"Un banc, un arbre, une rue" was composed by Jean-Pierre Bourtayre with French lyrics by Yves Dessca [fr].

Séverine recorded the song in four languages; French, English –as "Chance in Time"–, German –"Mach' die Augen zu (und wünsch dir einen Traum)"–, and Italian –"Il posto"–.

[2] Télé Monte-Carlo (TMC) internally selected "Un banc, un arbre, une rue" as its entry for the 16th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest.

[4] On 3 April 1971, the Eurovision Song Contest was held at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin hosted by Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ), and broadcast live throughout the continent.

Séverine performed "Un banc, un arbre, une rue" third on the evening accompanied by four teenage male backing singers, following Malta's "Marija l-Maltija" by Joe Grech and preceding Switzerland's "Les Illusions de nos vingt ans" by Peter, Sue & Marc.