Olé, Olé, Olé
| "Olé, Olé, Olé (The Name of the Game)" | |
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| Single by The Fans | |
| Released | 1987 |
| Genre | Pop |
| Label | ZYX Records |
| Writer(s) | Armath – Deja |
| Producer(s) | Roland Verlooven |
"Olé, Olé, Olé" (from Spanish: "Olé, Olé, Olé") is a chant associated with various meanings.
One evidence of the chant appeared in an article of the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia from 1982. It was during the final match of the Spanish Football League that year. After Real Sociedad had been proclaimed champion, the people at the Atotxa Stadium in San Sebastián started to sing "Campeones, campeones, hobe, hobe, hobe", which literally means "Champions, champions, we are the best," with the latter three words belonging to the Basque language. The chant expanded to the rest of Spain, and became known as "Oé, Oé, Oé".
The word "" itself, being a Spanish interjection mostly associated with the bullfighting of last centuries, but also with other sports after the 19th century. It was chanted when individuals seemed to rise above themselves in performance.
The chant is frequently used by Welsh rugby union team (Ospreys) and football games around the world (for example by the supporters of the Republic of Ireland national football team), and can be heard in Montreal Canadiens hockey games when the team is winning.
In Argentina, sometimes the name of a person the people could be cheering to is added at the end; e.g.: "Olé, olé olé olé, Die-go, Die-go! (referring to Diego Armando Maradona).
In South African rugby and cricket games the chant is performed whenever the home side is deemed to be in a position of ascendancy or victory is within grasp.
In 1946, "Ole Ole Ole Ole" was first heard on film on the show I Love Lucy by Dezi Arnaz during his song to Babalu-Aye, an Africa deity. The song was written by Margarita Lecuona in 1939.
In 1985, Hans Kusters, the head of the Belgian label Hans Kusters Music, asked music producer Roland Verlooven and singer Grand Jojo to "write a song for the Belgian football champs Anderlecht called “Anderlecht Champion”". It was composed by Armath (an alias of Roland Verlooven) and Deja, and recorded both in French and Dutch by the Belgian singer Grand Jojo, along with the players of R.S.C. Anderlecht, and released that year by Disques Vogue.
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