Ireland World cup Songs

bullock · 08-08-2005 2:49pm #1

Does anyone know if the names of the big Irish world cup songs that were around in the 1988 Euro championships and the 1990 World Cup. There's one song I can't think of but its based on "We didn't start the fire" by Bruice Springsteen. Does anyone know if they are available on CD????

fade2black · 08-08-2005 2:54pm

"Ray Houghten Liverpool, Ronnie Whelan so cool...." haha...hard to get id say....try one of your local radio stations.

bullock · 08-08-2005 3:37pm

Thats some of the lyrics ... Do you know of any other good world cup songs??

garred · 08-08-2005 8:00pm

There was a tape with a load of them on it for the 90 world cup, got it free in garages (think I threw it out last year). But you can't beat "put em under pressure"....class

iregk · 08-08-2005 8:09pm

We didn't start the fire was the remix of Billy Joel's song not Bruce Springstein.

There was also Put Em Under Pressure ('90) which i have on mp3 for anyone that wants?

Give it a lash jack, were all part of jackies army, Mighy Quinn (re release), and Joe O'Toole - Were going to America (for 94) were all other irish footie songs.

God I'm so sad to remember all of those!!!!

Space Coyote · 08-08-2005 8:38pm

Ah remember them all well. The best one was "World Cup...Ire...land...World Cup...Ire...land..." Pretty sure those were the only lyrics. May be mistaken. Classic.

iregk · 08-08-2005 8:54pm

Give it a lash jack, give it a lash jack, never never never say no, ireland ireland repubilic (no spelling mistake there) of ireland rev it up and here we go...

garred · 08-08-2005 8:55pm

"Mama Mia, Mama Mia, what a wonderful team
The one Jackie built
The one in emerald green"

Ah Jaysus they are starting to come back now.
Damn you Bullock, damn you to hell.

bullock · 09-08-2005 12:58pm

Thanks for correcting that. It was Billy Joel. Send on any MP3's you have of these world cup songs or where I could get them.

iregk wrote:

We didn't start the fire was the remix of Billy Joel's song not Bruce Springstein.

There was also Put Em Under Pressure ('90) which i have on mp3 for anyone that wants?

Give it a lash jack, were all part of jackies army, Mighy Quinn (re release), and Joe O'Toole - Were going to America (for 94) were all other irish footie songs.

God I'm so sad to remember all of those!!!!

fade2black · 09-08-2005 1:07pm

Still can't find it though

Another re-working, but this time of a more recent tune is `The Game' by The Memorieswhich is musically identical to Billy Joel's recent world-wide smash `We Didn't Start The Fire'. Joel was so impressed with the version that he learnt the new lyrics and performed the it at his Dublin concert on Saturday.

bullock · 09-08-2005 3:13pm

I can't find it either!!!! Are they available on a website??

bullock · 10-08-2005 12:26pm

Where did you get the mp3's ... Can you send them on please. I've got World Cup Fever.

por · 10-08-2005 12:35pm

In '88 you had 'Give it a Lash Jack' as the official song, brutal
'90 'Put 'em under pressure' was the official one but you had also as stated above the Memories with their re-make of the Billy Joel song and that twat that used to be on the Jerry Ryan show, what the hell was his name ???, that sang ‘Que Sera, Sear’, terrible muck.
Then in ’94 you had the worst of the lot, ‘Watch your House for Ireland (goodbye Europe Hello USA)’ the official song with lyrics like ‘In Orlando, Magic Wando’ ?????, where do they come up with this tripe……Some people dubbed it ‘Burn your house for Ireland’.

The only one I remember from ’02 is something called ‘Sianara to Connemara’……

Why can’t we have goof world cup songs like the English, ‘World in Motion’ was good and ‘Three Lions’ was so good it was even No 1 here in Ireland.

bullock · 10-08-2005 1:08pm

Don't talk rubbish Pol .... There was no way that three lions was No. 1 in Ireland, No way it would have made it into the top 40.

por · 10-08-2005 1:52pm

bullock wrote:

Don't talk rubbish Pol .... There was no way that three lions was No. 1 in Ireland, No way it would have made it into the top 40.

As far as I recall it was No 1. in the summer of '96 during Euro '96, I'll try and find evidence.

Now what was the name of yer man on teh Jerry Ryan show ????

madfistbt · 12-08-2005 6:27am

Ive been looking for an Italia 90 album I had for ages it had the following songs and more.
/give it a lash jack
2/horaay horayy
3/team that jack built
4/Boys in green
5/oh ahh paul mcgrath,
6/bless them all
7/que sera sera
8/ mama mia what a beautiful team

I guess I should give up, I have looked everywhere, anyone have this tape????

