Born to Be Alive

AUTORE: Patrick Hernandez
PUBBLICAZIONE: 1978
GENERE: Disco/Rock
ETICHETTA: Aquarius
PRODUTTORE: Jean Vanloo
DURATA: 3:05 estesa 5:55

Born to Be Alive è il primo album di Patrick Hernandez.

Nato da padre spagnolo e madre italiana a Le Blanc-Mesnil, ha iniziato a pubblicare a livello internazionale nel 1978, negli Stati Uniti nel 1979 con una pubblicazione per l’etichetta A-Tom-Mik e successivamente per la Columbia Records.

La canzone born to be alive, si è diffusa in tutta Europa, dove raggiunse la prima posizione in Francia tra aprile e luglio 1979.

Il successo in Europa si concretizzò per Patrick nel gennaio 1979 ricevendo il suo primo disco d’oro in Italia.

L’uscita negli Stati Uniti conteneva una versione remixata di “Born to Be Alive” che riscosse un grande successo, raggiungendo il primo posto nella classifica Billboard Hot Dance Club Play e nella Billboard Hot 100 al #16 vendendo oltre un milione di copie.

TESTO DEL BRANO

We were born to be alive
We were born to be alive

Born, born to be alive
(Born to be alive)
You see, you were born
Born, born
(Born to be alive)

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

You see, you were born
Born, born to be alive
(Born to be alive)
You see, you were born
Born, born (born to be alive)

It’s good to be alive
To be alive
To be alive
It’s good to be alive
To be alive
To be alive
It’s good to be alive

Time was on my side
When I was running down the street
It was so fine, fine, fine
A suitcase and an old guitar
And something new to occupy
My mind, mind, mind

You see, you were born, born
Born to be alive
(Born to be alive)
You see, you were born,…