Love is Blue
| "L'amour est bleu" | |
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1967 entry | |
| Country | |
| Artist(s) | |
| As |
Vicky
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| Language | |
| Languages |
A beautiful Turkish version has recently been heard
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| Composer(s) | |
| Lyricist(s) | |
| Conductor |
Claude Denjean
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| Finals performance | |
| Final result |
4th
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| Final points |
17
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| Appearance chronology | |
| ◄ "Ce soir je t'attendais" (1966) | |
| "Nous vivrons d'amour" (1968) ► | |
| "Love is Blue (L'amour est bleu)" | ||||
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| Single by Paul Mauriat | ||||
| from the album Le Grand Orchestre de Paul Mauriat – Volume 5 | ||||
| B-side | "Alone in the World (Seuls Au Monde)" (most countries, including initial US pressings) "Sunny" (USA, hit pressings) "Une Petite Cantate" (UK) |
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| Released | January 1968 | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Recorded | Late 1967 | |||
| Genre | Easy listening | |||
| Length | 2:31 | |||
| Label | Philips | |||
| Songwriter(s) | André Popp, Pierre Cour | |||
| Paul Mauriat singles chronology | ||||
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"L'amour est bleu" (English title: "Love Is Blue") is a song whose music was composed by André Popp, and whose lyrics were written by Pierre Cour, in 1967. Brian Blackburn later wrote English-language lyrics for it. First performed in French by Greek singer Vicky Leandros (appearing as Vicky) as the Luxembourgian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967, it has since been recorded by many other musicians, most notably French orchestra leader Paul Mauriat, whose familiar instrumental version (recorded in late 1967) became the only number-one hit by a French lead artist to top the Billboard Hot 100 in America.
The song describes the pleasure and pain of love in terms of colours (blue and grey) and elements (water and wind). The English lyrics ("Blue, blue, my world is blue …") focus on colours only (blue, grey, red, green, and black), using them to describe components of lost love. The English version by Vicky Leandros also appeared as "Colours of Love" in some locations including the UK.
The song was the second one performed during the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest. 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). Some forty years after its original release, "L'amour est bleu", along with Domenico Modugno's "Nel blu dipinto di blu" (better known as "Volare") and Mocedades' "Eres tú", still counts as one of very few non-winning Eurovision entries ever to become a worldwide hit.
Greek-born Leandros recorded the song both in French and English, and had a modest hit in Europe with it, but in Japan and Canada she had a big hit with this song. She also recorded it in German (as "Blau wie das Meer"), Italian ("L'amore è blu") and Dutch ("Liefde is zacht") . 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 three non-winning songs to be involved (the others being "Dschinghis Khan" and "Nel blu dipinto di blu").
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