Avicii, Wyclef Jean, Carlos Santana team up for World Cup closing anthem

 

 

Pitbull, J.Lo, and Pitbull’s blindingly white clamdiggers kicked off the World Cup two weeks ago with a rousing, bare-ankled performance of “Ole Ola,” the Official 2014 FIFA World Cup Song. Two weeks from now, when the tournament comes to an end on July 13, the closing ceremonies will feature a performance of the the Official 2014 FIFA World Cup Anthem (which is a totally different thing).

 

 

 

 

“Dar Um Jeito (We Will Find A Way),” which has a new video that just dropped today, features Wyclef Jean, EDM demigod Avicii, and Carlos Santana, a superstar trio that could have been put together by a random poolside encounter at a celebrities-only, six-star resort on a Caribbean island known only to the mega-wealthy.

 

Despite the seemingly random lineup and the generally beyond-corny nature of this kind of project, however, the song’s actually not terrible, apart from Santana’s superfluous noodling. Eschewing the treacly sentimentality of R. Kelly’s 2010 World Cup official anthem, “Sign of a Victory,” “Dar Um Jeito (We Will Find A Way)” aims for bleacher-rattling energy, crossing football chants with the type of frenetic percussion the Cup’s host country is famous for.

 

“Dar Um Jeito (We Will Find A Way)” is available now on One Love, One Rhythm: The Official 2014 FIFA World Cup Album. Watch the video below.

 

Santana & Wyclef feat. Avicii & Alexandre Pires

 

Itunes positions:

 

#1 Belarus

#1 Belize

#1 Bolivia

#1 Guatemala

#2 Oman

#2 Saudi Arabia

#3 Colombia

#3 Ecuador

#3 Egypt

#3 India

#3 Turkmenistan

#4 Mauritius

#4 Panama

#4 Peru

#4 United Arab Emirates

#5 Burkina Faso

#5 Chile

#6 Argentina

#6 Ukraine

#7 Taiwan

#9 Brazil

#10 Costa Rica

#10 Honduras

#10 Malaysia

#10 Nigeria

#11 Guatemala

#11 Mozambique

#13 Colombia

#13 Ecuador

#13 Indonesia

#13 Lebanon

#13 Mexico

#13 Peru

#18 Honduras

#18 Israel

#18 Russia

#18 Uganda

#19 Moldova

#20 Paraguay

#21 Cape Verde

#21 Poland

#22 Namibia

#24 Qatar

#26 Costa Rica

#28 Saint Kitts and Nevis

#28 Sweden

#32 Kenya

#33 Jordan

#35 Portugal

#37 Spain

#38 South Africa

#39 Armenia

#43 El Salvador

#43 Luxembourg

#49 Philippines

#52 Singapore

#56 Thailand

#64 Barbados

#67 Norway

#70 Turkey

#72 Japan

#74 Bulgaria

#76 Italy

#83 Kazakhstan

#85 Botswana

#86 Germany

#92 Austria

#97 Hong Kong

#98 Netherlands

#98 Trinidad and Tobago

#100 Finland

#103 Switzerland

#110 Belgium

#117 Canada

#120 Vietnam

#168 France

#177 Macau

#184 Venezuela

#204 Nicaragua

#215 United States

#236 New Zealand

#277 Dominican Republic

#370 Australia

I doubt it will chart even T40 in the UK.

Can someone edit the poll to include a 'Top 100' and 'Not Chart' option? Because I think it'll go low top 100 if it's lucky (I imagine it'll have a small effect from being performed but nothing major + it won't get radio support). No way will it go top 40.

I picked top 40, but I reckon much lower.

I doubt it will chart Top75 in the UK.

Maybe #79 solely because of Avicii's association.

I doubt if this track chart in this country, let alone top 200.

No. 1 with sales of 256,745.

No. 1 with sales of 256,745.

 

I reckon this could be right.

 

I like the song., so could see it doin well, 200k+ to max 325k first week.