This tune was a world wide hit, selling over 1 million copies in the US alone. A great disco driven beat, wonderful horns, with great vocals and lyrics that make you glad to be alive. Patrick was on tour in Europe when this became a hit and had Madonna who was a dancer who join him on tour. It has been featured in movies, such as National Lampoon's Las Vegas Adventure, commercials and TV shows. Great memory. Great reaction Harri. Thanks Harri and Charlene. 👏👏 Cheers from Canada. 🇨🇦
This brings back so many lovely memories!! I haven’t heard this song in such a long time!!! ✌️🎼👏🏻🤩♥️Thank you Charlene for great recommendation🌷 and Harri for such beautiful reaction, true, so groovy!!! Let’s all dance to it!!! Go Disco!!! ♥️😄
Charlene, you chose a winner here! I had never heard of this French artist but I am fully awake now 😂. This song was great fun to listen to. Thanks Harri and Charlene 🌺✌️
Patrick Hernandez is a French singer, that's why he has a slight accent. While touring the United States, he was accompanied by Vanloo and his friend Jean-Claude Pellerin. Vanloo and Pellerin held auditions in New York that spring for dancers to accompany Hernandez on his worldwide tour. The chosen dancers included a young Madonna. The song’s success was immediate. In January 1979, the United States caught on, and after some remixing, the record was signed to the A-Tom-Mik label and later Columbia Records. The remixed version was released on a commercial 12" single; it peaked on the US Billboard disco chart at #1 and crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #16. It sold over one million copies in the US (back then, there was no internet!). The track reached #10 on the UK Singles Chart. Hernandez received his first gold record from Italy. The song spread throughout Europe, where it hit #1 in France in April and remained there until July. By year’s end, Hernandez had racked up 52 gold and platinum records from more than 50 countries
Eu ouvia de vez quando essa música quando tocava nas rádios aqui do Brasil ! naquela época dos anos 80 eu ainda era molequinho , mais lembro de muita coisa ; sempre gostei também dos carpenters , Malcolm Roberts e do Billy preston . um abraço meu amiguinho !! Beto - Brasília - df 👍👍👍😊
Love both songs, this one and Slyvester. Catchy, spent many nights dancing to this. My roommate from Iran in 1980, loved this. What a time for Iranians fleeing the Ailtohiah and his regime .
I was stuck in Cotillion club in 79 and 80. Forced to dance to this, Grease, Urban Cowboy, Saturday night Fever etc. But Born to Be Alive, had 3 tempos you could dance to. Not complicated.
I love this song always have it's great to skate to and makes you get up and dance whether you want to or not and puts the groove back in groovy bring disco back please please and that was an awesome reaction way to go dude
Love this song. This and I will survive from Gloria Gaynor were, next to the Bee Gees songs stayin alive and you should be dancing, the ultimative disco dancing songs! Patrick is a french man!
Was he very dumb or very smart he conquered the world with a single music, it's a super classic from the years 70 was such a success that it still Today it continues to generate a lot money.Patrick Hernandez was born in France on April 6, 1949 but as his name already indicates he has Spanish ancestry, his father was a Spanish guitarist and his mother an Italian Austrian singer, so art and music were already in his blood.In early 1978 Patrick wrote the song that brought him fame and global recognition, it is a very personal statement of freedom with the title BORN TO BE ALIVE, where in a few verses he explains that we were all born to be alive and enjoy life and that he doesn't want to complicate his existence following social standards that the others follow, the lyrics of the song, although simple, contained a message with a certain depth a reflection that we should make the most of your time and live life to the fullest. In an interview given to the French seminar Gala Patrick Hernandez declared, when I wake up in the morning I don't feel particularly worried about my future because I already know that I will earn between 800 and 1,500 Euros a day for having wrote and recorded this song and explained that this value can still be greater when it is used by a major brand or TV commercial, the song has been covered by numerous artists, including Sabrina Salerno. that singer of the musical theme BOYS BOYS BOYS, He followed exactly the what the lyrics of your song say moved away from the stage and mainstream media and leads a life without hustle and bustle
This song has the tendency to make everyone happy to be alive! What if.disco made a comeback? Bringing back this genre would be refreshing. Shame it disappeared in the first place.
YES!!!! 🪩🪩🪩🪩 Was about 12 when this song came out; in NYC we were dancing to death to this; house parties, in the street, the roller rink, everywhere. Harri, if you want a very early disco anthem, you should react to “LET’S ALL CHANT” by the Michael Zager band; he was a composer and was NOT fond of disco, but his record label made him go out to the clubs to get the pulse of what was going on with this “disco” music and write a song: the big labels wanted in on it. Well, let’s say he hit the nail on the head! Another GREAT early disco hit was from the Italian Disco movement; “DANCER” by Gino Soccio. I was 13 and at a club in Brooklyn that was open to teens on Sunday afternoons; the DJ put it on and said dance contest! I won 2nd place; the girl who won was much older than me and dancing sexy 😂. Anyway, the song is the height of epic disco; I think you’ll like it. And my husband and son know to play it at my funeral ❤.
