"Qui peut vivre sans amour?" (meaning "Who Can Live Without Love?") is a song recorded by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released as the third single from her French-language album Sans attendre (2012). It was written by Elodie Hesme and David Gategno, and produced by Julien Schultheis and Gategno. "Qui peut vivre sans amour?" received generally favorable reviews from music critics, who called it an orchestral rock power ballad. The well-received music video for the song premiered on 19 April 2013.

The lyrics and thirty-second previews of all songs from Sans attendre were posted on Dion's official website on 18 October 2012. "Qui peut vivre sans amour?" became available as a digital download from the album on the day that Sans attendre was released. On 10 February 2013, celinedion.com announced that it was chosen as the third single. On 8 March 2013, the promotional single cover art created by the illustrator Aurore Hutton, niece of former French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing was revealed and the single was sent to radio in France. In Quebec, "Qui peut vivre sans amour?" was released to radio stations on 18 March 2013. The promotional single contains a new version of the song with less guitar and more piano and strings. It makes the song "softer" but still "powerful."

The song was written by Elodie Hesme and David Gategno, while the production was handled by Julien Schultheis and Gategno. Elodie Hesme worked with Dion for the first time and wrote the lyrics to three songs from Sans attendre: "Qui peut vivre sans amour?," "Attendre" and "Si je n'ai rien de toi." David Gategno already collaborated with Dion on D'elles in 2007, including composing and producing her French number-one single, "Et s'il n'en restait qu'une (je serais celle-là)." On Sans attendre he composed and produced four tracks: "Qui peut vivre sans amour?," "Attendre," "La mer et l'enfant" and "Si je n'ai rien de toi." Julien Schultheis worked with Dion for the first time, producing "Qui peut vivre sans amour?" and playing instruments on it, and also on "Attendre" and "Si je n'ai rien de toi." In "Qui peut vivre sans amour?", Dion "takes a dramatic tone revealing a darker side" and asks who can live without love, knowing that it can at times cause pain and suffering. Dion "overwhelms the worst evils" in the song: if love is a "plague", a "criminal" and causes the most disastrous "wars," it also governs our lives and is the source of our dreams. The track features Paris Pop Orchestra conducted by Stanislas.

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