Forget “Seven Nation Army” — this World Cup, the latest song to be hijacked by crazed football fans and turned into an anthem that is seemingly ubiquitous-among-winning-teams-and-their-fans is, surprisingly, a 1996 house-music inspired Italian crossover pop/club hit, “Freed From Desire” by Gala.
Not only was the song chosen as the official selection given to FIFA from three teams this World Cup (England, Switzerland and Poland) as the song to play over the PA when they score, but France’s stellar team has been seen on social media in their locker room celebrating wildly, shirtless, to the tune as they sang along after their thrashing of Denmark, and then Poland, as they swept into the quarter-finals.
