Canadian pianist Chilly Gonzales and French singer Chris (Christine & the Queens) were the first stars to perform on the closing ceremony stage, at the foot of the Obelisk. Their performances were included in the first choreographed tableau, among a hundred dancers.
Christine and the Queens performed an electropop track featuring passages from No, I don’t regret anything. of Piaf, an essential icon of these Parisian Games.
At the end of the evening, after the lighting and the flight of the Olympic cauldron, Chris returned to close the show with a festive anthem: Born to be alive. In a revisited, catchy and rearranged version with brass, and longer than the original.
Asked this Thursday by Le Parisien, the author of the song validated this cover with enthusiasm: “ I had a blast watching this version. I’m very proud that my song was given pride of place at the end of the ceremony and happy that its positive message got across.”
Hernandez found the “ very successful arrangements ” He felt that Chris had done well “amused” and had “found the rock origin of the song.” More than 45 years after the release of this hit, which continues to keep him alive thanks to royalties, he hopes that this new cover “ will be on the Olympics album “, if this compilation sees the light of day.
