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Watch Your House for Ireland

1994 single by Coca-Cola Official Irish Team From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Watch Your House for Ireland" is a song by the 1994 Republic of Ireland football squad, sponsored by Coca-Cola and with lead vocals by Christy Dignam. It was made for Ireland's 1994 World Cup campaign. The song reached the number one position in the Irish Singles chart in 1994 in the week it was released.[2] The proceeds went to the GOAL charity.[3]

Released1994
Recorded1994
StudioDublin[1]
Quick facts Single by Coca-Cola Official Irish Team, Released ...
"Watch Your House for Ireland"
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Single by Coca-Cola Official Irish Team
Released1994
Recorded1994
StudioDublin[1]
GenreNovelty
Length3:45
LabelRCA Records
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Lyrics

Watch your house was an idiom used in Irish soccer circles, meaning "watch your back." The song featured a famous chant from the Irish defeat of England in UEFA Euro 1988: "What's the score? Up one-nil! Are you listening, Jimmy Hill?"[4]

Reception

Balls.ie described the song as "divisive,"[5] while RTÉ described it as "flaccid" and "dull, dull, dull!"[6]

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