Tim: Football!
Tom: Really?
Tim: I know, sorry. But you’ll forgive me once you hear this, a track off the official album of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Tom: I think my first reaction is “crikey, Ricky Martin’s still going”.
Tim: Oh yes – 42 and he’s still got all of it. Strumming guitars! Summery drums! Actual foreign!
Tom: “Actual foreign”? Let’s not forget that Livin’ La Vida Loca came in two versions, complete with near-identical videos.
Tim: What a partying, beachy, summery track this is, and the video makes it abundantly clear that that is precisely what it’s meant to be.
Tom: Yep. It’s basically the last World Cup song, “This Time For Africa“, only filtered through a Latin American lens.
Tim: What with it being his second turn at doing an official World Cup song, it’s hard not to compare it to The Cup of Life, and I think it stands up very well indeed. A great track, for a competition I would otherwise do my best to avoid.
Tom: It’s not my cup of tea, but it’s good to know that they’re following the true meaning of modern sport: product placement.
Tim: Right – who’d have thought that Sony makes a phone that’s waterproof?