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unusual facts about football chant



100. Yıl Albümü

Yıl Albümü (a.k.a. BJK 100. Yıl Marşları) (English: Centennial Album) is a stadium anthems and football chants based album, recorded following the Turkish League truimph of Beşiktaş in 2003, their 100th year of foundation, composed by Turkish singer/composers Mustafa Sandal and Ufuk Yıldırım, and composers Reha Falay and Murat Zor.

Dario Baldan Bembo

His main hit as a songwriter was the song "Amico è", ending theme song of the Mike Bongiorno's quiz show SuperFlash, which later became a widely spread football chant.

Direktori

In January 1996, the band recorded a new version of "Ide voz" for Red Star football chant compilation.

Mathieu Flamini

Flamini enjoyed a generally good rapport with Arsenal's fans, who provided him with his own song, an adaptation of the theme tune to British television programme The Sweeney.

Put 'Em Under Pressure

The title was 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 Irish Singles Chart.


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