Supernature! Cerrone's hit song the soundtrack to the Paris Olympic Games 47 years on

(8 Aug 2024)
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Paris, France. Recent.

1. 00:08 Various of crowd cheering and singing along as Cerrone performs "Supernature"
2. 00:45 SOUNDBITE (English) Wael Mechri-Yver, musician:
"Cerrone is the father of disco music, the father king of disco music, but also the father of French touch. French Touch is like the best of electronic music coming from Paris, coming from France with Daft Punk, Bob Sinclar, Mojo, Cassios, Air, telepopmusik. All this music came from Paris in the late 90s, but this music would never be anything without the inspiration of incredible talent like Cerrone or Giorgio Moroder."
3. 01:13 SOUNDBITE (English) Cerrone, musician:
"Disco music is for discoteque (club). Forget the word Disco, it is music for discotheques. It is music for the people to explore their body and not care what the someone else can look at you or if you are crazy. You don't care."
4. 01:29 SOUNDBITE (English) Lydia Goldberg, Cerrone fan:
"It's my generation. I was little, but I loved disco so much. And for the ceremony opening with 'Supernature, supernature' I love Cerrone so much and I play his music. I know all his repertoire of Cerrone music. I am a fan, a big fan."
5. 01:59 Various of performance
6. 02:14 Focus pull from disco ball

SOURCE: Associated Press

DURATION: 02:21
STORYLINE:
As the Eiffel Tower shimmered with laser lights, a tune from the man known as the French Disco King set the stage for the final leg of the Olympics opening ceremony.

As Cerrone’s “Supernature” pulsed through Paris, sports legends like Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal glided down the Seine, with deaf choreographer Shaheem Sanchez grooving to the beat through American Sign Language dance.

This 1977 classic proved that disco’s glittering charm still reigns supreme on one of the world’s grandest stages.

For Cerrone, 72, this moment once again proved his cross-generational music has staying power.

Cerrone said he still has indescribable emotions after watching the opening ceremony segment featuring his song, released nearly a half-century ago.

He was surprised when the ceremony’s composer and music director, Victor le Masne, approached him nine months ago.

Le Masne proposed updating it with a more symphonic sound, featuring orchestral arrangements.

Cerrone said the creative process was like witnessing a woman enduring months of pregnancy before giving birth.

When I first heard the word......” said the producer, who has released 23 albums and sold more than 30 million records worldwide.

Disco initially made a splash in the early 1970s in New York City with various musical influences from funk, soul and Latin music.

Cerrone, along with other French artists including Dalida and Amanda Lear, were a part of the Euro disco movement in the mid-1970s.

European artists with disco influences, like Daft Punk and Giorgio Moroder, have found success in the US.

Waël Mechri-Yver, a French-Tunisian musician, said Cerrone is deserving of high recognition, calling him a disco musical savant.

“He’s the father of disco. He’s the king of disco music,” said Mechri-Yver, who performs under the stage name WAÏ.

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