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It was used extensively in the François Truffaut film Stolen Kisses (1968), its French title, Baisers volés, having been taken from the song's lyrics. The song was also used in the films "Iris" (2001), "Something's Gotta Give" (2003), and "Ces amours-là" (2010). A performance of the song is featured in the film "Une jeune fille qui va bien ...
" Hymne à l'amour" (French pronunciation: [imn a lamuʁ]), or Hymn to Love, is a 1949 French song with lyrics by Édith Piaf and music by Marguerite Monnot. It was first sung by Piaf that year and recorded by her in the 1950s for Columbia records. Piaf sang it in the 1951 French musical comedy film Paris chante toujours (Paris still sings). [1]
Lyrics by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (1755–1794) " Plaisir d'amour " ( [plɛ.ziʁ da.muʁ] , "Pleasure of love") is a classical French love song written in 1784 by Jean-Paul-Égide Martini (1741–1816); it took its text from a poem by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (1755–1794), which appears in his novel Célestine .
The song was written and recorded in late 1967 for Gainsbourg's then-girlfriend, Brigitte Bardot.After a disappointing, witless date with Bardot, she "phoned and demanded as a penance" the following day [2] [3] that he write, for her, "the most beautiful love song he could imagine"; that night, he wrote "Je t'aime" and "Bonnie and Clyde". [4]
The song also appears as an instrumental played by Sean Penn's character Emmet Ray on guitar in Woody Allen's "Sweet and Lowdown" (1999). "Speak to Me of Love" was recorded by Barbra Streisand on her 1966 "Je M'Appelle Barbra" LP, using both French and English lyrics.
"Chanson D'Amour" (French for 'Love Song'; pronounced [ʃɑ̃sɔ̃ damuʁ]) is a popular song written by Wayne Shanklin. A 1977 recording by the Manhattan Transfer was an international hit, reaching number one on the UK Singles Chart. [1]
Barbra Streisand sings a mixed French/English lyric on her album Love Is the Answer. 2010: Brian Molko performed the song in the "I love EU" concert in Brussels. Kellylee Evans in her album Nina; 2011 Celine Dion performs the song during her Las Vegas residency show, Celine; 2012 The song is featured in the Deluxe Edition of Celine Dion's album ...
"Michelle" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1965 album Rubber Soul. It was composed principally by Paul McCartney, with the middle eight co-written with John Lennon. [4] [5] The song is a love ballad with part of its lyrics sung in French.