"Mercy" is a song written and performed by French duo Madame Monsieur made up of Émilie Satt and Jean-Karl Lucas.

The song was released as a digital download on 20 January 2018 through Low Wood and Play Two as the lead single from Madame Monsieur's second studio album Vu d'ici (2018).

The song is about a girl named Mercy who was born to Nigerian refugees on a boat on the Mediterranean Sea in the midst of the European migrant crisis.

[1][2][3][4][5] A Nigerian refugee woman named Taiwo Yussif went into labor while on board of the immigration rescue ship L'Aquarius operated by the humanitarian organization SOS Méditerranée.

Almost simultaneously, the Dutch artist Saskia Halfmouw, inspired by the song "Mercy" had already created some illustrated artwork for the site Eurostory about the story.

In addition to the lyrics, the book contains an epilogue where Émilie Satt explains the real life of Mercy and her family also revealing that she and Jean-Karl Lucas still kept in touch with the baby and her mother.