Contre nature

Dion began working on her next French-language album on 8 October 2002 in Paris, where she met with four French songwriters and producers: Jean-Jacques Goldman, Erick Benzi, Jacques Veneruso, and Gildas Arzel. After four days of rehearsals, they reunited in Las Vegas in May 2003 during Dion's break from performing in A New Day.... Recording sessions took place between 2 and 11 May 2003.^[1]

Goldman, who wrote and produced Dion's best-selling French-language album D'eux, served as artistic director for 1 fille & 4 types.^[2] Veneruso wrote "Contre nature", which Benzi produced. It was selected as the album's third single, released for promotional use only.^[3] The cover art for the promotional CD containing the radio edit was unveiled on 6 March 2004.^[3]

"Contre nature" was sent to radio in France on 18 March 2004 and in Canada on 12 April 2004.^[4][5] The music video premiered on 30 April 2004.^[6]

A promotional DVD single was released in France, including the music video and a making-of feature. In 2005, the song was included on Dion's greatest hits album On ne change pas.

In Quebec, "Contre nature" reached number two on the ADISQ Correspondants Radio chart.^[7] It also entered the BDS Radio chart on 1 May 2004, peaking at number 22 and spending 18 weeks in the top fifty.^[8] In Poland, the song reached number nine on the Regional Airplay chart on 2 May 2004.^[9] In Wallonia, Belgium, it peaked at number 38 on the Ultratop Airplay chart on 25 May 2004.^[10] In Flanders, Belgium, it reached number 70 on 27 April 2004.^[10]

The music video, directed by Didier Kerbrat, was filmed on 27 March 2004 in the Mojave Desert and released on 30 April 2004.^[4][11][6] It was later included on Dion's 2005 greatest hits DVD collection, On ne change pas, along with the making-of feature.