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The Guardian - UK
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Larry Ryan

How did Seven Nation Army become a terrace anthem – and what links it to Blur and Bernie Sanders?

Bernie Sanders Blur Seven Nation Army Eric Adams Jack White Cristiano Ronaldo Lionel Messi Michael Bloomberg Pavement Football

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Meg and Jack White of the White Stripes
The White Stripes’ song has become a mainstay of football tournaments … Photograph: MAI/Redferns/Getty

Duh duh duh dah duh duh … The men’s football World Cup is under way and you’ll likely have heard fans chanting the riff from the White Stripes’ Seven Nation Army, which has somehow become a mainstay of football tournaments. An intrepid reporter traced its crossover to Club Brugge fans at a 2003 Champions League game against AC Milan. “I especially love that most people have no idea what song the melody they are chanting came from,” Jack White told the Detroit Free Press in 2016.

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