Mel C, Self Esteem and extra have come collectively to report a music for the England Ladies’s World Cup group. Try ‘Name Me A Lioness’ under.
Shared immediately (July 19), the monitor celebrates their win on the UEFA Ladies’s Euro 2022, and rallies behind them forward of the World Cup, which kicks off in Australia this week. It additionally makes reference to each Chloe Kelly and Ella Toone, who scored the profitable objectives eventually yr’s Euro Last.
The music arrives as an “unofficial” anthem for the England group, because the Soccer Affiliation now not commissions music for England’s worldwide campaigns, following the 2014 males’s World Cup in Brazil.
‘Name Me A Lioness’ was co-written by Glen Roberts and London singer Olivia Dean, and options contributions from an 11-person squad together with Self Esteem, Ellie Rowsell of Wolf Alice, Shura and former Spice Woman Mel C.
Marika Hackman, Rachel Chinouriri, Jasmine Jethwa, Rose Grey, Highlyy, and Al Greenwood of Sports activities Group additionally be a part of the monitor, which is launched underneath the identify Hope FC — a reference to the previous supervisor, participant and coach of the nationwide group, Hope Powell.
“We needed to make a music that offers ladies a soundtrack to their pleasure of the Lionesses and of being a lady, and to unite everybody in that pleasure,” Dean stated of the monitor. “Each time I hear Name Me A Lioness I take into consideration being in a beer backyard singing it on the prime of my lungs with my mates.”
Mel C added: “It’s been wonderful to see the recognition of girls’s soccer develop and their unimaginable win final yr was an enormous inspiration for this new music for the world cup. I’m so privileged to be concerned with a complete host of wonderful feminine artists, cheering on our girls’s group to convey it house once more!”
Proceeds gathered from gross sales and streams shall be donated to charities that help grassroots woman’s and ladies’s soccer. Non-profit organisations included are Soccer Past Borders, Manchester Laces, Road Soccer London and Women United.
Rebecca Lucy Taylor – higher identified underneath her stage identify Self Esteem – additionally shared what it meant to her to function on the music, stating: “I really like the music a lot! The Lionesses are the longer term and I’m so proud and excited to get behind them this summer season.”
For Mel C, ‘Name Me A Lioness’ marks her third look on an England soccer monitor, following each 1998’s ‘(How Does It Really feel To Be) On High Of The World’ and a 2014 cowl of the Take That hit ‘Best Day’.
Following their victory final yr, numerous names from the leisure world got here collectively to indicate their help for the England group, together with members of Blur, The Rolling Stones, Kasabian and extra.
“England gained the Euros! Congratulations Lionesses! You’ve made us all so proud. What an unimaginable end result! Thanks endlessly,” wrote Ronnie Wood on Twitter, whereas Dave Rowntree added: “Good! Simply good!”
Rapper and YouTuber KSI also took to social media to have fun the victory, writing: “ I’m so pleased proper now. That is large for all of us. What a win! It lastly got here house.” Kasabian agreed, saying “Can’t consider it, historys been made! Congratulations to all of the Lionesses Whenever you hit the wall you get again up once more.”