BossArky · 12-08-2005 7:35am

I had a tape with 4 or 6 songs on it, got it around 94 World Cup I think. Some of them were terrible!

- "Ireland will always win" being one...

- "Put em under Pressure" .... feel the hairs raise on the back of your neck as the opening guitar riff comes in!!

Just found this about Noel Gallagher saying he would write Ireland a World Cup Song back in 2001 for half a million quid:

http://www.showbizireland.com/news/october01/12-oasis04.shtml

garred · 12-08-2005 9:46am

Yeah, read he was asked to write for the English team, but said he would'nt because of his Irish roots. Good man Noel, live forever.

por · 12-08-2005 12:33pm

madfistbt wrote:

5/oh ahh paul mcgrath,

Oh God what a pile of s**te,
'He's the greatest defender in the whole wide world, he's the one they call, the black perl, I said oh ahh paul mcgrath, oh ahh paul mcgrath....'

It's scary

madfistbt · 12-08-2005 4:24pm

por wrote:

Oh God what a pile of s**te,
'He's the greatest defender in the whole wide world, he's the one they call, the black perl, I said oh ahh paul mcgrath, oh ahh paul mcgrath....'

It's scary

No the version on the album was completely differnt to this ****e. It was the late great dermot morgan from father ted doing a rap about paul mcgrath in various accents, quite funny

Dr. Bill · 12-08-2005 4:41pm

Anyone got any .mp3's or .wav files of Irish soccer songs???

Dr. Bill · 12-08-2005 4:42pm

Anyone got a copy of any of Ireland's world cup songs on .mp3 or .wav format????

bullock · 13-08-2005 12:19pm

I can't find any Dr. Bill. You have any luck??

gre_soul · 04-07-2006 11:47pm

here you go --> http://rapidshare.de/files/22889486/Larry_Mullen_Put_Em_Under_Pressure.mp3.html

Put 'em Under Pressure

Version: Single Version (3:57) First Appears On: Put 'Em Under Pressure Single, 1990
Written By: Larry Mullen (Co-wrote & Produced) Performed By: Larry on Drums?

Ole, Ole Ole Ole, Ole, Ole
Ole, Ole Ole Ole, Ole

We've qualified for the World Cup
Go and compete

We're prepared, a new goal
We'll do our best
We'll Put 'em Under Pressure, defense, defense

The game is about
Being effective
Being aggressive
Winning the ball
Getting it on with the play
We'll Put 'em Under Pressure

Ole, Ole Ole Ole, Ole, Ole
Ole, Ole Ole Ole, Ole, Ole
We're all part of jackie's army
We're all off to win the league
And we really shake them up
When we win the World Cup
Cause Ireland's are the greatest football team

Put 'em Under Pressure

It's not going to be easy for us
But it's not going to be easy for them either
Watch, watch, watch the people
Watch the people, watch the people, watch the people, defense, defense
We inflict our game on the people
Put 'em Under Pressure, defense, defense, defense, defense

You gotta give, you gotta give, you gotta give to win
Goal!

Put 'em Under Pressure

Ole, Ole Ole Ole, Ole, Ole
Ole, Ole Ole Ole, Ole, Ole
We're all part of Jackie's army
We're all off to win the league
And we really shake them up
When we win the World Cup
Cause Ireland's are the greatest football team

Put 'em Under Pressure

We're all part of Jackie's army
We're all off to win the league
And we really shake them up
When we win the World Cup
Cause Ireland's are the greatest football team

And we really shake them up
When we win the World Cup
Cause Ireland's are the greatest football team

We're all part of Jackie's army
We're all off to win the league
And we really shake them up
When we win the World Cup
Cause Ireland's are the greatest football...

Tha Gopher · 05-07-2006 6:09pm

"We're all part of Jackie's army
We're all off to win the league"

Was it not "We`re all off to It-a-leee" surely? Its been a while but I couldve sworn it was Italy.

And sure back in the days when it looked like we would sail through our group we were all substituting Jackie for "Brians army" and "we`re all off to Ger-ma-nee"

Ah well, I ended up working through 90% of this World Cup, maybe its best for me we didnt make it.

Creamy Goodness · 05-07-2006 11:12pm

Tha Gopher wrote:

Was it not "We`re all off to It-a-leee" surely? Its been a while but I couldve sworn it was Italy.

you're right.

and if i can remember correctly there was a huge thread on this about 6-8 months ago and i think mp3's were posting, might be worth checking it out.

