17 Appearance chronology ' L'amour est bleu' (English title: ' Love Is Blue') is a song whose music was composed by, and whose lyrics were written by, in 1967. Later wrote English-language lyrics for it. First performed in French by Greek singer (appearing as Vicky) as the Luxembourgian entry in the, it has since been recorded by many other musicians, most notably French orchestra leader, whose familiar version (recorded in late 1967) became the only number-one hit by a French lead artist to top the in America. The song describes the pleasure and pain of love in terms of colours (blue and grey) and elements (water and wind).