Written by Brillant initially for a film in which it starred, it was released only six years later as his debut single, and included on his first studio album C'est ça qui est bon, on which it appears as the sixth track.

Brillant was to portray a young man singing a song by Frank Sinatra, but this was not possible for budget reasons, so the director's assistant asked him to create a new song, which Brillant wrote with the help of a rhyming dictionary from the Centre Beaubourg library, Paris.

[1] However, the role of Brillant and his song "Suzette", which he had performed dozens of times for the film, were removed in the final cut.

[2][3][4] Brillant continued to sing "Suzette" with his orchestra in his cabaret, proposing it to various record companies, but each time they refused it as they considered it old-fashioned; nevertheless, in 1990, a friend of Brillant helped him to meet a Warner director who came to the cabaret, which resulted in a contract and the song's release as a single.

[8] It earned a silver disc, awarded by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique,[9] and remained Brillant's most successful single.