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"'''Vindaloo'''" is a song by British band [[Fat Les]]. The music was co-written by [[Blur (band)|Blur]] bassist [[Alex James (musician)|Alex James]] and bassist [[Guy Pratt]]. The lyrics were written by comedian [[Keith Allen (actor)|Keith Allen]]. It was released as a single in 1998 and recorded for the [[1998 FIFA World Cup]]. The song was originally written as a parody of [[football chant]]s, but was adopted as one in its own right and became a classic. Much of the song consists of the phrase "nah nah nah" and the word "[[vindaloo]]" repeated over and over by a mixed group, occasionally interspersed with lines such as "And we all like vindaloo" and "We're England; we're gonna score one more than you".
"'''Vindaloo'''" is the debut single by British band [[Fat Les]], released in 1998 and recorded for the [[1998 FIFA World Cup]]. The music was co-written by [[Blur (band)|Blur]] bassist [[Alex James (musician)|Alex James]] and bassist [[Guy Pratt]]. The lyrics were written by comedian [[Keith Allen (actor)|Keith Allen]]. The song was originally written as a parody of [[football chant]]s, but was adopted as one in its own right and became a classic.


The song has brief verses, spoken/sung by [[Keith Allen (actor)|Keith Allen]] (in a voice sounding similar to that of [[Ian Dury]]) over a marching snare drum beat. The song's name comes from the [[vindaloo]], a type of very spicy [[Goan cuisine|Goan curry]]. It is often eaten by football supporters in the [[United Kingdom]] (and other nations) accompanied by large quantities of [[lager]], after matches or as part of a "lads' night out".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.curryaddicts.co.uk/vindaloo.php |title=Vindaloo |last=Edwards |first=Allan |date=2007 |website=Curry Addicts |publisher=Allan Edwards |access-date=2021-07-03 |quote=Vindaloo - the classic "hot" restaurant curry, a favorite for the boys night out |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131121064653/http://www.curryaddicts.co.uk:80/vindaloo.php |archive-date=2013-11-21}}</ref> "Vindaloo" reached number two on the [[UK Singles Chart]] in June 1998; it was beaten by "[[3 Lions '98]]" by [[David Baddiel]] and [[Frank Skinner]] and [[Lightning Seeds]], a re-release of football anthem "[[Three Lions]]" from 1996 with slightly altered lyrics.
The song's name comes from the [[vindaloo]], a type of very spicy [[Goan cuisine|Goan curry]] that is popular in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.curryaddicts.co.uk/vindaloo.php |title=Vindaloo |last=Edwards |first=Allan |date=2007 |website=Curry Addicts |publisher=Allan Edwards |access-date=2021-07-03 |quote=Vindaloo - the classic "hot" restaurant curry, a favorite for the boys night out |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131121064653/http://www.curryaddicts.co.uk:80/vindaloo.php |archive-date=2013-11-21}}</ref>
Much of the song consists of the phrase "nah nah nah" and the word "vindaloo" repeated over and over by a mixed group, occasionally interspersed with lines such as "And we all like vindaloo" and "We're England; we're gonna score one more than you". The song has brief verses, spoken/sung by [[Keith Allen (actor)|Keith Allen]] (in a voice sounding similar to that of [[Ian Dury]]) over a marching snare drum beat.

"Vindaloo" reached number two on the [[UK Singles Chart]] in June 1998; it was beaten to No. 1 by "[[Three Lions (song)|3 Lions '98]]" by [[David Baddiel]] and [[Frank Skinner]] and [[Lightning Seeds]], a re-recording of football anthem "[[Three Lions (song)|Three Lions]]" from 1996 with slightly altered lyrics.


==Background==
==Background==
In May 1998, while discussing the forthcoming [[Football World Cup 1998|FIFA World Cup]] at the [[Groucho Club]], Allen and James had the idea of creating an unofficial World Cup song. James thought that a drum beat he heard at a match at [[Craven Cottage]] would make a good football song, and they went to see [[Guy Pratt]] to write the song together, basing the melody on an established [[football chant]]. They also brought in a singer Andy Kane, and they were later joined by Hirst when they asked him to create artwork for them. They called the band Fat Les, named after a woman they knew.<ref name="grow up" />
In May 1998, while discussing the forthcoming [[Football World Cup 1998|FIFA World Cup]] at the [[Groucho Club]], Allen and James had the idea of creating an unofficial World Cup song.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HufHfe-5-iEC&pg=PA346 |title=Grow Up|first= Keith |last= Allen |year=2008 |isbn=9780091910716|page=346}}</ref> James thought that a drum beat he heard at a match at [[Craven Cottage]] would make a good football song, and they went to see [[Guy Pratt]] to write the song together, basing the melody on an established [[football chant]]. They also brought in a singer, Andy Kane, and they were later joined by artist [[Damien Hirst]] when they asked him to create artwork for them. They called the band Fat Les, named after a woman they knew.<ref name="grow up" />


