"World at Your Feet" is a song by English

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from the re-released version of their fifth

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, ''

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'' (2006). It was the official song of the

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squad in the

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campaign, and was released on 5 June 2006. Singer Danny McNamara told the

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: "We didn't apply to do this. They just asked us. Our manager said, 'Do you want to do the World Cup song? The FA want to know.' I asked my dad and he said, 'if you think you're up to it-do it!' I was just trying to cover all the bases."World At Your Feet Songfacts
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on 21 April by

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. A news reporter on

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was in a

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pub at the time and had several people listen and review the song. The first impressions were that the song is "too slow". This caused Moyles and a good friend of members of the band to shout out on the radio, live, "It's not too slow, it's perfect. Shut up and enjoy it."

Track listings

7-inch (ISOM107S) # "World at Your Feet" # "What Lies Behind Us" CD1 (ISOM107MS) # "World at Your Feet" # "Celebrate" CD2 (ISOM107SMS) # "World at Your Feet" – 3:41 # "Love Order" – 4:39 # "Whatever It Takes" – 7:21

Chart performance

As the follow-up to their previous single, the number-two hit "

Nature's Law "Nature's Law" is a song by English rock band Embrace from their fifth studio album, ''This New Day'' (2006). It was released 20 March 2006 as the lead single from the album, peaking at number two on the UK Singles Chart The UK Singles ...

", "World at Your Feet" became another commercial success for Embrace, marking their second UK top-three single by peaking at number three on the

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Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:World at Your Feet 2006 singles Embrace (English band) songs England at the 2006 FIFA World Cup England national football team songs Football songs and chants 2006 songs Independiente (record label) singles Songs written by Richard McNamara Songs written by Danny McNamara Songs written by Youth (musician) UK Independent Singles Chart number-one singles