Soccer chants and songs are integral to the carnival-like atmosphere fans create at football matches. During a match, a chant is generally begun by a small group of fans and then spreads across the stands. Prominent players, such as Lionel Messi, have chants dedicated to them. Football clubs also have unofficial anthems, which are often reworked from popular music. Liverpool FC fans famously sing “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” written for the 1945 musical Carousel and covered by Gerry and the Pacemakers in 1963. Two iconic football anthems which have transcended clubs, countries, and even football itself, are “Seven Nation Army” by The White Stripes and “Olé Olé Olé,” modified from a Belgian football anthem called “Anderlecht Champion.”
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