Here we go with World Cup song - fans pen anthem for competition
Here we go, here we go, here we go. Songwriters Ken and Debbie Harris are hoping to top the charts with one of five tunes they have entered in a contest for the next football World Cup song.
The couple, from Shepherds Brook Road, Lye, are now urging Black Country people to help kick-start their 2014 World Cup song bid by voting for one of their entries in an online poll.
Their anthem Whole Wide World is currently topping both the UK and the global ratings in the competition for Brazil 2014.
The pair, both aged 41, write under the name of Stormforce Music and are football fans, with Ken supporting Arsenal and teaching assistant Debbie following England.
"Our latest song – Here We Go Again – is kind of tongue-in-cheek and should strike a chord with many England supporters," said Ken, who works in IT. "I'm proud of this song because we believe fans can relate to it after all the years of disappointment.
"Yes we have a lot of heartbreak over the many years since 1966, but there is always hope. I would be the first to congratulate them if we did well, as I've been an England fan all my life. The ultimate dream would be for a music producer to come along, and get involved with it to make it the unofficial England song. If it could enter the charts then this would be fab."
Here We Go Again – like Ken and Debbie's other musical football offerings – was recorded at Raindance Music Studio, Stourbridge, where producer Chris Smith sang on it. The home video accompanying it was made using an animation package - and the film is dedicated to Staffordshire's Tunstall Football Club, which recently won their first game since 2007.
"I wanted to dedicate it to them because of their typical English spirit with not giving up," said Ken. "Hopefully the England team can adopt the same mentally."
The World Cup song competition works on rankings by people viewing, listening to the entries and 'liking' or 'sharing' them at www.worldcupsong.com/index.htm
The couple are aiming to win the £5,000 top prize in the song writing competition, although at this stage there is no plan for the top tune to be the official World Cup theme. The contest is open up to all 32 nations taking part in the cup.
Whole Wide World is sung by Jon Allen, from Brierley Hill, and has more than 900 views, ranking it top so far.
