L'amour est bleu

"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 became the only number-one hit by a French 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 elements of lost love. The English version by Vicky Leandros also appeared as "Colours of Love" in some locations including the UK.

Eurovision

The song was performed second 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.

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Love is Blue (disambiguation)

Love Is Blue may refer to:

The English title of the song L'amour est bleu written by André Popp and Pierre Cour

Love Is Blue (The Dells album), an album released by the band The Dells in 1969

Love Is Blue (Johnny Mathis album), an album released by the singer Johnny Mathis in 1968

A song by Edward Ball on the album "Catholic Guilt" (1997)

A wartime memoir written by Joan Wyndham

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Love Is Blue (The Dells album)

Love Is Blue is a 1969 album by The Dells.

Track listing

Side 1

"I Can Sing A Rainbow / Love Is Blue"

"Oh, What a Night"

"Dock of the Bay"

"A Little Understanding"

"One Mint Julep"

Side 2

"A Whiter Shade of Pale"

"A Summer Place"

"The Glory of Love"

"Honey"

"Wichita Lineman"/"By the Time I Get to Phoenix"

Recording

The album was recorded at Ter Mar Studio, Chicago, in June, 1969 in CONCEPT 12.

Personnel

Charles Stepney – Arranger

Bobby Miller – Producer

Stu Black – Engineer

Lee Russo – cover photo

Warren Linn – Liner illustration

Randy Harter – Art Direction

References

External links

Marv Goldberg's article on The Dells

The Dells Allmusic entry

The Dells biography and updates at Soul Tracks

'The Dells' Vocal Group Hall of Fame Page

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Love Is Blue (Johnny Mathis album)

Love Is Blue is the 28th original studio album released by singer Johnny Mathis. It was his second album upon returning to Columbia Records after a four year sojourn with Mercury Records. He would continue to record for Columbia from this point in his career onwards.

Overview

The album continues in the same vein as Mathis' previous album with Columbia Records incorporating cover versions of contemporary song hits and movie themes. Indeed, it contains an unusually high quota of covers of songs that had been huge hits for other artists. As with his previous album, this set was scored by Robert Mersey.