative rock, chanson It was a clever line that rhymed and we'd like to leave it at that."īrown's spokesperson added: "Everyone expresses themselves in their own way, and if anything, people will always feel a flash of Kala's struggle when hearing that line.Les Rita Mitsouko at the Eurockéennes, 2007 "At this time, given we fully know and understand Eminem's style of rap music (it can come off a little unnerving) but she does not want to take offense or feel as if he is attacking her personally. "We have seen all of the attention regarding Eminem referencing Kala in one of his newly released songs," a spokesperson for Brown responded on a statement to Spartanburg, South Carolina's local CBS station WSPA. Eminem raps a reference to her incarceration in the song's central verse. Brown's boyfriend Charlie Carver was one of seven people Kohlhepp killed over the course of more than a decade. ![]() ![]() Kala Brown is a woman who was found chained in a storage container at the South Carolina home of serial killer Todd Kohlhepp back in November 2016. ![]()
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