'Wavin' Flag Voted The Greatest World Cup Song Of All Time

It's just eight days until the start of the 2018 FIFA World Cup and everybody is getting excited to see how their country will fair in one of the most competitive tournaments in years.

To get the party started, the official song for this year's competition involves The Fresh Prince himself, or the character from Men in Black, or the guy from Suicide Squad, depending on your age.

It's a relatively decent song, but for me, nothing compares to Shakira's Waka Waka tune at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

That being said, the majority of the general public don't agree with my opinion.

In a SPORTbible poll, 25,000 people voted and 42% reckon that K'naan's 2009 hit, Wavin' Flag, was the greatest World Cup song of all time.

The Lightning Seeds' 96' song, Three Lions, came in second place with 27%, while my personal favourite, Waka Waka, was way behind the eventual winner with 22%.

In last place, Vindalloo by Fat Les was relegated with a mere 9% - which is an injustice, in my opinion.

Last month, SPORTbible's very own Ryan Sidle decided to rate the World Cup songs of years gone by and it was an interesting selection of tunes.

Here's some of his choices:

Three Lions 98

We have to start back in 1998. Baddiel, Skinner and the Lightning Seeds returned two years after whipping the country into Euro fever during the 96 tournament with an updated version of Three Lions for the tournament in France.

Go Brazil

ITV's World Cup intro was sure to get you ready for whichever match you were about to watch. Vengaboys 'Go Brazil' had a real flavour of the country that produced some of the best football over the years and one of the best tournaments in a good while.

La Copa de la Vida

This Ricky Martin number from the 1998 World Cup, meaning 'The Cup of Life,' is just an absolute banger plain and simple. A tournament of Zidane, Ronaldo, Batistuta and Croatia- it deserves a great song.

We're on the Ball

Ant and Dec trying to kidnap Sven Goran Eriksson and Tord Grip so they can pretend to be like them just to get to South Korea and Japan, references to England's 5-1 battering of Germany and that Beckham free kick against Greece. What's not to love?

What do you think is the best World Cup song?

Let us know in the comments.

Topics: Football News, Football, World Cup

Jack Kenmare

Jack Kenmare is a writer at SPORTbible. He's interviewed some of the biggest names in sport, including Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Pele, Carles Puyol and Tim Henman. He dabbles in all things sport but football is his biggest passion. He was once hit in the head by a wayward strike from Nicky Butt and lived to tell the tale.

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