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New Order | World In Motion (1990)

"World in Motion..." is a song by British musical group New Order (performed with the England national football team, credited as ENGLANDneworder. The song is New Order's only number-one song on the UK Singles Chart.

It was produced for the England national 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 English team of 1990 and comedian Keith Allen, who had co-written the lyrics.


Singer Bernard Sumner described the single to NME as "the last straw for Joy Division fans", noting how its upbeat sound had inverted their former band's famously gloomy image


New Order
1980 - present