Shocked, Gall photographed the child and, when back in France, spoke about it to husband Berger.

This story and Gall's distress led Berger to write the song "Babacar".

After finding an apartment to them, the couple financed the young woman's seamstress studies as well as her son's future, whom they met again in 1992.

Ryan performed and presented the single for the first time in her gig at G-A-Y in London, United Kingdom.

In 2009, the song was covered by Lara Fabian on her eighth studio album Toutes les femmes en moi, as 14th track.