"Tom Pillibi" was composed by André Popp with French lyrics by Pierre Cour.

Perhaps as a result of this, Des Mangan's book on Contest history confuses the issue further by describing the song as being about "a man with two castles and two boats and who's generally a right bastard, but she still loves him anyway."

Boyer performed "Tom Pillibi" thirteenth and last on the evening, following Italy's "Romantica" by Renato Rascel.

It was succeeded as French representative that year by "Printemps, avril carillonne" by Jean-Paul Mauric.

[7] "Tom Pillibi" gained several recordings by internationally known and national well-established figures, including other Eurovision representatives, on the same year of the original release.