{"id":466,"date":"2014-06-05T09:10:59","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T09:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=466"},"modified":"2015-01-06T11:20:09","modified_gmt":"2015-01-06T11:20:09","slug":"this-years-england-songs-reviewed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/06\/05\/this-years-england-songs-reviewed\/","title":{"rendered":"This Year&#8217;s England Songs&#8230;Reviewed!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The world&#8217;s greatest football tournament is just around the corner and England&#8217;s prospects are&#8230;well, not great.<\/p>\n<p>But hey, that won&#8217;t stop us getting excited! One thing we love about a tournament year here at musicMagpie is the official England song, in which a random artist is picked to produce a rousing anthem for our boys (even getting them in to do a bit of singing sometimes).<\/p>\n<p>This year, the official England song is&#8230;ah, we don&#8217;t actually have one. It was going to be a version of Take That&#8217;s &#8216;Greatest Day&#8217;, but the FA have decided to<a title=\"drop it before the start of the tournament\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/music\/news\/fa-drops-gary-barlows-official-england-2014-world-cup-song-from-starting-lineup-9463373.html\"> drop it before the start of the tournament<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So what are we supposed to sing this summer as England take on the world (and hopefully bring a trophy home)? Here&#8217;s our rundown of this year&#8217;s England songs!<\/p>\n<h3>Bass Like Home &#8211; Lily Allen<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LkqXbfdcLiI\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nFollowing in the footsteps of her daddy Keith (that bloke who looks a bit mad in the &#8216;Vindaloo&#8217; video), Lily&#8217;s England song brings an urban edge to the traditional rousing anthem. The perfect fit for this year&#8217;s young, Beats-By-Dre-sporting squad.<\/p>\n<h3>Hearts Upon Our Sleeve &#8211;\u00a0Scott Mills and 5 Seconds of Summer<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SrTP_pllUng\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nSung by a DJ who doesn&#8217;t like football and an Australian band, this would be a natural choice for this year&#8217;s England anthem. Unfortunately, we can&#8217;t see this one being belted out from the terraces of Manaus, although we wouldn&#8217;t be surprised to hear it chanted by slightly tipsy England fans in city centres across the country at some point this summer.<\/p>\n<h3>Greatest Day &#8211; Gary Barlow, Half of the Spice Girls, Gary Lineker, Michael Owen, Gary Pallister and Carlton Palmer (and a load of other people)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZLiHeYK9roE\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nTake a popular tune, throw in a cast of footballing megastars (and Carlton Palmer) and what do you get? A lazy rehash of Take That&#8217;s &#8216;Greatest Day&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>We like Lineker&#8217;s vocals, but everything else is a bit flat. It could do with a John Barnes rap or two.<\/p>\n<h3>Winner In You &#8211; Dion Dublin &amp; The Establishment<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LU9LqHdij3E\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nEx-Coventry City and Aston Villa striker Dion Dublin lays down some sweet sax on this reworking of the New Radicals&#8217; &#8216;You Only Get What You Give&#8217;, which is something we never thought we&#8217;d say. It lacks the production shine of\u00a0<em>Greatest Day<\/em>, but, crucially, is being backed by Gary Barlow&#8217;s arch-nemesis\/best friend Robbie Williams. A dark horse in the 2014 anthem race.<\/p>\n<h3>Bring Back The Roar &#8211; Sound Champion<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pgE3vXHq93g\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nThis England anthem stands out for a couple of reasons. The first is that its by an unsigned band who fancied having a pop at Barlow and Chum&#8217;s official England song crown &#8211; job done, there.<\/p>\n<p>The other is that it has 2 videos starring a character called Mr. England, who is played by Neil McDermott off <em>Eastenders<\/em>.\u00a0Mr. England goes about getting people to join with the song and has even invented a dance routine inspired by Daniel Sturridge, which you&#8217;ll see precisely no England fans doing in the stadiums of Brazil this summer. Still, we like the enthusiasm and it is better than <em>Greatest Day.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Three Lions &#8211; The Lightning Seeds and Baddiel and Skinner<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RJqimlFcJsM\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s not actually being released but let&#8217;s face it, it&#8217;ll probably be the one everyone sings anyway.<\/p>\n<p>So, which is your favourite England song this year? Tell us on <a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/musicmagpie\">Facebook<\/a>, <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/musicmagpie\">Twitter<\/a> or in the comments below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world&#8217;s greatest football tournament is just around the corner and England&#8217;s prospects are&#8230;well, not great. But hey, that won&#8217;t stop us getting excited! 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