Released 1 February 2009 Genre Jazz | Recorded 2008 Label Sony Music, Columbia | |
Length 3:47 (album version)
3:01 (Eurovision edit) Writer(s) Anse Lazio, Fred Blondin | ||
"Et s'il fallait le faire" (And if it had to be done) is a song by French singer Patricia Kaas and the first single off her album Kabaret. It was the French entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, held in Moscow, Russia, where it finished 8th with 107 points. It was written and composed by Anse Lazio and Fred Blondin.
The original version of the song was recorded and first released in on the Kabaret album in December 2008. On 1 February 2009, an edit of the song was released as a single in France, Belgium, Switzerland and Germany. The edit was made particularly with the Eurovision Song Contest in mind.
Eurovision 2009
The song competed in the final of the contest on 16 May 2009 where it finished 8th with 107 points. It was the highest entry for France since 2002.