Dors, mon amour
"Oui, oui, oui, oui" (1959) ► |
---|
"Dors, mon amour" (French pronunciation:
Described as a romantic "lullaby", the song won the
Composition
"Dors, mon amour" is a love song, expressed by the singer telling his lover to sleep, while he muses on their love and the power of the night. It is reviewed as "a classical sort of lullaby",[1][2] and is compared to newer editions entries songs as "hardly indicative of the camp and bombast which would later come to define Eurovision."[3]
The song was also covered in French in 1958, by 1957 Eurovision winner Corry Brokken, Achille Togliani and Germana Caroli. It is covered in German by Camillo und die Bernd Hansen-Sänger as "Unser Glück, mon amour" and in Swedish by 1958 Eurovision entrant Alice Babs as "Sov min älskling".[4]
Eurovision Song Contest
"Dors, mon amour" won the
The song was succeeded as French representative at the
Charts
"Dors, mon amour" is marked as a numberless "peak"-note position on Belgium's
References
- ^ "Detailed info and lyrics". Diggiloo Thrush. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ "Lyrics and Translation – Net Als Toen". musixmatch.com. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ MELLO, DAVID (11 July 2021). "Eurovision: The First 10 Winners (& Their Songs)". Screen Rant. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ a b "André Claveau – Dors, mon amour". ultratop.be. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ "50 Years Of The Eurovision Song Contest 1956 - 1980". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 27 November 2022.