Official World Cup song: Wavin' Flag

Thanks to Christian at World Cup Buzz for posting the video above, World Cup 2010's official song. Play it if you must, but I wouldn't recommend it.

FIFA have made sure to tick the "African" box by handing the job of providing the tournament with an anthem to Canadian-Somali rapper K'Naan. They were probably concerned that his questionable views on Somali piracy made him too edgy in comparison to previous World Cup efforts:

"According to K'Naan, Somali fishermen organized and armed themselves so that they could protect the Somali shoreline from illegal dumping of nuclear toxic waste from private companies. He goes on to state that, "greed and the lure of money eventually produced what we see today as, Somali piracy."

They needn't have worried, however, because he has successfully managed to turn out something so generic, unoffensive and turgid that it won't inspire anyone to even look at the Wikipedia page which identifies the allegation.

The song should, of course, have been written and performed by a South African kwaito artist, but FIFA has instead settled for sub-Outkast boring rubbish which will sink into obscurity faster than a Kerry Katona comeback. The video's creepy too, what with all those young, hip kids in the crowd miraculously knowing the dance moves.

Altogether now:

"They'll call me freedom, just like a Wavin' Flag."

FAIL.