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A view of the Eiffel Tower at Trocadero during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics on July 26, 2024. ... black, and red— on the top and two rings—yellow and green—on the bottom ...
The opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics took place on 26 July 2024 across Paris, beginning at 19:30 CEST (17:30 UTC).As mandated by the Olympic Charter, the proceedings included an artistic program showcasing the culture of the host country and city, the parade of athletes and the lighting of the Olympic cauldron.
Canadian singer Celine Dion sang "Hymne à l'amour" in French from the first floor of the Eiffel Tower on 26 July 2024, at the culmination of the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Paris. It was her first public performance since 2020 and the first since her 2022 diagnosis of stiff-person syndrome . [ 10 ]
The Eiffel Tower was the world's tallest structure when completed in 1889, a distinction it retained until 1929 when the Chrysler Building in New York City was topped out. [102] The tower also lost its standing as the world's tallest tower to the Tokyo Tower in 1958 but retains its status as the tallest freestanding (non-guyed) structure in France.
"On the Eiffel Tower" by Billy Durst "On the Outskirts of Paris" by Walter Schumann "On the Rue de la Paix in Paris" by Primo Scala (a recording alias of Harry Bidgood) "On the Seine" by Alyn Ainsworth And His Orchestra "On the Way to Paris" by Doris D And the Pins "On to Paris", music by Gustav Luders, lyrics by Joseph W. Herbert
"Blue (Da Ba Dee)" is a song by Italian music group Eiffel 65. It was first released in October 1998 in Italy by Skooby Records and became internationally successful the following year. [ 3 ] It is the lead single of the group's 1999 debut album, Europop .
"Alec Eiffel" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies, from their 1991 album Trompe le Monde. The song was written and sung by frontman Black Francis , produced by Gil Norton and recorded during the album's recording sessions.
Swamp Thing is the third album by Malcolm McLaren, released in 1985. [5] [6] It is composed of out-takes recorded between 1982 and 1984. [7]The tracks were often built upon material previously recorded – for example, "Eiffel Tower" repurposed lyrics from the Bow Wow Wow song "Sexy Eiffel Towers" with the rhythm track of "Punk it Up" from McLaren's album Duck Rock, while another track from ...