This is a story about an England football World Cup anthem that was born full of promise.
A song that Simon Cowell said would make millions.
One so good that it became the soundtrack to the David Beckham soccer PlayStation game, found fame in Japan and won thousands of fans in Indonesia.
But, just like the England team it was written for, it has never reached the heady heights of success it deserves.
It’s insanely catchy; the earworm you never knew you wanted; an indie anthem that sounds as relevant now as it was when it was written.
So now, with one win under our belt, a young England team full of promise and no official new England anthem on the table (though we’ll always have Three Lions), could the World Cup 2018 be the time for this song, beleaguered by bad luck and false starts (sounds familiar…) to shine?
We spoke to the song’s creator… Read the full story
from Metro https://metro.co.uk/2018/06/23/football-is-life-the-story-behind-what-might-be-the-best-unofficial-england-world-cup-anthem-ever-7652153/
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