It doesn’t have much to do with soccer (though it must have been roasting on the field in Mexico City), but it’s still a great tune. Originally released four years earlier, it was adopted for the 1986 tournament in Mexico.
The first few decades of World Cup anthems were all over the map, but there was the occasional gem, like this calypso classic from Arrow. Sadly, the foot-tapping rockabilly sound and catchy chorus, “Take it! Get in! Complete it! GOOOOAAAAL, goal for Chile!,” neither became a global hit nor set a musical precedent for World Cup songs to come. Los Ramblers, a pioneering group in South America’s Nueva Ola scene, released “El Rock del Mundial” (“World Cup Rock”) timed to the 1962 tournament in their home country of Chile. The official video for the song, which dropped last week, also sticks to the tried-and-true, with shots of games past mixed in with kids playing on the streets and the obligatory cameo by a soccer superstar (in this case, ex-Brazilian midfielder, and 2002 World Cup champion, Ronaldinho). Nicky Jam and Will Smith’s upbeat ode to the unifying effect of sports follows the musical game plan of World Cup songs past, with producer Diplo mixing Euro and Latin dance beats with Jam and Smith’s rap lyrics (in English and Spanish) and some extra dancehall credibility provided by Kosovar singer Era Istrefi. Here are the best, worst and weirdest of the lot.
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