This french song #3 best world sell of 1979 knowing that village people à french production #1 record sell. Vive le disco et la France. Bonus Madonna was à dancer for this song
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Disco is the last musical genre to be all about feeling good. Always upbeat, the horns and energy, love it!
So true! I keep it alive in my world almost daily ❤
Disco became house then techno...then edm
This tune was a world wide hit, selling over 1 million copies in the US alone.
A great disco driven beat, wonderful horns, with great vocals and lyrics that make you glad to be alive. Patrick was on tour in Europe when this became a hit and had Madonna who was a dancer who join him on tour.
It has been featured in movies, such as National Lampoon's Las Vegas Adventure, commercials and TV shows. Great memory. Great reaction Harri. Thanks Harri and Charlene. 👏👏 Cheers from Canada. 🇨🇦
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Love this song!! ❤❤❤ It was HUGE back in the day! 🇨🇦
I spent many nights on the dance floor to this one back in the day! How could anyone sit still when this one starts out!
This brings back so many lovely memories!! I haven’t heard this song in such a long time!!! ✌️🎼👏🏻🤩♥️Thank you Charlene for great recommendation🌷 and Harri for such beautiful reaction, true, so groovy!!! Let’s all dance to it!!! Go Disco!!! ♥️😄
True story I first heard this on a random radio station on a road trip a couple years ago and loved it it's a great song
Dancing around the room. Lol. Love this soooooo much. ❤
Another great song from my teen years...
I'm 60 now and still love this song...
Patrick Hernandez is a French artist who sold more than 25 million albums around the world thanks to this disco song from the 70s and 80s
Charlene, you chose a winner here! I had never heard of this French artist but I am fully awake now 😂. This song was great fun to listen to. Thanks Harri and Charlene 🌺✌️
I love disco. I grew up with it.
🎶🎶🎶👍
Patrick Hernandez is a French singer, that's why he has a slight accent. While touring the United States, he was accompanied by Vanloo and his friend Jean-Claude Pellerin. Vanloo and Pellerin held auditions in New York that spring for dancers to accompany Hernandez on his worldwide tour. The chosen dancers included a young Madonna.
The song’s success was immediate. In January 1979, the United States caught on, and after some remixing, the record was signed to the A-Tom-Mik label and later Columbia Records. The remixed version was released on a commercial 12" single; it peaked on the US Billboard disco chart at #1 and crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #16. It sold over one million copies in the US (back then, there was no internet!).
The track reached #10 on the UK Singles Chart. Hernandez received his first gold record from Italy. The song spread throughout Europe, where it hit #1 in France in April and remained there until July. By year’s end, Hernandez had racked up 52 gold and platinum records from more than 50 countries
Gotta love the horns! ❤️🇨🇦
Yes, he's French, Patrick Pierre Hernandez (born 6 April 1949) (Same year as me!) 🙂
Eu ouvia de vez quando essa música quando tocava nas rádios aqui do Brasil ! naquela época dos anos 80 eu ainda era molequinho , mais lembro de muita coisa ; sempre gostei também dos carpenters , Malcolm Roberts e do Billy preston . um abraço meu amiguinho !! Beto - Brasília - df 👍👍👍😊
One of the ultimate dance floor songs in Disco era
Ahhhhhhh, disco. Good times.
Vive la France 🇫🇷 🎉🎉🎉
Love both songs, this one and Slyvester. Catchy, spent many nights dancing to this. My roommate from Iran in 1980, loved this. What a time for Iranians fleeing the Ailtohiah and his regime .
Sylvester was the best.
I was stuck in Cotillion club in 79 and 80. Forced to dance to this, Grease, Urban Cowboy, Saturday night Fever etc.
But Born to Be Alive, had 3 tempos you could dance to. Not complicated.
I must have been 15 or so. I remember a very lively summer, when we were listening to this song all the time.
HUGE hit in the clubs when released...dance floor packed !!
Imagine the action movie character, "Jason Bourne", singing this song...LOL.
Awesome selections today Harri. All 3 are amazing songs. Some days I skip your reactions, today I turned it up. Keep doing what you do. Love ya
You skip my reactions??? Do you know you can be prosecuted for that???!!! 🤣😆
I love this song always have it's great to skate to and makes you get up and dance whether you want to or not and puts the groove back in groovy
bring disco back please please and that was an awesome reaction way to go dude
Was a live Version of this song and video,whit a young MADONA,wen she was a back stand DANCER,yes MADONA,like a virgen😂🎉
Love this song. This and I will survive from Gloria Gaynor were, next to the Bee Gees songs stayin alive and you should be dancing, the ultimative disco dancing songs! Patrick is a french man!
