| Que reste-t-il de nos amours ? | |
| Cover: | Lucienne_Boyer,_Que_reste-t-il_de_nos_amours,_A_side,_Columbia_Records,_1942.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Lucienne Boyer |
| B-Side: | Colombe |
| Released: | 1942 |
| Recorded: | 1942 |
| Genre: | Jazz, Chanson |
| Length: | 3:17 |
| Label: | Columbia Records |
"Que reste-t-il de nos amours ?" (in French pronounced as /kə ʁɛstə t‿il də noz‿amuʁ/, What Remains of Our Loves?) is a French popular song, with music by Léo Chauliac and Charles Trenet and lyrics by Charles 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".
This song was first recorded by the French female singer Lucienne Boyer in 1942 (78 rpm, Columbia Records: BF 68). Second recorded by the 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).
The song is best known to English-speaking 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: "[when] we sat down to select the songs [the record producer] Voyle Gilmore
...played a bunch of standards [then] 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'."[3]It has since become a musical standard, with many other recordings:
The song was heard in several films: