Here's another instrumental that oddly topped the charts during the years I was listening to 93/KHJ Boss Radio. "A Walk in the Black Forest," which we discussed here, never sold as many records as "Love is Blue" by Paul Mauriat. Contrary to what many assumed, Mauriat did not write it. As many around the globe were recording it for different countries with translated lyrics, he recorded it for the American market…and wisely, without lyrics.
The original song had French lyrics by Pierre Cour and the tune was composed by André Popp. Someone named Bryan Blackburn wrote the English-language lyrics for it and I'm afraid they went like this…
Blue, blue, my world is blue
Blue is my world, now I'm without you
Grey, grey, my life is grey
Cold is my heart since you went awayRed, red, my eyes are red
Crying for you alone in my bed
Green, green, my jealous heart
I doubted you and now we're apart
They went on from there but didn't get any better. Still, the instrumental was on my mixtape so the song goes here, as does this video of Muriat leading an orchestra that seems to be actually playing it…