While a member of the French group Gold, Hernandez was signed by producer Jean Vanloo and left to
Waterloo, Belgium to begin work on a solo album. In November, 1978, the album was released on the Aariana sub-label Aquarius Records (in France). The first single released from the album was "
Born to Be Alive". It found immediate success throughout Europe, and in January 1979, Hernandez received his first
gold record from
Italy. Just starting her career as a dancer,
Madonna toured parts of Europe with Hernandez. In early 1979, the album reached the US market with a release on the A-Tom-Mik label and later
Columbia Records. The US release contained a remixed version of "Born to Be Alive" and found great success, peaking in the US
Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart at #1 and on the
Billboard Hot 100 at #16. It sold over one million copies in the US. ==Track listing==