How "Freed from desire" can become the anthem of the Blues after rugby

• Released in 1996, “Freed from desire” by Gala has been, in recent years, widely taken up in stadiums, by supporters and players.

• The players of the French football team thus celebrated their victory against Denmark with the tube of the Italian.

• "Freed from desire" is already the song synonymous with victory for the French rugby team.

And, ten days after the start of the World Cup, Hugo Lloris finally sent a message of tolerance: “They want more.

People want more freedom and love.

Profound words, which will surely change the face of the world, stop the war in Ukraine and make homosexuality no longer punishable by prison in Qatar.

If only.

Because unfortunately, the captain of the France team, used to lining up behind the impetuous Noël le Graët, had no intention of defending the oppressed people in Qatar, no.

He was just loudly singing the Gala hit,

, in the locker room after the victory against Denmark on Saturday (2-1).

A tube released twenty years earlier taken over by the France team, does that remind you of anything?

Of course, we all have Gloria Gaynor's

in our minds , the anthem of the 1998 world champions and of an entire country, which was nevertheless released in 1978. But if, "la lala la la la la la la la la la..." So, will the title of the Italian singer, who was all the rage in 1996, become the anthem of the 2022 generation, after the Vegedream parenthesis?

“The music arrived like that in the locker room, I don't know where it came from, tempered Raphaël Varane after the match.

We celebrated qualifying together, we'll see if it happens again.

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The joy of the Blues in the locker room after the victory against Denmark (2-1) and the qualification for the round of 16!

🔥 #ProudofBleus pic.twitter.com/7OG2vwqAjO

– French team ⭐⭐ (@equipedefrance) November 27, 2022

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A song that has everything to please

It must be said that

has everything to seduce.

A catchy rhythm, simple lyrics, not insulting, a song that everyone knows... Exactly the same model as its glorious elder.

“I understood why it was a crowd favourite: it is uplifting, inspiring, it encourages and empowers people.

It's such a powerful piece, ”explained Gloria Gaynor to us in 2018, just before the World Cup in Russia.

In short, everything is done for Griezmann and company to become the standard bearers of this song, even if it would be necessary to know the lyrics a little better.

Because, on the video of the FFF where we see the players screaming, a lot of them have a tendency to sing in yogurt, surely because of the remix instilled in our heads by the Northern Irish supporters, during Euro 2016, and their famous

sung on every street corner.

Lorie and Emma Daumas went there with their remix

And then, the title has already been taken up by the greatest artists of French song: Lorie tried it in 2008, just like Emma Daumas (former student of the "Star Academy"), two years later.

Not a real success, in all honesty, but enough for the tune of

to be known and recognized by millions of ears in France and go through time without really aging.

So much so that another team has already adopted it in its locker room to celebrate victories: Fabien Galthié's XV de France.

“At the end of the season [2019], with RC Toulon, after the matches, we had a small enclosure and we launched this song, told Charles Ollivon to

.

And I brought her to the France team.

We jump in all directions, in the locker room, when we win.

We did it for the first time after France-England.

I hope it stays.

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And it stayed.

Even more than that, a real ceremonial was organized around Gala's song.

has thus been integrated, with the agreement of the main parties concerned, into the post-match show, during victories, so that the players celebrate with the public, eager to resume the "Na-na-na-na-na , na-na, na-na-na, na-na-na”.

During the 2022 Grand Slam against England in March, the rhythm of the fireworks was even set to

.

And the main interested party, what does she think of all this?

Gala, who has not (yet) responded to our interview request, seems delighted that her title released almost thirty years ago is resurfacing and she does not hesitate to share videos of the Blues in Qatar on her social networks. .

After the Grand Slam of rugby players, the singer even sent a short message to the XV of France: “Congratulations on the Grand Slam, it was incredible, see you soon and go Les Bleus.

“His presence, on October 28, 2023 at the Stade de France, for the final of the World Cup, would be a rather good sign for the band of Antoine Dupont.

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