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"Un'estate italiana" (Italian: [uneˈstaːte itaˈljaːna]), "Un verano italiano" (Spanish: [um beˈɾano itaˈljano]; both meaning "An Italian summer") or "To Be Number One" is a 1989 song composed by Giorgio Moroder which was used as the official song of the 1990 FIFA World Cup held in Italy, the first to hold such distinction.
"Ciao ciao Italia" is a song used as the anthem for the Sweden national team during the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy. The song was written by Lasse Holm and Eddie Oliva and performed by the Swedish band After Shave. [1] The single peaked at 12th position at the Swedish singles chart.
FIFA World Cup songs and anthems [1] are tunes and songs adopted officially by FIFA (or by official broadcasters and partners selected by FIFA), to be used prior to the World Cup event and to accompany the championships during the event. [2] They are also used in advertising campaigns for the World Cup.
The English version of "Un'estate italiana", a song composed for the 1990 FIFA World Cup held in Italy Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title To Be Number One .
Italy 1990 (also known as World Class Soccer in the United States and Italia 1990 in most of Europe) is a soccer video game published by U.S. Gold and programmed by Tiertex Design Studios in 1990. It features the 1990 FIFA World Cup held in Italy but is not part of the official FIFA World Cup series .
The title became a catchphrase of then manager Jack Charlton, whose soundbites were sampled for the verse; the chorus was a combination of the familiar football chant "Olé Olé Olé" and a reworking of "Ally's Tartan Army" (which was itself set to the tune of "God Save Ireland"), the unofficial theme tune for Scotland in the 1978 FIFA World Cup, and for 13 weeks the song was at number one in ...
The sticker claimed that this song was the "unofficial World Cup Theme", referencing the 1990 FIFA World Cup. [7] A music video was created in which Cicciolina also makes a cameo appearance. [8] [9] The album version of the song is subtitled "(edited highlights)", despite the fact that the single is some three minutes shorter than the album ...
The trio began their collaboration with a performance at the ancient Baths of Caracalla in Rome, Italy, on 7 July 1990, the eve of the 1990 FIFA World Cup final, watched by a global television audience of around 800 million. [2] The image of three tenors in formal evening dress singing in a World Cup concert captivated the global audience. [3]