C.O.B.R.A.

C.O.B.R.A. is the first single released from Marie-Mai's fourth album Miroir. It was released as digital download on 14 August 2012. The song was written by Fred St-Gelais and Marie-Mai. In an interview, Marie-Mai explained the song's inspiration: “C.O.B.R.A. is a rallying cry, an anthem to those who do not want to merge in the crowd, told Marie-Mai. Fred (St-Gelais, director) and I, we wanted to write a song that would find all its meaning on stage, during a show, with a contagious rhythm...Let yourself get bewitched by the Cobra!”.^[1]

"C.O.B.R.A."
Single by Marie-Mai
from the album Miroir
Released	14 August 2012
Recorded	2009
Genre	Pop, rock
Length	3:27
Label	Musicor
Songwriter(s)	Marie-Mai, Fred St-Gelais
Producer(s)	Fred St-Gelais
Marie-Mai singles chronology
"Sans cri ni haine" (2012) "C.O.B.R.A." (2012) "Jamais Ailleurs" (2012)

Music video

The video was filmed by director Jonathan Desbiens and produced by Patrick Chevrier and Outan Médias.^[2] The video premiered on 5 September 2012. The music video was filmed under the moonlight in the forest and in a mysterious building. The music video featured men and women running through the forest to get through the party held in the mysterious building. Marie-Mai can be seen engaged in a mesmerizing dance in the middle of the crowd and also on the stage. In the ending scene, Marie-Mai's eyes turns into a set of yellow reptilian eyes.

Chart performance

"C.O.B.R.A." debuted on the Canadian Hot 100 on 27 August 2012 at number 74.

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[3]	74