Hermes House Band


The Hermes House Band is a Dutch pop band, established in 1984 by members of the Rotterdamsch Studenten Corps, a fraternity/sorority in Rotterdam, Netherlands. They have released more than 25 albums and singles.

History

The band rose to fame in 1994 in both the Netherlands and Belgium, with their cover of Gloria Gaynor's hit single, "I Will Survive"; and as of 2018 over 1.5 million copies of the single has been sold.. It was reported that when Gloria Gaynor first heard a crowd sing this version of the cover of her song while performing at a company party in the Netherlands she was "not amused". In 1998, the single became a hit in Germany, and lead singer Judith Ansems was asked to promote the song there. That year it also reached number one in France, greatly because it became the anthem of the national football team and that year France went on to win the FIFA World Cup. Today, in popular French culture, it's still associated with World Cup 98 victory. The band landed a local recording contract with Polydor and alongside Ansems, former singers Jop Wijlacker and Robin Maas, the band was asked to record other covers, including "Country Roads" and "Que Sera Sera". These were issued in Germany under HHB International. Several of these singles were also released in the Netherlands.
Their biggest hit in the United Kingdom was their cover of "Country Roads", released shortly before Christmas 2001. It peaked at #7 in the UK Singles Chart, and remained in the Top 10 for five weeks. It reached number 1 in the Scottish Singles Chart in December 2001 and again in January 2002.
In 2002, the Hermes House Band joined forces with DJ Ötzi to cover "Live Is Life", originally by Opus. This single reached #2 in the French chart, and #50 in the UK.
In 2010, the former lead singer of the band, Jaap van Reesema, won the third series of the Dutch version of X Factor.
In 2018 the band reached No.1 in France again with their version of "I will Survive" after the French football team repeated their winning performance in the 1998 FIFA World Cup..

Band members

Current members
Former members
  1. "I Will Survive"
  2. "Que Sera Sera"
  3. "Tonight's the Night"
  4. "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye"
  5. "As novinha tão sensacional"
  6. "Disco Samba, Pt. 2 "
  7. "Holiday Express "
  8. "Don't You Cry "
  9. "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You"
  10. "Country Roads"
  11. Megamix: "I Will Survive"/"Nana Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye"/"Can't Take..."
  1. "All Over the World"
  2. "Those Were the Days"
  3. "Live is Life"
  4. "Football's Coming Home "
  5. "Portugal"
  6. "Hit the Road Jack"
  7. "Suzanna"
  8. "I Am What I Am"
  9. "Everytime You Touch Me"
  10. "Me ; Margarita"
  11. "Can't Stop This Thing We Started"
  12. "It's in the Way You Want Me"
  13. "All Come Together"
  14. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
  15. "Born to Rock and Roll"
  16. "Never Give In"
  17. "One More for the Road"
  18. "Happy Birthday Baby"
  19. "Celebrate! The HHB Summermedley!"
  1. "The Rhythm of the Night"
  2. "The Rhythm of the Night"
  1. "Go West"
  2. "I Will Survive 2006"
  3. " Amarillo" - Tony Christie
  4. "Football's Coming Home 2006 "
  5. "Live is Life"
  6. "Que Sera Sera"
  7. "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You"
  8. "Country Roads"
  9. "Those Were the Days"
  10. "Hit the Road Jack"
  11. "Suzanna"
  12. "Friends Like You"
  13. "Everytime You Touch Me"
  14. "Me ; Margarita"
  15. "All come together"
  16. "Portugal"
  17. "One More for the Road"
  18. "I Will Survive"
  1. "The First the Last Eternity"
  2. "The Rhythm of the Night"
  3. "Saturday Night"
  4. "I've Been Thinking About You"
  5. "Party Polka"
  6. "Everybody's Free "
  7. "Rhythm is a Dancer"
  8. "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"
  9. "The Moment of Truth"
  10. "What is Love"
  11. "The Only Way is Up"
  12. "No Limit"
  13. "Please Don't Go "
  14. "Come on Eileen"
  15. "Don't Worry Be Happy"
  1. "Chelsea Dagger"
  2. "Football's Coming Home 2006 "
  3. "I Will Survive"
  4. "Que Sera Sera"
  5. "Country Roads"
  6. "Seven Nation Army"
  7. "Sweet Caroline"
  8. "Na, Na, Hey, Hey, Kiss Him Goodbye"
  9. "Hit The Road Jack"
  10. "Go West"
  11. "Those Were The Days"
  12. "Live Is Life "
  13. "Come On Eileen"
  14. "The Moment Of Truth"
  15. "Please Don't Go"
  16. "Football MegamiX "