When it comes to Latin-style music, we have to mention Ricky Martin, an American pop singer of Puerto Rican descent. The only vocal artist who can sing with both English and Spanish double vocal cords and is a talented singer across the pop and Latin music fields, became an officially certified platinum singer in Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Puerto Rico and the United States as soon as his debut album was released. His personal fame is not limited to the "Latin superstar of rock and roll", but also a multi-habitat superstar who runs across the art fields such as television, stage drama and music, and has many avatars such as "international pop superstar" and "internet's most popular man".
However, even these can not be all of them, because throughout his brilliant acting career, the peak of his fame stems from a football song, a World Cup song.
This song is the theme song of the 1998 World Cup "Cup of Life", which is still well known today.
In March 1998, Ricky Martin released his music album Value, of which "Cup of Life" was a song on the album. But perhaps even he himself did not expect that this song would become the theme song of the World Cup in the future, let alone the peak years that were later called unattainable. In 1998, coinciding with the convening of the World Cup in France, the World Cup official and the French side decided to make this "Cup of Life" the official theme song of the 98 World Cup after thousands of choices. And the aftermath tells us how correct this decision was in the first place.
Once released, the "Cup of Life" won the number one single in more than 30 countries and became one of the world's top 100 most influential songs. The song incorporates Ricky Martin's typical English and Spanish musical lyrics, and the drum rhythm and horn melody in the song are just right to play a role in integration and sensationalism, which can be described as a song full of immersion. To this day, it is known as the "best match for the World Cup and football", and has been used many times after the World Cup to enliven the atmosphere of many events.
The relationship between this song and the 98 World Cup at that time is also complementary, on the one hand, the classic of the 98 World Cup makes many people feel nostalgic to this day, and also deepens the memory of the "Cup of Life" song; On the other hand, the "Cup of Life" song itself has a melody that can pull people back to the era of the 98 World Cup, which is a star-studded era, making the 98 World Cup more classic with the song.
Of course, Ricky Martin also stepped into the ranks of "international pop superstars" with this "Cup of Life". Only after this also highlights an indisputable fact, that is, under the influence of "Cup of Life", the World Cup songs after the 98 World Cup are difficult to compete with.
Similarly, the excitement of the world cup after that can not be compared with the 98 world cup.
That Summer in France was a wonderful summer.