"Ne me quitte pas" was written by the French Belgian singer, actor and filmmaker Jacques Brel. First recorded in 1959, it is one of Brel's best known songs and has been recorded by many artists. Almodóvar chose a version sung by Maysa Matarazzo, a bossa nova artist who enjoyed considerable success. The song begs the lover not to leave and promises a different world should the lover stay. It is a song of despair full of poetic images. The singer promises to "offer you pearls of rain that come from countries where it doesn't rain, I will create a domain where love will be king, where love will be law, and where you will be queen". In the film the song is associated to Pablo's love for Juan. It is also later incorporated in the film during the scene in which Tina performs in Jean Cocteau's monologue play "La Voix humaine" (The Human Voice) and the song is lip synced by Ada in the play. The sentimentality of the song reflects Tina's lost for the love of Ada's mother, and Ada's own feelings fearing that she is going to be separated from Tina, her surrogate mother.