L'Amour Est Bleu
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| L'Amour Est Bleu | |
|---|---|
| Eurovision Song Contest 1967 entry | |
| Country | Luxembourg |
| Artist(s) | Vassiliki Papathanassiou |
| As | Vicky |
| Language | French |
| Composer(s) | André Popp |
| Lyricist(s) | Pierre Cour |
| Place | 4th |
| Points | 17 |
| Lyrics | from Diggiloo Thrush |
"L'Amour Est Bleu" (English translation: "Love Is Blue") is a song written by André Popp (music) and Pierre Cour (lyrics) in 1967. First performed in French by Vicky Leandros (appearing as Vicky) as the Luxembourgish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967, it has since been recorded by Paul Mauriat, Jeff Beck, Claudine Longet, The Dells, Ed Ames, Johnny Mathis and Al Martino.
The song describes the pleasure and pain of love in terms of colours (blue and grey) and elements (water and wind).
[edit] At Eurovision
The song was performed second on the night (following the Netherlands' Thérèse Steinmetz with Ring-Dinge-Ding and preceding Austria's Peter Horten with Warum Es Hunderttausend Sterne Gibt). At the close of voting, it had received 17 points, placing 4th in a field of 17, behind "Il Doit Faire Beau Là-Bas" (France), "If I Could Choose" (Ireland) and the winning song, "Puppet on a String" (United Kingdom). "L'Amour est bleu" was one of very few non-winning entries to become a hit.
Leandros recorded the song both in French and English, and had a modest hit with it. The song has since become a favourite of Contest fans, most notably appearing as part of a medley introducing the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in Athens, one of only two non-winning songs to be involved (the other being Dschinghis Khan).
It was succeeded as Luxembourgish representative at the 1968 Contest by Chris Baldo & Sophie Garel with Nous Vivrons D'Amour.
[edit] Subsequent History
In 1968 an orchestral "easy listening" version was recorded by Paul Mauriat. It was a number-one hit in the United States. The same year, Jeff Beck recorded a "rock" version of this version.
In 1969 The Dells had a top-twenty hit with their soul version, "Sing a Rainbow/Love is Blue". Frank Sinatra also recorded this lyricised version of this tune.
| Preceded by "Green Tambourine" by The Lemon Pipers |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single (Paul Mauriat version) February 10, 1968 |
Succeeded by "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding |
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