Back Home (song)
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| "Back Home" | ||||
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Bill Martin, Phil Coulter | ||||
| Producer(s) | Bill Martin, Phil Coulter | |||
| England World Cup Squad singles chronology | ||||
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"Back Home" is a popular song written by
The song was also a hit in Ireland, reaching number two in the charts there.[3]
The England team failed to qualify for the next two
The tune to the song was also used as the theme tune for popular BBC mid-1990s football/comedy TV programme Fantasy Football League.
The B side of the 7" vinyl single was called "Cinnamon Stick", and was also sung by the England football team. It began, "Sweet as sugar, twice as nice, cinnamon stick, cinnamon stick; see that twinkle in her eyes, cinnamon stick, cinnamon stick." After this, the tempo increases as the song goes into declarations of love. The b-side gained infamy during the 1998 World Cup, when Skinner and Baddiel mentioned it on their television show “Fantasy World Cup”, a spin-off of “Fantasy Football League”. Jeff Astle in his usual closing segment to the show, sung the song at the end of a later episode.
Charts
| Chart (1970) | Peak position |
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| Ireland (IRMA)[3] | 2 |
| 1 |
References
- ^ "England World Cup Squad "70" - Back Home". Discogs. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ^ a b "England World Cup Squad: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
- ^ a b "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Back Home". Irish Singles Chart.
