1977 was the year and 'News of the World' was the album Queen released including the iconic 'We are the Champions' - a song that performed well in the days where getting a number one hit was incredibly difficult.
When it was released to the world all the way back in the seventies the song reached number three in the Irish charts and number two in the UK charts.
Some 17 years later it was used by FIFA for the 1994 World Cup in America. The winners of that year's tournament are a testament to a time in football that was dominated by samba flair.
Brazil overcame Italy on penalties after a 0-0 draw in the Rose Bowl in Los Angeles. Brazil had narrowly beaten Sweden in the semi-finals with their squad which featured the likes of Romario and Bebeto.
Queen's hit was chosen alongside Daryl Hall and Sounds of Blackness' 'Gloryland'. Both songs were adopted by FIFA to act as both a memento to the tournament and a them for the entire competition.
Queen's 'We are the Champions' was chosen as one of the anthems for the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
'We are the Champions' was played during the warm up games of the competition as well as for the tournament's advertising campaigns.
Since then the song has been inducted to the Grammy Hall of Fame and more recently again a troop of scientists believe they have proven it to be the catchiest pop song of all time.
The research was headed up by scientists in Goldsmiths University, London. There, they broke down a catchy pop song down through four characteristics.
They said that the success of a pop song centers around maths, science, engineering and technology. They arrived at their findings after observing thousands of volunteers who wanted to find out the answer to the question.
'We are the Champions' was followed closely by the Village People's 'Y.M.C.A', Sum 41's 'Fat Lip', 'The Final Countdown' by Europe and 'Monster' by The Automatic.
As if that super-scientific research wasn't enough 'We are the Champions' was voted the world's favourite song in 2005 in a poll sponsored by Sony Ericsson just edging out Britney Spears' 'Toxic' at the time.
While sales might have slowed well in advance of the creation of digital music, on record, Queen's hit has sold in excess of 5 million copies. Those sales weren't exactly hurt by the fact that 'We are the Champions' was accompanied by 'We Will Rock You' on the single.
And it wasn't just it's physical sales and footballing endorsements that's kept it ticking all this time. Far from infact as Queen are one of many who are reaping in the rewards years on from release in royalties with Tesco using the hit for their advertising campaign in the U.K.
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