Soccer Soccer Soccer

"Soccer Soccer Soccer" is a song by Davide Di Marcantonio under the alias Lou Grant.

It was released together with the other Lou Grant song "People Of Music" in a vinyl single released by Time Records and Avex Inc. in 1998.

Lyrics
[Verse 1] Wonderful! Hero of Japan soccer "nakata" The people know Power game the national Japan players run and win The fever go !!

[Pre-chorus] The magic champion Kawaguchi fast and strong Do you remember Bomber Kazu Miura kicking goals And we go !!!

[Chorus] We need Soccer soccer soccer Japan to the goal is wotta we need We want Soccer soccer soccer It's hard game to play never forgive Soccer soccer soccer Dream to play another wonderful game We need Soccer soccer soccer Japan plays to win fortune and fame

[Verse 2] Run to fight mighty Nanami jumping up green grass And take the game Heroes of the nation the team will be so strong in France in 98

Trivia
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup ]
 * The song is based on soccer, especially the Japanese national football team. The players mentioned throughout the song are;
 * Hidetoshi Nakata - Midfielder for Bellmare Hiratsuka and the Japanese national football team and considered one of the greatest Japanese players of all time.
 * Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi - Goalkeeper and captain for the Japanese national football team.
 * Kazuyoshi Miura - Forward
 * Hiroshi Nanami - Midfielder
 * The song also mentions the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France. Since that song was released in 1998, the Japanese football team were part of Group H for the tournament. However, they weren't able to make it to the final rounds, losing to opponents Argentina and Croatia 0-1, and Jamaica 1-2.
 * The AV02/98 vinyl single is the first to use the fifth and final label design for Time Records vinyls: a simple plain white label with black text. It would continue to be used until the release of Time Records' final vinyl single AV43/2003.