Originally, the song was written with German lyrics ("Dann Kamst Du") and was submitted to the German Eurovision national selection process. When the song did not qualify for that competition, Yves Dessca, who had co-written the lyrics of the "1971 Eurovision" winning song "Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue", penned French lyrics and the song was chosen internally to represent Luxembourg. Dessca remains the only author/composer ever to score back-to-back Eurovision victories.