Written by Quartz with a music by Gérard Anfosso, it was released in June 1987 as the lead single from her then-upcoming fourth studio album Émotion au pluriel (1988).

It achieved a moderate success in France, Quartz's home-country, being a top 30 hit, and briefly charted in the UK in 1989 after being reworked by the Stock Aitken Waterman team.

[1] Like "Vivre ailleurs", Quartz's previous single, the song shares a pessimist view on dailylife's misfortunes, several of social issues being mentioned in the verses (hatred, war, alcohol, stress...), whereas the chorus identifies life and love as the ultimate remedies, as the title suggests it.

Directed by François Hanss, the music video starts with images of poor and badly dressed children wandering in snowy and empty landscapes.

[4] At the same time, it enjoyed decent airplay in discothèques, thus ranking on the UK Dance top 50 chart for three weeks, with a peak at number 25, on 19 March 1989.