"Allez Ola Olé" (, ''Come on! Ola! Olé!'') is a song in the

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performed by French singer

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that represented

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at the

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. The song was chosen internally, and was announced 24 February 2010. The song was to be used by French broadcaster

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as The Summerhit of 2010 and also for promoting the

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, and the title of the song refers to the album '' Music of the World Cup: Allez! Ola! Ole!'', released in 1998 to coincide with the '98 World Cup, held in France. Matador was selected internally by France Télévisions to represent France at the contest, and announced as the selected artist on 19 February 2010, after rumours of

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and Emmanuel Moire being selected for the role. On 24 February Matador's song was announced, and was released online on 10 May. As of June 2020, it has over 61 million views on

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, making it one of the most-viewed videos on the official Eurovision channel.

Track listings

*Digital download #"Radio Edit" – 2:52 #"Radio Edit Electro" – 3:14 *German CD single #"Radio Edit" – 2:52 #"Radio Edit Electro" – 3:14 #"Video Clip" – 3:24 *French Promo CD single #"Kework & Cocozza Remix" – 4:24 #"Afro Mix" – 4:01 #"Techno Mix" – 3:47 #"Radio Edit" – 2:52 #"Radio Edit Electro" – 3:14

Chart performance

Year-end charts

Release history

External links

Official music video
at

Eurovision profile, lyrics and translation
at Eurovision.tv

References

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