England manager Fabio Capello may have forbidden an official England World Cup song, but that hasn’t stopped some of the
biggest football commentators in England from recording a song to support their country’s team in this summer’s World Cup. Problem is it’s one of those songs that is grating the first time you listen to it. And it gets worse on repeated listens.
The song, entitled “Let’s Hear It England,” features commentators from ITV, BBC, Sky and ESPN together with the Cotswold Male Voice Choir. Commentators appearing on the track include Guy Mowbray, Jon Champion, Clive Tyldesley, Martin Tyler, Steve Banyard, Rob Hawthorne, Ian Darke, Peter Brackley, Simon Brotherton, Peter Drury, and Steve Wilson.
The project was created by football commentator Steve Banyard. He composed the song and oversaw the production. “For the demo track, Steve recorded all the instrumentation, and much of that is retained in the final version.
Steve began playing the piano from age 9, and has been writing music since he was 11, but this is the first time he’s ever released one of his songs,” according to the Commentators United website.
While I enjoy Banyard as a commentator and I appreciate the effort he has made to create a song to get behind the England team, this is a song that people will get sick of hearing over and over again between now and the World Cup in June.
Take, for example, the lyrics to the chorus:
“Let’s hear it En-ger-land (oh-ay, oh-ay-o)
Let’s hear it En-ger-land (oh-ay, oh-ay-o)
We’re gonna red, white, blue you
Shoot right through you now.”
Yikes.
What do you think? It’s definitely no New Order “World In Motion,” or “Three Lions” by The Lightning Seeds.
wow…
Aren’t songs like this *supposed* it irritate the other sides?
Sounds like a good job to me, but…….
USA! USA! USA!
Was this supposed to be posted on April 1st or is this serious? If serious, then yea wow…
I feel like throwing up after that….
Steve Banyard: give that man the Eurovision title now! Extra-ordinary!!
It’s not bad at all. Then again I won’t be in England when this plays thousands of times.
Steve Banyard is giving away two copies with autographs from him and four other commentators, including ESPN World Cup man Ian Darke.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showpost.php?p=39604256&postcount=4663
I along with another user have had a “guess the commentators” competition for Sky Sports and the World Feed running concurrently all season and the winner of each will win those copies.
The song is also for charity as well when you buy it for 79p ($1.21 US).
All of this work from them is going to be in vain once they do go out in penalties in the quarterfinals.
This sucks, bring back vindaloo
Three Lions, I agree. I love Fat Les’s “Vindaloo,” For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about, check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0T1pXsJp_go
Cheers,
The Gaffer
They’re gonna red, white, and *what* us?! Are we sure this song wasn’t actually written by one Tobias Fünke?
Not trying to rabble rouse but…
You would think us Americans would come up with something this corny.
Take out “En-ger-land ” and insert “Am-eri-ca” and it works better for the States.
Who am I kidding? The states being creative enough to get some songs going..pfft. Enjoy your song’s im sure we’ll be doing the wave, chanting lame ass U-S-A, yelling D-fence, or something as equally lame. (>_<)
I can’t wait to write new words to it and sing it at the pub during the match June 12. Watch for a video shortly.
Ummm…Dempsey’s “Don’t Tread” was a million times better than this crap.
Well, let me just say that I preferred the New Order version MUCH better
I stopped reading and had little desire to hear the song when i saw the name Clive Tyldesley.
“Let’s hear it En-ger-land (oh-ay, oh-ay-o)
Let’s hear it En-ger-land (oh-ay, oh-ay-o)
We’re gonna red, white, blue you
Shoot right through you now.”
OK, so Martin Tyler is volunteering to sing words like this, and some American fans are actually thrilled that he’s calling our game against England on June 12? He has just declared that he wants our opponent to “shoot right through” other World Cup teams — which, ya know, includes us — and you’re just tickled ESPN has picked Tyler instead of an American voice?
Whatever.
Wow. You’re being moronic.
He didn’t sing a single line. None of the commentators did. They did “commentary” style lines in the full song.
Oh, I am a moron, for sure. But I’m also right. My point is accurate, and correct, and infallible, and it should be absorbed by you until you completely agree with me.
Check out the England World song `Green Fields of England` by George and the Dragons. It is getting played at English football stadiums around the country and receiving national radio airplay. Hear it at http://www.green-fields-of-england.com
I’ve recorded a demo song for England World Cup 2010 it,s titled Lace up your boots. It’s an amusing song with a catchy chorus you’ll sing along to.
You can watch video and listen at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi3ynW-9pfc
Comments welcome
Cheers Joe Harley
Here’s a good one
Three lions by The Three Lions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEb0X9NEX0I&feature=fvw
My word. Looking at the list of names involved and the chorus I can’t even bring myself to listen. Is it as bad as a fear? I think I might get really drunk and listen to it, so I can forget afterwards.
Anyone remember this one from Euro 2004?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKSbkFNGT0o&feature=fvw
It was put together by TalkSport. At least, they were playing it over and over again that Spring/Summer. I rather liked it, actually.
Check out Chico’s fun World Cup 2010 song “Its England Time”
Video to be released soon, filmed at Pinewood studios with loads of celebrities involved!
All profits go to charity http://www.rainbowchildfoundation.co.uk
Will be available on i-tunes 7th June – 5 mixes at 59p each!
Go on, you know you want to!
I think the commentaters song is catchy and good to sing along to and it’s for charity. Why knock it?
Seems like everyone and his dog is having a go at making an “unofficial” England song for this World Cup. I’ve listened to a few, still Three Lions is the best for me, with The Beautiful Game
http://worldcupsong.org
being the best of the new ones.
It’s an ok song, but there are other ones out there better.
I saw this one this morning.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ6CrrPBd1g
Cliff Portwood and members of the 1966 World cup squad sing it.
What a great tune and singalong chorus.
Looks like a real supporters song to me.
ok I think that was possibly one of the worst songs I have ever heard. They wont seriously be singing this at the word cup? I know one thing there will be no one in a socceroos jersey singing anything this absurd!
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