It was trio's debut single, released in September 1987, from the album of the same name, and perhaps remains to date its most known song, due to the huge success it met in France and the number of cover versions and remixes that it was the subject throughout the years.

In 1987, Alec Mansion, a Belgian artist who had already released several singles in his country, recorded in Tony Visconti's studio in London a song he wrote in English, entitled "Don't Walk Away".

In 2007 and 2008, the song was performed at the RFM Party 80 concert tour in which numerous artists of the 1980s, including Alec Mansion, participated.

The arrangement is highly disciplined, keeping the backing down to basics and allowing the semi-spoken vocals to set the atmosphere".

[5] In France, "C'est l'amour" entered at number 26 on the SNEP singles chart on 19 September 1987, climbing up almost every week thereafter and entering the top ten four weeks later; it peaked at number two twice, being unable to dislodge Los Lobos's big hit "La Bamba" which was at the top then.