patrick hernandez - born to be alive

Patrick Hernandez fut l'interprète du tube disco Born to be Alive. Le 45 tours rencontra d'abord le succès en Italie en 1978, où il fut certifié disque d’or, avant d'être édité par CBS France l'année suivante. Il resta à la première place du hit-parade français durant quatre mois à partir de juin 1979. En Grande-Bretagne Born to be Alive atteignit la 10ème place des charts et resta classé durant quatorze semaines. Lors de sa sortie aux États-Unis, il se hissa en tête du hit-parade disco, et à la 16ème place du classement établi par le magazine Billboard. Born to be Alive fut disque d'or ou de platine dans une cinquantaine de pays.

Parmi la troupe recrutée par Patrick Hernandez et son producteur Jean Van Loo pour la tournée promotionnelle figurait une jeune danseuse américaine, Louise Veronica Ciccone, qui deviendra célèbre par la suite sous le pseudonyme de Madonna.

We were born to be alive
We were born to be alive
Born born to be alive
Born born to be alive
Born born to be alive
Yes we were born born born
Born born to be alive

Time was on my side
When i was running down the street
It was no bind bind bind
A suitcase and an old guitar
It's all i need to occupy
A mind like mine

Yes we were born born
Born to be alive
Born to be alive
Yes we were born born
Born to be alive

People ask me why
I never find a place to stop
And settle down down down
I never wanted all those things
People need to justify
Their life life life

Yes we were born born
Born to be alive
Born to be alive
Yes we were born born
Born to be alive

Its good to be alive X3
Its good to be alive X3
Its good to be alive