The Enemy To Write World Cup Song?

added 21 September 2009 at 13.02

Tom Clarke wants to support England all the way...

The Enemy's Tom Clarke reckons he wants to write and record the official England 2010 World Cup song. The frontman told The Sun, "We'd do it just so we could say, 'We've recorded the official England song'."

He also wants one of the squad to rap on the track, a la John Barnes's star turn on New Order's 1990 offering, 'World In Motion'. "I'd like to get Peter Crouch to rap. We'd let him do his robot dance too. I reckon Wayne Rooney could be an angry rapper.

New Order made number one 19 years ago with their England song, while Embrace made a respectable number three in 2006 with 'World At Your Feet'.

Check out that John Barnes rap again: 

 

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  1. i reckon the enemy would make a top song, i love the band, and their music, so go 4 it lads, it cant be worse than some of the sh*t thats been done in the past!!!

    Posted by English-Gates on 15/10/2009 18:27:20 | report abuse

  2. Well, there is already plenty of competition out there....and all of it so far is English, check out www.worldcupsong.com

    Posted by Chris on 26/09/2009 19:22:19 | report abuse

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