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As part of their participation in the 1990 World Cup in Italy, the footballers of the English national team recorded the song World In Motion together with the band New Order under the new band name Englandneworder . The comedian Keith Allen was won as co-writer .
Members
The band New Order :
Footballers who can be heard in the song:
The song made it to number 1 in the UK charts , 21 in Germany and 27 in Switzerland. A remix reached number 43 in the UK in 2002. Interestingly, this co-production with the English national football team , the only No. 1 hit of the band New Order .
The song is often mistakenly referred to as The John Barnes Rap in the UK , as Jamaica- born footballer John Barnes raps towards the end of the song.