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Tournament Year Song Chart Writers Performers Notes World Cup 1970 "Back Home" 1 Bill Martin, Phil Coulter: England squad [5] While not an official song for the England team, "World Cup Willie" by Lonnie Donegan 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.
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Songs associated with the England national football team. Pages in category "England national football team songs" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.
The list contains every single recorded by a professional football team or individual player which spent at least one week in the UK top 75.It does not contain singles recorded in tribute to football teams by existing bands or groups of fans such as the 1975 hit "Viva El Fulham" by Tony Rees and the Cottagers, or other hits with a general football theme such as the four-time number one hit ...
Song Chart positions Notes UK AUS GER IRE NZ SWI; 1970 "Back Home" 1--2-- ... Recorded as by England Football Team & the Sound of Stock, Aitken & Waterman: 1990
The lion passant guardant used in the logo of the England national football team. The motif of the England national football team has three lions passant guardant, the emblem of King Richard I, who reigned from 1189 to 1199. [105] In 1872, English players wore white jerseys emblazoned with the three lions crest of the Football Association. [106]
The supergroup, credited as England United, was formed by Ian McCulloch of Echo and the Bunnymen, who co-wrote the song with Johnny Marr, the Spice Girls, Tommy Scott of Space, and Simon Fowler of Ocean Colour Scene. [2] The song was the final single by the Spice Girls released with Geri Halliwell's vocals, until the group's reunion in 2007. [3]
The single, which began the tradition of the England squad recording songs to celebrate its involvement in the World Cup, reached number one on the UK Singles Chart for three weeks in May 1970. [2] England were the reigning world champions at the time, having won the 1966 World Cup , but were knocked out in the quarter finals after a 3-2 defeat ...