“Freed from Desire” by Gala, favorite song of the “Blues”, became a hit in streaming

Nothing stops the Blues. Nothing stops Galya. Normal. One goes with the other. Some bring good luck to others, and vice versa. Admittedly, the 47-year-old Italian-American singer’s “Freed from Desire” resonates in the French dressing room. But his “Na-na-na-na-na, na-na, na-na-na, na-na-na” as a chorus delights all supporters of the tricolor and even becomes one of the hits from that moment on.

A few days later, this song, released in 1996, which disappeared from the radar, just present in several playlists “1990s” or “Dancing”, offers itself a new life and, above all, an unexpected triumph. A few days later, Gala was back at the top of the playlist charts on streaming sites in France. The more Blues tie wins, the higher up the Wish-Free goes up the rankings. The sixtieth, then the thirtieth, and this Friday the second on Deezer. Same on Spotify, where the song is at number 5, and Apple, where it is at number 17.

A feat when these ratings are, in fact, inferior to all rap hits at the moment from Jul, Zola, Lorenzo or Gazo. Even Mariah Carey’s traditional “All I Want for Christmas Is You”, which we remember fondly every year as Christmas approaches, can’t compete with “Freed from Desire”.

In total, the material reached 803,000 plays in France with exponential growth since the start of the World Cup: +96% in three weeks, +42% in the last seven days. Incidentally, two other Blues winner anthems in 1998 and 2018, Gloria Gaynor’s “I’ll Survive” and Vegedream’s “Bring the Cup Home”, have also seen their listening rates increase by +130% and +210% in recent days.

Whether at home, in bars or on the road: everyone listens to Gala, which also plays on the radio. His classics are rebroadcast three to four times a day on NRJ and Nostalgie antennas. On this last station the rotation will be more important on Sunday with the programming of a song once an hour on Sunday until 16:00 when the France v Argentina final starts.

On December 3, Gala told us that she was not surprised by the use of her pipe in the Les Bleus dressing room, as other teams before them had done. It prevents. The singer has to deal with an unexpected surge in popularity. Although a few days ago she seemed to be managing her communications alone or almost alone, she has just surrounded herself with a press office in France to handle numerous inquiries. And this Friday she was in Doha to sing at the “fashion” evening. “Nothing to do with the World Cup,” we curse around him.