Patricia Kaas is part of the very private club of French singers who could export international. But did you know that one of his songs had even been taken up and adapted by a famous British group?
Patricia Kaas was a dazzling success in the 1980s with her title Mademoiselle sings the blues. But the singer was not content to succeed in France, she also radiated internationally. So much so that one of his titles was taken over by a well -known British group …
Patricia Kaas: Her song was taken up by a famous group
The 58 -year -old artist was a crazy success in Russia, where his album Kabaret was crowned diamond disc in 2008. But did you know that the coach of The Voice Had also touched the English -speaking world, especially thanks to one of its titles? His song When I’m afraid of everything, released in 1997 in his album In my flesh And written by Jean-Jacques Goldman, was taken over a few years later, in 2003, by the famous British group Sugababes, who had sang the title in a version adapted in English. You may know the song,, renamed Too lost in you.
The song had also made a box in several countries, placing itself in the top 10 in the United Kingdom, Switzerland or Norway. This title had even been used for the trailer for the cult film, Love newsreleased in 2003. A real consecration for Patricia Kaas, but that was not the only one…
Patricia Kaas, international star: “It weighed me”
In 1999, Patricia Kaas was invited by Michael Jackson to sing in Seoul during a humanitarian concert. She was the only French artist, surrounded by Mariah Carey, Les Scorpions or Steven Seagal. Just that!
And if the singer was delighted with this international triumph, the consequences of this success were not easy to live. When she went on tour in several countries, Patricia Kaas was quickly exhausted by the frantic pace: “You live permanently with a suitcase. It weighed me. As soon as you disembark in a country, you must open your suitcase. Everything is crumpled but you have to ensure a press conference 30 minutes after you arrived. You have to make up, stylish hyper quickly “, had she entrusted to Parisian.
And to add: “When you are 20 years old, 25, 30, it’s funny. But later, when you start to be a little dug and exhausted and you see yourself in photos, you say to yourself: ‘Damn, I did all that to look like that?’“.
