C'est si bon

"C'est si bon"
Song by Jean Marco
English title	It's So Good
Written	1947
Published	1947
Released	1948
Recorded	18 February 1948
Genre	Foxtrot
Length	02:40
Form	78 rpm
Label	Columbia
Composer(s)	Henri Betti
Lyricist(s)	André Hornez
Language	French

C'est si bon is a French popular song composed in 1947 by Henri Betti with the lyrics by André Hornez. The English lyrics were written in 1950 by Jerry Seelen. The song is also adapted in several languages.

The first nine notes of the chorus of the song came into the head of the composer Henri Betti while he was walking under the arcades of the avenue Jean Médecin in Nice in July 1947. He wrote the notes in a notebook to be able to recall them to play on the piano. Once home, he composed the melody in less than ten minutes. He then made an appointment with the lyricist André Hornez at the Hôtel Powers in Paris in order to find a title for the song. The lyricist said that the title should be three syllables, sung to the first three notes of the song. The next day the lyricist showed Henri Betti a list of ten three-syllable titles, the last of which was C'est si Bon. Henri Betti told him it's the one he wants to choose but André Hornez replied that he did not mark him because there was simultaneously a song by Charles Trenet named C'est Bon. Henri Betti told him that si makes all the difference. The song was registered at the SACEM on 16 August 1947 and was published by Paul Beuscher.

Before finding a professional singer for the song, Henri Betti sang the song himself at the restaurant La Réserve in Nice. He first proposed the song to Yves Montand together with Mais qu'est-ce que j'ai ? which he had just composed (with lyrics by Édith Piaf). On October 9, 1947 at the Théâtre de l'Étoile, Yves Montand sang Mais qu'est-ce que j'ai ? but did not sing C'est si Bon, preferring to wait a few weeks to sing it on stage or on the radio.

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