Dès que le printemps revient
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Aufray also recorded the song in German and Spanish, as "Script error: No such module "Lang"." and "Script error: No such module "Lang"." respectively.
Composition
The song is a folk ballad where Aufray reflects on fleeting love during spring. He conveys a yearning for a past love whose memories resurface as spring returns. Every year the onset of spring prompts the singer to again cling to this futile hope of rediscovering his old love, a hope that soon dissipates when the season ends. By the end of the song the singer is in an intense emotional struggle with the coming of spring, as the season's return evokes painful memories of his past love once more.
According to Aufray, he was originally selected by RTL to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest with a song to be written by Charles Aznavour. The song by Aznavour never materialised, at which point Aufray contacted Plante 20 days before the contest to write the song.[1]
At the Eurovision Song Contest
The song was performed first on the night, preceding the Template:Esccnty' Anneke Grönloh with "Script error: No such module "Lang".". At the close of voting, it had received 14 points; Tied with the French entry "Script error: No such module "Lang"." by Rachel, both songs placed 4th in a field of 16.
It was succeeded as Luxembourgish representative at the 1965 contest by France Gall with "Script error: No such module "Lang".".
Reception
Aufray himself attests that the song was the breakthrough that revealed him to the public.[1] Le Devoir's Sylvain Cormier listed the song as among Aufray's most beautiful.[2] The single sold over 150,000 copies in France.[3]
Charts
| Chart (1979) | Peak position |
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| France (IFOP)[4] | 3 |
Sources
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External links
- Official Eurovision Song Contest site, history by year, 1964.
- Detailed info and lyrics, The Diggiloo Thrush, "Dès que le printemps revient".
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