Vera Lynn - If You Love Me (Really Love Me)

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"Hymne à l'amour" ("Hymn to Love" in French) is a popular French song originally performed by Édith Piaf.
The lyrics were written by Piaf and the music by Marguerite Monnot. She first sang this song at the cabaret Versailles in New York on September 14, 1949. It was written to her lover and the love of her life, the French boxer, Marcel Cerdan. On October 28, 1949 Cerdan was killed in a plane crash on his way from Paris to New York to come see her. She recorded the song on 2 May 1950.
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English versions
"Hymne à l'amour" was translated into English by Piaf's protegé Eddie Constantine as "Hymn to Love", which was recorded by Piaf on La Vie En Rose / Édith Piaf Sings In English (1956). This version featured on Cyndi Lauper's 2003 album At Last. It was also adapted into English as "If You Love Me (Really Love Me)" with lyrics by Geoffrey Parsons, first recorded in this form in 1952 by Vera Lynn. Subsequent covers by Kay Starr in 1954, and Shirley Bassey in 1959 brought fame to this version.
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Fubuki Koshiji's version
Hymne à l'amour was adapted into Japanese in 1951 as "Ai no Sanka" (愛の讃歌, "Love Hymn"), by singer Fubuki Koshiji, featuring lyrics by Tokiko Iwatani. The song became one of her signature songs, amassing around 2,000,000 copies sold of various singles featuring this song.
愛の讃歌　由紀さおり　（可愛い実力者）