The tune was reused in the 1990s for Fantasy Football League, on which Jeff Astle, who sang poorly on the original, often appeared and sang. While not an official song for the England team, it was the official song for the 1966 World Cup, and can be seen as the birth of the link between football and pop music in the UK. Likewise, no official song was commissioned for the 2018 tournament. The FA announced in January 2010 there would be no official England song for the 2010 World Cup. Some of the later official songs were eclipsed by unofficial songs released around the same time at least 15 World Cup-themed singles were released for the 2002 finals, and. The tradition of World Cup songs began in 1970. The song was also used in the trailers for Born to Be Wild.This is a list of songs released with the approval of the Football Association to coincide with the England national football team's participation in the finals of the FIFA World Cup or the UEFA European Championship. The original version sung by K'naan appeared on the soundtrack for NBA 2K10. The “Celebration Mix” version was featured on the soundtrack of the EA Sports video game 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa. The Spanish cover/remix featuring David Bisbal became very popular.Ī version of the song featuring will.i.am and David Guetta was meant for international markets. The English version was titled “Wavin' Flag (Celebration Mix)” to differentiate it from the original Canadian Haiti charity hit. The give me freedom World Cup song was performed collectively at the finale of the 2010 Juno Awards live, featuring Drake with additional rap lyrics, Justin Bieber and Nikki Yanofsky and others. Somali-Canadian artist K'naan’s “Wavin' Flag” was chosen as Coca-Cola's promotional anthem for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
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