Que reste-t-il de nos amours ?

"Que reste-t-il de nos amours ?"
Single by Lucienne Boyer
B-side"Colombe"
Released1944
Recorded1942
GenreJazz, chanson
Length3:17
LabelColumbia
Songwriters
French publication's cover containing the musical score and lyrics edited in 1942.

"Que reste-t-il de nos amours?" (French pronunciation: [kə ʁɛstə t‿il noz‿amuʁ], transl.What Remains of Our Love?) is a French popular song, with music by Léo Chauliac and Charles Trenet, and lyrics by Trenet.[1][2] A version of the song with English lyrics entitled "I Wish You Love" is recognizable by the opening line "I wish you bluebirds, in the spring".

History

The first release of the song was by French crooner Roland Gerbeau in February 1943 (78 rpm, Polydor Records: 524.830). Charles Trenet recorded his own version in July 1943 (78 rpm Columbia Records: DF 3116). French singer Lucienne Boyer's version was released in March 1944 (78 rpm, Columbia Records: BF 68).

"I Wish You Love"

The song is best known to anglophone audiences as "I Wish You Love", with new lyrics by American composer and lyricist, Albert Askew Beach (1924-1997). "I Wish You Love" was introduced in 1957 by Keely Smith as the title cut of her solo debut album, I Wish You Love, and was one of Smith's signature songs. Smith's debut album otherwise consisted of standards. She later recalled:[3]

[when] we sat down to select the songs, [record producer] Voyle Gilmore...played a bunch of standards and he said, "I want to play you a really pretty French song [...] it won't mean nothing and you won't do it in the album but I just thought I'd play it for you" and he played "I Wish You Love". So, at the end of him playing all these songs [...] I said: "Babe, I'll sing any 11 songs y'all want me to but I want to sing 'I Wish You Love'."

Other recordings

It has since become a standard, with many other recordings:

Other notable recordings

Use in film

The song was heard in several films:

References

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  2. ^ "Universal Music - les plus grandes chansons du siècle - Vol.2 (Long box 3 CD)". Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved January 22, 2007.
  3. ^ "The Mr Lucky Interview: Crazy For Keely Smith". MrLucky.com. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 151.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 368.
  6. ^ "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
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  8. ^ "Eartha Kitt Love for Sale". Discogs. 1966.
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