She then sings that any kind of gift is welcome, whether it be given, stolen or returned, and warns that the good times are too short, implying that the listener should savor them for all they are worth.

[1] The Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion (CLT) internally selected "Si la vie est cadeau" performed by Hermès as its entrant for the 28th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest.

[2] On 23 April 1983, the Eurovision Song Contest was held at the Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle in Munich hosted by Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) on behalf of ARD and broadcast live throughout the continent.

Hermès performed "Si la vie est cadeau" twentieth and last on the evening, following Belgium's "Rendez-vous" by Pas de Deux.

Compared to the previous years' Eurovision winners, "Si la vie est cadeau" proved to be only a moderate commercial success, peaking at #2 in France; #3 in Belgium; #12 in Ireland; #13 in Sweden; #14 in Switzerland; #31 in the Netherlands, #89 in the UK[5] and failing to chart in most other European countries.