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Dean from big Brother travelled to the football association last week to deliver a copy of the tune he hoped would be chosen as England's official World cup song. Unfortunately for Dean, it has since been revealed that TV duo Ant and Dec are set to write and record the anthem.
Dean wrote Standing Tall with fellow Brummie songwriter Micky Greaney and performed it with fellow housemate, Bubble.
"We had a meeting with the FA and we gave them the first demo" explained Dean. "We'll be recording a new a new version of it which we will also give to them. It's a good song. That's the trick. It would eb easy for it to be gimmicky. This is a very indie pop sounding song with a singalong feel and there's a nice story in the lyrics."
Other candidates for recording the track included Swedish band, the Cardigans, or the Liverpool based girl band, Atomic Kitten. Dean hasn't heard what the Kittens are up to, but is dismissive of the prospective choice of the Cardigans on the grounds that they come from the same country as England's manager, Sven Goran Eriksson: "Can you believe it? At least we're English and we like football!"
The reporter pointed out to Dean that England's official World cup songs tend to become quite forgettable. Although everyone remembers Three Lions, can anyone remember the name of the track that the Spice Girls and Echo & the Bunnymen came up with?! Or Mick Hucknall's effort for 1996? Exactly. A sudden realisation dawns on Dean about official England songs. "It's the kiss of death isn't it?! Right, they're not having it. They can have the bloody Cardigans instead!"
Adapted from an article in Wolverhampton's Express and Star - 12th February, 2002.
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