Obviously James Corden was going to be all over the place during the World Cup. He vocally likes football.
He hosts a sport-based quiz show. He stars in those toe-curlingly chummy sketches with the England team at every opportunity he can get. He’s a shameless attention-whore. So, yes, James Corden was always going to do something for the World Cup. But an unofficial England anthem? An unofficial England anthem that’s a cover of a Tears For Fears song? An unofficial England anthem that’s a cover of a Tears For Fears song that Simon Cowell masterminded?
An unofficial England anthem that’s a cover of a Tears For Fears song that Simon Cowell masterminded and Dizzee Rascal does a rap on? James Corden, we wouldn’t have expected any less from you. Sadly.
The World Cup is amazing. Not because of the football, or because there’s an unofficial law stating that the camera must always linger on a barely-dressed female supporter during Brazil matches for what seems like an almost stalkerish length of time. No, the World Cup is amazing because it’s the time when every tinpot act in the country makes their own gaspingly awful unofficial England anthem.
Terry Venables has done one. Bubble and Dean from Big Brother have done one. Mark E Smith has done one. And they’re all awful. All of them. But none of them are a Simon Cowell-approved reworking of a Tears For Fears song featuring Dizzee Rascal and the fat one from Lesbian Vampire Killers. No, that’s a special level of awful. A level of awful that operates at such a high frequency that even dogs would struggle to hear it.
But, hey, that’s James Corden for you. Sky News reports:
Dizzee Rascal and James Corden are showing their support for the England football squad by recording an unofficial World Cup anthem. The track is a reworking of the 80s Tears For Fears hit Shout. During the song Dizzee urges the England team to give it their all. He raps: “Come on England, we need to sort it out/Put the champs down, pull your finger out.”
Apparently England fans have until tonight to get onto the track by phoning up a number and bellowing the lyrics. We’re not going to tell you what number it is because, really, you’re better than that.
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jimbo wood says
This song idea has already been done, its been on youtube for weeks. Think simon cowells been stealing idea’s again!!…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2ccrO056eg
Jamie says
shut up m8 james corden is a legend your just jelous
james says
James cordens royalties from this song are going to great ormond street hospital, a are dizzee rascals. His england sketches were for comic relief which helps vulnerable children and gives them a life. He was involved in soccer aid, for unicEF. He is also one of the funniest comedians around. You are simply a jealous, sad person with no life. And since you are insulting his comic relief sketches and this song you obviously want innocent children to suffer. Get a life and a sense of perspective. This song isnt supposed to be a work of art, its for charity. You need to realise that, and also get off your computer and make some friends.
Dave says
Woah. Dont punish Mr. Cordon because you don’t like this kind of music, this is a hell of a lot better than Embrace, and I can see people singing along.