RefulgentGnomon · 25-07-2006 8:18pm

There were videos posted on www.foot.ie recently, one of which featured the Game by Memories.

il gatto · 25-07-2006 10:37pm

I think "Put 'em Under Pressure", was based on Horslips song Dearg Doom. Well the main guitar riff was lifted from it anyway.

Nea · 26-07-2006 10:39am

For WC2002 I think the official song was A House's Here Come The Good Times, which was a load of poo imo.
Much preferred " I'm Mick Mc Carthys Baby" to the tune of David Byrne's Lazy

Nalz · 27-07-2006 12:14am

I read the title of this thread and it reminded me of a tape I had "World Cup me Arse"...funny stuff. Well I thought it was funny

bedrock1001 · 19-09-2006 9:36pm

found this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqRP6ZBI5nM

sheer class

Andrew 83 · 22-09-2006 10:54am

por wrote:

Then in ’94 you had the worst of the lot, ‘Watch your House for Ireland (goodbye Europe Hello USA)’ the official song with lyrics like ‘In Orlando, Magic Wando’ ?????, where do they come up with this tripe……Some people dubbed it ‘Burn your house for Ireland’.

The next line after that was "apple pie, milk shake".

theworm2345 · 04-10-2006 4:39am

[QUOTE-bedrock1001]found this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqRP6ZBI5nM

sheer class[/QUOTE]
Thats my video

I have many of these songs, does anyone still want them?

imeddyhobbs · 09-10-2006 2:58am

bullock wrote:

There's one song I can't think of but its based on "We didn't start the fire" by Bruice Springsteen. Does anyone know if they are available on CD????

Thats where you're wrong see,that song was about 2fm,at that time Ray Burke(yes the government minister)had "dealings" with century radio(century being the first independent national radio station) ,ray wanted to turn 2fm into a second radio1 type yoke,1 with no pop music so his "dealings"with century radio would succeed

bedrock1001 · 19-10-2006 8:28pm

looking for the game by the memories

theworm2345 what can you do for me? really looking to get my hands on it

theworm2345 · 20-10-2006 4:34am

bedrock1001 wrote:

looking for the game by the memories

theworm2345 what can you do for me? really looking to get my hands on it

OK, which ones do you want besides that?
I will upload the mp3 but for now, here is a link to a video I made with The Game playing
http://theworm2345.footballclips.net/Republic%20of%20Ireland/International/Compilations/Soccer%20-%20Republic%20of%20Ireland%20-%20The%20Memories%20-%20The%20Game%20(Video).wmv
(Thanks to my site for the help with it)
EDIT: here is the audio
http://www.attachmax.com/The_Memories_The_Game_Just_Audio.html

bedrock1001 · 21-10-2006 4:11am

theworm2345 you are a genius

any chance of posting a high quality version of it - high end 256kb mp3 maybe?

if not thanks for this version - really enjoying it!!

theworm2345 · 22-10-2006 2:44am

bedrock1001 wrote:

theworm2345 you are a genius

any chance of posting a high quality version of it - high end 256kb mp3 maybe?

if not thanks for this version - really enjoying it!!

Nope, thats all I have, sorry

dragonkin · 22-10-2006 9:36pm

theworm2345 wrote:

OK, which ones do you want besides that?
I will upload the mp3 but for now, here is a link to a video I made with The Game playing
http://theworm2345.footballclips.net/Republic%20of%20Ireland/International/Compilations/Soccer%20-%20Republic%20of%20Ireland%20-%20The%20Memories%20-%20The%20Game%20(Video).wmv
(Thanks to my site for the help with it)
EDIT: here is the audio
http://www.attachmax.com/The_Memories_The_Game_Just_Audio.html

Have you got Put em Under Pressure by any chance? I've had a look for it on the internet couldn't find anything tho and the link above is broken.

theworm2345 · 23-10-2006 2:07am

dragonkin wrote:

Have you got Put em Under Pressure by any chance? I've had a look for it on the internet couldn't find anything tho and the link above is broken.

Here ya go

http://www.attachmax.com/Irish_Soccer_Put_em_Under_Pressuremp3.html

whiskeyman · 24-10-2006 7:26pm

Have ya got 'Give it a Lash Jack' by any chance?
Haven't heard that in years!

thanks for the uploads so far worm

GadgetFiend · 24-10-2006 7:32pm

i was one of the happy recipients of those files back 6 or 7 months ago

hang on there I'll upload them

If i get banned for this, at least it was in a good cause

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=I778M9V0

theworm2345 · 25-10-2006 1:59am

whiskeyman wrote:

Have ya got 'Give it a Lash Jack' by any chance?
Haven't heard that in years!

thanks for the uploads so far worm

http://www.attachmax.com/Liam_Harrison_The_Goal_Celebrities_Give_It_A_Lash_Jackmp3.html

I have to say, the '94 songs arent nearly as good as the '90 songs

vawns · 12-11-2006 10:16pm

Hi All,

Does anyone have the Italia 90 version of "we didn't start the fire"? Can't remember what it was called but it's in my head and would love to be able to download it onto my ipod.

