C'est l'amour

"C'est l'amour"
Single by Léopold Nord & Vous
from the album C'est l'amour
B-side	Instrumental
Released	September 1987
Format	7" single, 12" maxi (1987) CD single, CD maxi (1993)
Recorded	Belgium
Genre	Pop
Length	3:24
Label	Ariola, Carrere (1987) ARS Productions (1993)
Writer(s)	Alec Mansion Benoît Mansion Hubert Mansion
Producer(s)	Alec Mansion
Léopold Nord & Vous singles chronology
"C'est l'amour" (1987) "Les Hippopotamtam" (1988)
Alternative cover 1993 remixes

"C'est l'amour" is a popular song recorded by Belgian band Léopold Nord & Vous. It was trio's debut single, released in September 1987, from the album of the same name, and perhaps remains to date its most known song, due to the huge success it met in France and the number of cover versions and remixes that it was the subject throughout the years. It can be deemed as band's signature song.

In 1987, Alec Mension, a Belgian artist who had already released several singles in his country, recorded in Tony Visconti studio, in London, a song he wrote in English-language, entitled "Don't walk away". However, no recording company agreed to sign a contract with him, because nobody thought that the song had potential. Mension decided to re-record the song adding French voices to the English mix. He then re-wrote the lyrics in French-language along with his two brothers, Benoît and Hubert. The song was re-entitled "C'est l'amour".

The song was eventually released in early September 1987. The cover art was made by Steve Sauvage who also made those for Muriel Dacq's first two singles. "C'est l'amour" was re-issued in 1993 in remixed versions named "Unity Power mixes". "C'est l'amour" was part on many French and Belgian compilations released in the 2000s, such as Absolument 80: Tubes français Vol. 1, Top 50 vol.3, Nos belges années 1978-1988, volume 1, Bel 80 - Het beste uit de Belpop van 1987, Best of - Les Tubes Fête, Club 80's and 100 Chansons Françaises. In 2007 and 2008, the song was performed at the RFM Party 80 concert tour in which numerous artists of the 1980s, including Alec Mension, participated.

According to an expert of French charts, the song has "very nice sounds", a "humorous" tone and enjoys "good humor". The theme of love is here, ironically, used in all its facets. In the verses, after expressing an idea in the form of a question or an exclamation, the words "C'est l'amour" are chanted as being the cause of each idea previously mentioned. The song has also dance-pop sonorities.

The video shows two of the singers in an elevator, dressed as baggage handlers and performing the song. Throughout this one, the elevator goes up and down and welcomes various people, that what gives rise to various situations.

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