It represented Monaco in the Eurovision Song Contest 1963, she recorded it in other languages, gained chart success in Belgium, won France's prestigious award Grand Prix du Disque, and over time it has become one of Hardy's signature songs.

[2][3] Télé Monte-Carlo (TMC) internally selected "L'amour s'en va" as its entrant for the 8th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Hardy performed "L'amour s'en va" fifteenth on the evening, following Belgium's "Waarom?"

by Jacques Raymond and preceding Luxembourg's "À force de prier" by Nana Mouskouri.

Raymond Lefèvre conducted the event's live orchestra in the performance of the Monegasque entry.