Ta muchly,

Vawns

vawns · 12-11-2006 10:16pm

theworm2345 wrote:

http://www.attachmax.com/Liam_Harrison_The_Goal_Celebrities_Give_It_A_Lash_Jackmp3.html

I have to say, the '94 songs arent nearly as good as the '90 songs

Hi All,

Does anyone have the Italia 90 version of "we didn't start the fire"? Can't remember what it was called but it's in my head and would love to be able to download it onto my ipod.

Ta muchly,

Vawns

theworm2345 · 12-11-2006 11:12pm

http://www.attachmax.com/The_Memories_The_Game_Just_Audio.html
This is "We Didnt Start The Fire"
real name is
"The Game" by The Memories

vawns · 19-11-2006 2:58pm

theworm2345 wrote:

http://www.attachmax.com/The_Memories_The_Game_Just_Audio.html
This is "We Didnt Start The Fire"
real name is
"The Game" by The Memories

Perfect - thanks a million

wow sierra · 20-11-2006 2:30pm

Thanks theworm2345 - bringing back cool memories - I can remember most of the lyrics to these now that I here them again - nearly 20 years since "We beat the Brits in Stuttgart" we are all getting old!!!!

dinneenp · 03-12-2007 3:10pm

You added this Comment

I've been looking for the song myself- here are the lyrics anyway
November 30, 2007
From Italia 90- sung to the tune of 'We didn't start the fire' by Billy Joel-
Jackie Charlton, Eoin Hand
Johnny Giles, Ireland
Mick McCarthy, Stephen Staunton
Cascarino
Tony Galvin, Niall Quinn
Packie doesn't let em in
North of Ireland
South of Ireland
Only one can go

Paul McGrath, Back Four
Aldridge got another score
World Cup
English Clubs
Kevin Moran and the Dubs
European Championship
How can we forget the trip
Andy Townsend, Kevin Sheedy
Stapleton's a supersub

Weâre gonna start a fire
And when Rome is burning
there'll be no returning
Were gonna start a fire
We have Jack to mind us
and the fans behind us

ButragueÃ±o, Hungary
We scared the Dutch in Germany
Charlie Hurley, Liam Tuohy
Opel Invest
Ray Houghton, Liverpool
Ronnie Whelan's so cool
O'Leary in the Sunday World
Con is in the press

Stuttgart was no dream
now we have a winning team
Billy Bingham, Budapest
Man of Magic, Georgie Best
Eamon Dunphy writes it down
Dalymount to Landsdowne
English Football in a mess
Trouble on the Terraces

Were gonna start a fire
And when Rome is burning
there'll be no returning
Were gonna start a fire
We have Jack to mind us
and the fans behind us

Dasaev, SÃ³crates,
Maradona, Ardiles,
PuskÃ¡s, Bessonov,
RenÃ© van de Kerkhof,
Hamilton, Jim Magee,
Saint And Greavsie on TV,
Maradona, Hand of God
Brady should be in the Squad

Chris Morris, score draw
Don Givens, Denis Law,
Eusebio, Junior, Ronnie Whelan Senior
PelÃ© #10
We'll never see his like again
Goikoetxea is mean[2]
Champions, Argentina

Netherlands, Egypt
England got a free trip
Pleaded, Seeded
Because of the supporters
Ruud Gullit might be out
Holland wouldn't have a shout
Hoddle and Waddle
Have they got the bottle
We have England in the draw
And the Dutch like before
One thing that were grateful for
We didn't get the Mafia

Seeded in Sicily
Off the coast of Italy
6 hour boat trip
We can take the hardship
But the fans couldn't care
They can travel anywhere
No one else can match the sound
Our supporters bring around
June 11, English Game
We can do the trick again
Egypt next and then the Dutch
Its the second round for us
When we finally get to Rome
No one will be left at home
Aldridge is about to score
Listen to the Irish Roar

theworm2345 · 04-12-2007 5:29am

I transcribed that on Wikipedia and the ***** there took it down claiming it wasn't famous enough

DJ_Spider · 04-12-2007 10:39am

So what songs are for the next event? I'm a DJ and would love to have some footy songs. Not a fan at all myself but it makes the punters happy!

DJ Spider

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