The idea of using "vindaloo" in the lyrics came when they ordered a [[takeaway]] while writing the song, but when the pizza arrived, they craved a vindaloo instead. Allen thought that a standard Indian dish would be apt for the type of songs a "right-wing lout" would like.<ref name="grow up">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HufHfe-5-iEC&pg=PA347 |title=Grow Up|first= Keith |last= Allen |isbn=9780091910716|pages=346–347}}</ref>
The idea of using "vindaloo" in the lyrics came when they ordered a [[takeaway]] while writing the song, but when the pizza arrived, they craved a vindaloo instead. Allen reasoned that a standard Indian dish would be apt for the type of songs a "right-wing lout" hostile to Indians would like.<ref name="grow up">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HufHfe-5-iEC&pg=PA347 |title=Grow Up|first= Keith |last= Allen |year=2008 |isbn=9780091910716|pages=346–347}}</ref>


The line "Me and me Mum and me Dad and me Gran" was inspired by something Allen's son [[Alfie Allen]] said.<ref name="grow up"/>
The line "Me and me Mum and me Dad and me Gran" was inspired by something Allen's son [[Alfie Allen]] said.<ref name="grow up"/>
The line "we're off to [[Waterloo International railway station|Waterloo]]" references the [[Eurostar]] service which ran from that station at the time.
The line "we're off to [[Waterloo International railway station|Waterloo]]" references the [[Eurostar]] service which ran from that station at the time.


==Video==
==Music video==
The music video for "Vindaloo" is a pastiche of the video for The Verve's [[Bittersweet Symphony]], with a [[Richard Ashcroft]] lookalike ([[Paul Kaye]]) walking down the pavement of the same street in [[Hoxton]], London.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZtvOVf74NcoC&pg=PT25 |title=Smile: The Story of Lily Allen|first=Bella |last= Wolfson |isbn=9780857124630}}</ref><ref name="piercy"/> He was then joined by Keith Allen, and others including [[Rowland Rivron]], [[Ed Tudor-Pole]], [[Matt Lucas (comedian)|Matt Lucas]] and [[David Walliams]], as well as appearances by Allen's children [[Lily Allen|Lily]] and [[Alfie Allen|Alfie]].<ref name="piercy">{{cite news |url=https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/bristol-rovers-england-football-anthem-5541833 |title=The story of how a Bristol Rovers favourite helped create an all-time England football anthem |first=James |last=Piercy |date=18 June 2021 |work=Bristol Post }}</ref>
The [[music video]] for the song by Keith Allen is a parody of the video for "[[Bitter Sweet Symphony]]" by [[The Verve]], which was itself inspired by the music video for "[[Unfinished Sympathy]]" by [[Massive Attack]].<ref> (8 February 2005)''"100 Greatest Pop Videos"'', [[London]], [[Channel 4|4 Ventures Limited]]</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZtvOVf74NcoC&pg=PT25 |title=Smile: The Story of Lily Allen|first=Bella |last= Wolfson |date=August 2011 |isbn=9780857124630}}</ref> The video was recorded in the same street in [[Hoxton]], London, and features comedian [[Paul Kaye]] as a [[Richard Ashcroft]] lookalike forcing his way down the pavement along the street.<ref name="piercy">{{cite news |url=https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/bristol-rovers-england-football-anthem-5541833 |title=The story of how a Bristol Rovers favourite helped create an all-time England football anthem |first=James |last=Piercy |date=18 June 2021 |work=Bristol Post }}</ref>

