In a 1966 interview, Brel said that "Ne me quitte pas" was not a love song, but rather "a hymn to the cowardice of men", and the degree to which they were willing to humiliate themselves.

Alain Wodrascka in his 2008 book Johnny Hallyday: les adieux du rock'cœur notes how Hallyday put in his 1984 cover of Jacques Brel's "Ne me quitte pas" his special vocal qualities, i.e. his vocals that are "full of sensuality and expression of physical strength of an indestructible man, who sings as if making love".

[6] 7" single Philips 880 504-7 French Arabic Armenian Afrikaans Belarusian Catalan Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English The pop standard "If You Go Away", with lyrics by Rod McKuen, has been covered by many artists including Ray Charles.

Different lyrics by Momus, closer to those of the original, render the song as "Don't Leave", added to all reissues of his 1986 album Circus Maximus.

Finnish West Frisian German Greek Hebrew Italian Japanese Macedonian Persian Polish Portuguese Brazilian Portuguese Russian Serbian Silesian Slovene Spanish Swedish Turkish Yiddish Multilingual Instrumental The song was used in season 1 episode 19 of the critically acclaimed TV show Person of Interest and in the final episode of Mr.

"Ne Me Quitte Pas" was used by Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar in his sixth film, Law of Desire, in a striking performance by Brazilian singer Maysa Matarazzo.