"Une vie d'amour" (A life of love) is a song written by Charles Aznavour to the music of

Georges Garvarentz Georges Diran Garvarentz ( hy, Ժորժ Տիրան Կառվարենց, 1 April 1932 - 19 March 1993) was an Armenian- French composer, noted for his music for films and Charles Aznavour's songs. Biography Georges Garvarentz was born in Athens, G ...

. The Russian lyrics of the song were written by Natalia Konchalovsky.

History

The original version, sung by Aznavour in

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, was introduced in the 1981 movie

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(USSR). In March the same year it was by released by French Barclay Records in three separate albums - ''Teheran 43'', ''

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'' and ''Une vie d'amour'' single with Mireille Mathieu. The song, whose title can be loosely translated as "A Life in Love", is a slow love ballad. There is also alternative Russian translation (by Alexander Solin) and a Chinese version of the song.

Other recordings

*Duet by Charles Aznavour and Mireille Mathieu *Duet by

Filipp Kirkorov Philipp Bedrosovich Kirkorov PAR (russian: Филипп Бедросович Киркоров; bg, Филип Бедросов Киркоров, Filip Bedrosov Kirkorov; born 30 April 1967) is a Bulgarian-born Russian pop singer. He is a five ...

and Alsou *Duet by

Avraam Russo Avraam Russo (russian: Авраам Руссо, hy, Աբրահամ Ռուսսո, ar, أفرام روسو); born as Abraham Zhanovich Ipjian (russian: Абрахам Жанович Ипджян; born July 21, 1969) is a Syrian-born Russian po ...

and Oksana Lepska *Duet by

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and Tamara Gverdwiteli *

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* Demis Roussos * Alexey Vorobyov *Duet by Larisa Dolina and

Garik Martirosyan Garik Yurievich Martirosyan (russian: Гарик Юрьевич Мартиросян, hy, Գարիկ Մարտիրոսյան; born February 13, 1974) is a Russian Federation, Russian entertainer, comedian, TV host, actor and singer of Armenians, ...

Valery Leontyev Valery Yakovlevich Leontiev (russian: link=no, Валерий Яковлевич Леонтьев; born 19 March 1949) is a Soviet and Russian pop singer, sometimes songwriter and actor whose popularity peaked in the early 1980s. He was titled a ...

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- the song was partially translated into

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References

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