“Freed From Desire”: the anthem of the Blues at the World Cup is a hit again

Taken back into the locker room after each victory at the World Cup, the Gala tube is a dazzling success among supporters, according to “Le Parisien”.

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The French team sings “Freed from desire” in the locker room after each victory. (Illustrative photo).
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Published on 12/16/2022 at 7:38 p.m.

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Un piece about to (re)become historic. “Freed From Desire”, a hit released in 1996 and performed by the singer Gala, was taken up by the Blues at the World Cup in Qatar and well beyond. On social networks, Kylian Mbappé and his band sing the chorus in the locker room after each victory at the World Cup. “Freed From Desire” (“Freed from Desire”) is also experiencing a second youth among French supporters, reports The Parisian, Friday, December 16. In a few days, Gala has returned to the top of the most listened to titles on streaming sites in France. After the successes of the Blues, the tube climbs in the rankings. On the Deezer platform, it went from 60^ethen 30^eat 2^e, this Friday. Same evolution on Spotify, where the song occupies the 5th place of the most listened titles, and Apple, where it is in 17^e position.

Sign of the growing popularity of the song, it has 803,000 plays in France, with an explosion of plays since the start of the World Cup: + 96% in three weeks, + 42% in the last seven days. Also, the two other anthems of the Blues winners in 1998 and 2018, “I Will Survive”, by Gloria Gaynor, and “Bring the cup home”, by Vegedream, also saw their listening levels increase by + 130% and + 210% the last days.

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A performance in the locker room of the Blues in case of victory

To speak only of sport, the tube of the Italian singer has been adopted by other supporters, like the football team of Northern Ireland at Euro 2016, by those of the English club of Wigan , and those of AC Milan. It also served as a soundtrack to English boxer Tyson Fury, among others. Asked about the success of his title with the Blues, Gala had assured the Parisianon December 3, that “if the French are world champions and [l]invite, [elle] wants to sing for them to celebrate”. Answer this Sunday during the final of the French team against Argentina.