It was written to Piaf's lover and the love of her life, the French boxer, Marcel Cerdan.

[2] On 28 October 1949, Cerdan was killed in the crash of Air France Flight 009 on his way from Paris to New York to come to see her.

[9] Canadian singer Celine Dion sang "Hymne à l'amour" in French from the first floor of the Eiffel Tower on 26 July 2024, at the culmination of the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Paris.

[10] Dion's version was released as a single on 10 October 2024, the 61st anniversary of Edith Piaf's death.

[17][18] "Hymne à l'amour" was covered by Japanese singer-songwriter Hikaru Utada in 2010, under the name "Hymne à l'amour (Ai no Anthem)" (愛のアンセム, Ai no Ansemu).

[22] Singer-actress Atsuko Maeda performed the Japanese version of the song in the 2019 film To the Ends of the Earth.

[23] The song was performed by Milet at the closing ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on 8 August 2021.

[24] The song is a central plot point to Anne Wiazemsky's 1996 autobiographical novel Hymnes à l'amour [fr], which won the Prix Maurice Genevoix that year.