A version of Gloria Gaynor’s mega hit I will survive, recorded by a Dutch student band in 1994, has hit the top of the charts in France, and even president Macron has been singing along, broadcaster RTV Rijnmond said on Wednesday.

The Hermes House Band’s version of the song has become the unofficial song of Rotterdam football club Feyenoord thanks to the ‘la la la’ ending but has also been a hit in France in 1997 and 1998, when it was adopted by the French national football team.

Now Les Bleus have won the World Cup again, the song is back on everyone’s lips. The French squad even started singing it while meeting the president after the tournament in Russia was over.

Former band member Mark Snijders told RTV Rijnmond that the band had hoped to break even when they released the single in 1994.

‘We went gold in the Netherlands and scored a number one. Thanks to the French players, we can enjoy this now,’ he said. ‘It’s great that the whole country is singing our student song.’