Was he very dumb or very smart
he conquered the world with a single
music, it's a super classic from the years
70 was such a success that it still
Today it continues to generate a lot
money.Patrick Hernandez was born in France on April 6, 1949 but as his name already indicates he has Spanish ancestry, his father was
a Spanish guitarist and his mother an Italian Austrian singer, so art and music were already in his
blood.In early 1978 Patrick
wrote the song that brought him fame and
global recognition, it is a very personal statement of
freedom with the title BORN TO BE ALIVE, where in a few verses he explains that we were all born to be alive and enjoy life and that he doesn't want to complicate his
existence following
social standards
that the others follow, the lyrics of the song, although simple, contained a message with a certain depth
a reflection that we should
make the most of your time and live life to the fullest. In an interview given
to the French seminar Gala Patrick Hernandez declared, when I wake up in the morning I don't feel particularly worried about my future because I already know that I will earn between 800 and 1,500 Euros a day for having
wrote and recorded this song and
explained that this value can still be
greater when it is used by a major brand or TV commercial, the song has been covered by numerous artists, including Sabrina Salerno.
that singer of the musical theme BOYS BOYS BOYS, He followed exactly the
what the lyrics of your song say
moved away from the stage and mainstream media
and leads a life without hustle and bustle
he's french ! the france create disco ! and a at this époque a dancing girl was in the french group ! his name ! Madona ! real!
Santa Esmeralda, Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood is a fun one.
Man, I have always loved this song!
'JUST THE TWO OF US' (GROVER WASHINGTON JNR - BILL WITHERS) cover by HSCC ...is fantastic..
This song has the tendency to make everyone happy to be alive! What if.disco made a comeback? Bringing back this genre would be refreshing. Shame it disappeared in the first place.
it's a french singer..and now listen that..Pino D'Angiò - Ma quale idea (1981) HQ
Oh yes, this song, Hot Chocolate's I Believe in Miracles, followed by Rod Stewart's Tonight't the Night. A fine night on the disco floor!
Killer! Loved him.
Drat, I was going to pick this. It's one of our Zumba songs. lol
French singer and in one of this music vidéos of this song guys Madonna was there as a dancer !!
Man, when this one dropped and was hot at the clubs, we had more fun at the Happy Hour spots around SoCal!!!! When our workday ended, it was ON!!!
YES!!!! 🪩🪩🪩🪩 Was about 12 when this song came out; in NYC we were dancing to death to this; house parties, in the street, the roller rink, everywhere. Harri, if you want a very early disco anthem, you should react to “LET’S ALL CHANT” by the Michael Zager band; he was a composer and was NOT fond of disco, but his record label made him go out to the clubs to get the pulse of what was going on with this “disco” music and write a song: the big labels wanted in on it. Well, let’s say he hit the nail on the head! Another GREAT early disco hit was from the Italian Disco movement; “DANCER” by Gino Soccio. I was 13 and at a club in Brooklyn that was open to teens on Sunday afternoons; the DJ put it on and said dance contest! I won 2nd place; the girl who won was much older than me and dancing sexy 😂. Anyway, the song is the height of epic disco; I think you’ll like it. And my husband and son know to play it at my funeral ❤.
Born to be alive!
An obvious follow-on from this is
Gonzales - I haven't stopped dancing yet...
This french song #3 best world sell of 1979 knowing that village people à french production #1 record sell. Vive le disco et la France. Bonus Madonna was à dancer for this song
I see you opted for the edited version, I had the full length, 17 minute disco club version on vinyl. Great dance song!
FRENCH SINGER AND HE MADE JUST ONE SONG...THIS ONE
He made quite a few songs, this was his only hit though. He may have had more in France.
He’s French! The long version is fabulous!
Madonna did the backing vocals on this I believe.....one of her earliest revordings
No, she was a back up dancer on one of his tours.
That's one of the greatest performances to sell a marginal lyric, like Tom Jones with Thunderball.
I remember this very funky song. I am not a fan of most disco songs but this is a fun one from 1978. He also did a song called "Disco Queen".
He’s Spanish and French
You have a cool channel 🎉
Just looked it up … he’s French.
I thought i heard that accent. Is he French Canadian?
@@HarriBestReactionsNo he's french from France. Disco was huge in France, with him,Marc Ceronne....
Harri B, I've got another great dance song for you and your commenters. Check out: Boney M - Ma Baker (Sopot Festival 1979).
Cult disco❤
He was borrrrnn, borrrnn, born to be aliiiiiiiiiiive.
worst song of all time ever. born to be alive? that phrase doesn't make any sense. duh.