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-{{Mergeto|Hymne à l'amour|date=January 2010}}
-{{Unreferenced|date=October 2008}}
-"'''If You Love Me (Really Love Me)'''" is a [[popular music|popular]] [[song]] with music by [[Marguerite Monnot]] and lyrics by [[Geoffrey Parsons (lyricist)|Geoffrey Parsons]]. It is based on the French song "[[Hymne à l'amour]]", which was popularized by and written for [[Édith Piaf]]. Piaf also recorded this English version, however, the recording is rare.
-== Covers ==
-*In [[1952 in music|1952]] the song was recorded by [[Vera Lynn]].
-*The best-known version was recorded by [[Kay Starr]] in [[1954 in music|1954]] and charted that year.
-*In 1959 it returned to the British [[sheet music]] charts due to a new recording by [[Shirley Bassey]]. It was also subsequently recorded by [[Brenda Lee]].
-In 1964 Mary Wells recorded this song on her final Motown album, "Mary Wells Sings My Guy"
-*In 1965 it was recorded by Greek singer [[Nana Mouskouri]].
-*In 1992 the song was orchestrated by [[Johnny Mandel]] and received a sublime reading by American jazz pianist-singer [[Shirley Horn]] on her album ''Here's to Life'', for which Mandel received a [[Grammy]].
-*[[Elaine Paige]] also covered the track on her 1994 album, ''Piaf'', released to coincide with her performance in the [[Pam Gems]] play of the same name. Paige's live 2008 album, ''Elaine Paige Live'', features a performance from her 40th anniversary tour.
-*It was covered by the Irish singer [[Aoife (singer)|Aoife]] on her 2003 album, ''The Turning of the Tide''.
-[[Category:1954 songs]]
-[[Category:Songs with lyrics by Geoffrey Parsons]]
-[[Category:Songs with music by Marguerite Monnot]]
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