The 2022 World Cup is fully underway and has already produced plenty of drama and action in its first ever tournament to be hosted in the Arabic world.
While a number of goals and results have captured the attention of many, fans in the stadium and those watching at home have also noticed that the same song has been played ahead of kick-off before every game, being blasted out the speakers around every ground.
Here is all you need to know about why the same song is played before every match, who sings it and why it was chosen by FIFA as the World Cup’s walk-out song ahead of each game.
What is the World Cup walk-out song?
In every World Cup match so far, ‘The Business’ by Dutch DJ and producer Tiesto has been chosen as the walk-out song for players .
Released in 2020, the track became a hit and was nominated for three awards in 2022.
These were the Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Recording, Billboard Music Award for Top Dance/Electronic Song and the Brit Award for International Song of the Year.
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Why was it chosen by FIFA?
‘The Business’ by Tiesto wasn’t FIFA’s original choice to be the World Cup’s walk-out song, with ‘Thunderstruck’ by Australian rock band AC/DC selected instead ahead of the tournament in Qatar.
However, a late change was made, with the Independent revealing that FIFA had got rid of ‘Thunderstruck’ as their World Cup walk-out song on Monday (November 21).
Why did FIFA change the walk-out song?
As also revealed by the Independent two days ago, ‘The Business’ replaced ‘Thunderstruck’ due to its ‘non suggestive lyrics’.
Some of the lyrics in the original song would appear to go against Qatari law that criminalises extramarital sex.
As well as this, the song was used as part of the payload of a computer virus which attacked the Iranian nuclear program between 2009 and 2010, as per a 2014 report from The Verge.
