World in Motion
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| Single by New Order | ||||
| B-side | "The B-side" (1990) "Such a Good Thing" (2002) |
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| Released | 21 May 1990 | |||
| Format | CD, cassette, 12", 7" | |||
| Recorded | The Mill, Buckinghamshire, March 1990 | |||
| Genre | Synthpop, dance music | |||
| Length | 4:30 | |||
| Label | Factory - FAC 293 | |||
| Writer(s) | Keith Allen, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Gillian Gilbert | |||
| Producer(s) | New Order, Stephen Hague | |||
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"World in Motion" is a song by British musical group New Order (credited as England New Order).
It has been New Order's only number one song in the UK Singles Chart. The song was produced for the England football team's 1990 FIFA World Cup campaign, and features a guest rap by England footballer John Barnes and additional vocals by several members of the 1990 English team and comedian Keith Allen, who had co written the lyric.
One band member reportedly gleefully claimed to the NME that they hoped it "would be the last straw for Joy Division fans," noting how its upbeat sound had inverted their former band's famously gloomy image. The song was originally announced as being called "E for England", but the Football Association vetoed the title, realising that it sounded suspiciously like a reference to the drug ecstasy.
Allen claimed that his original draft lyrics ran "E is for England, England starts with E / We'll all be smiling when we're in Italy." After being internationally released, it was shown before the movie Die Hard 2.
The backing track for the chorus of "World in Motion" bore some similarities to the instrumental theme tune for the DEF II current-affairs show, Reportage, which had been written for the show by Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert of New Order. "World in Motion" was produced by Stephen Hague, who had also produced one of the group's earlier hits, "True Faith". The single was released in May 1990 with the catalogue number FAC 293. It was New Order's last release on Factory Records.
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