About this episode

The episode explores the music commissioned for the FIFA World Cup, featuring songs by various artists including Shakira and Burna Boy.

The quadrennial soccer (or fútbol, depending who you talk to) competition is upon us again: it's the FIFA World Cup! And while the World Cup is a sporting event, it's still relevant to the folks at Switched On Pop, because every four years a new crop of songs gets commissioned to drum up excitement for the games. This year, the official song is by Shakira and Burna Boy, but offerings from IShowSpeed and a madcap collaboration between Andrea Bocelli, David Guetta, EJAE, and Megan Thee Stallion also play the field. On this episode, Charlie and Nate explore them all – including the Shakira and Ricky Martin songs of World Cups past. Links: ⁠Newsletter⁠ , ⁠YouTube Songs discussed: Shakira, Burna Boy – Dai Dai K'NAAN – Wavin' Flag Tears For Fears, Lil Baby – The World Is Yours To Take Jelly Roll, Carin León – Lighter LISA, Anitta, Rema – Goals Jung Kook, BTS – Dreamers Andrea Bocelli, David Guetta, EJAE, Megan Thee Stallion – DNA (More Than A Game) IShowSpeed – Champions (WC 26) Ed Sheeran – Shape of You Shakira, Carlinhos Brown – La La La (Brasil 2014) Shakira, Freshlyground – Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) Zangalewa – Zangalewa Ricky Martin, Pablo Flores – The Cup of Life (La Copa…

People in this episode

Hosts: Charlie, Nate

Topics covered

• World Cup
• music
• soccer
• FIFA
• official songs
• Shakira
• collaborations

Keywords

• World Cup music
• FIFA songs
• Shakira
• Burna Boy
• soccer anthems
• music collaborations
• official songs

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Dai Dai, Wavin' Flag, The World Is Yours To Take, Lighter, Goals, Dreamers, DNA (More Than A Game), Champions (WC 26), Shape of You, La La La (Brasil 2014)

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