In the second couplet of "Quelque chose dans mon cœur", Elsa mentions the actress Ava Gardner of whom she was fascinated.

With "a lot of accuracy and sensibility", the song deals with "the critical passage from childhood to adolescence", torn between the desire to become an adult and the fear of the unknown.

A review in Pan-European magazine Music & Media stated that "Quelque chose dans mon cœur" "couples a romantic mainstream production to Elsa's timid and infatuated vocals.

[2] The version of the first 7" appears on the album Elsa and the mini CD maxi for "Jour de neige".

In France, "Quelque chose dans mon cœur" was as successful as Elsa's previous single, "T'en va pas", but did not top the chart, being blocked by Sabrina Salerno's "Boys (Summertime Love)" which was number one then.