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Unlike the original video, in which Ashcroft is alone, Kaye gradually gathers a large crowd which includes [[Fat Les]] members Keith Allen, Alex James, and artist [[Damien Hirst]], further on [[Rowland Rivron]] (as the drumming Queens guard), [[Edward Tudor-Pole]], [[Matt Lucas]] and [[David Walliams]] (wearing [[Mash and Peas]] jumpers), comedian/actor [[Ricky Grover]] as a security guard, a group of children including Allen's young son and daughter [[Alfie Allen|Alfie]] and [[Lily Allen|Lily]], the late [[Malcolm Hardee]], sumo wrestlers, French maids, a French mime artist, an [[Onion Johnny]], [[Pearly Kings and Queens]], a [[Max Wall]] lookalike (as Professor Wallofski), a priest, women dressed as girls from [[St Trinian's]] and many others who dance around him, some brandishing bags of [[Anglo-Indian cuisine|curry]]. By the end, Kaye has joined in celebrating with the rest of the crowd.


==Controversy==
==Controversy==
The song sounded a little too much like a "hooligan's anthem" for some observers, and from the point of view of the BBC (who commission the official [[The Official Chart|UK Music Chart]]) the band were deliberately waking the ghost of an earlier racial incident on the BBC TV programme ''[[The Late Show (BBC TV series)|The Late Show]]''. Guest Keith Allen got into an extremely heated row with the panel over his view that comedy was now being hamstrung to appease rules of [[political correctness]]. Just before storming off the live broadcast, Allen stormed at an Asian member of the panel, writer [[Farrukh Dhondy]], that "It's not a chip you've got on your shoulder, it's a fucking vindaloo!". He later attempted to explain to press reporters, claiming he used vindaloo because it is ''faux'' ethnic (this piece of [[Goan cuisine]] actually originated from Portugal), like those who he accused of being self-appointed spokespeople for ethnic minority communities' rights in order to censor arts and culture.{{Citation needed|date=June 2010}} Others have praised the song for showing the [[multiculturalism]] of England, how a [[Goa]]n/[[Portugal|Portuguese]] dish became a postmodern national football anthem, although most of the lyrics are fairly nonsensical or as ''[[The Guardian]]'' put it "irritating, pretentiously proletarian jape".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2000/may/21/life1.lifemagazine11|title=Three lions|last=Smith|first=Andrew|date=21 May 2000|work=The Observer|access-date=5 October 2017|language=en-GB|issn=0029-7712}}</ref>
The song sounded a little too much like a "hooligan's anthem" for some observers{{who|date=August 2022}}, and from the point of view of the BBC (who commission the official [[The Official Chart|UK Music Chart]]) the band were deliberately creating controversy referencing an earlier racial incident on the BBC TV programme ''[[The Late Show (BBC TV series)|The Late Show]]''. Guest Keith Allen got into an extremely heated row with the panel over his view that comedy was now being hamstrung to appease rules of [[political correctness]]. Just before storming off the live broadcast, Allen stormed at an Asian member of the panel, writer [[Farrukh Dhondy]], that "It's not a chip you've got on your shoulder, it's a fucking vindaloo!". He later attempted to explain to press reporters, claiming he used vindaloo because it is ''faux'' ethnic (this piece of [[Goan cuisine]] actually originated from Portugal), like those who he accused of being self-appointed spokespeople for ethnic minority communities' rights in order to censor arts and culture.{{Citation needed|date=June 2010}} Others have praised the song for showing the [[multiculturalism]] of England, how a [[Goa]]n/[[Portugal|Portuguese]] dish became a postmodern national football anthem, although most of the lyrics are fairly nonsensical or as ''[[The Guardian]]'' put it "irritating, pretentiously proletarian jape".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2000/may/21/life1.lifemagazine11|title=Three lions|last=Smith|first=Andrew|date=21 May 2000|work=The Observer|access-date=5 October 2017|language=en-GB|issn=0029-7712}}</ref>

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[[B&Q]] use the music (with altered lyrics) to advertise their Tradepoint concession on their in store marketing.

==Music video==
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The [[music video]] for the song is a parody of the video for "[[Bitter Sweet Symphony]]" by [[The Verve]], which was itself inspired by the music video for "[[Unfinished Sympathy]]" by [[Massive Attack]].<ref><!--Unknown producer, --> (8 February 2005)''"100 Greatest Pop Videos"'', [[London]], [[Channel 4|4 Ventures Limited]]</ref> The video is recorded in the same street, and features comedian [[Paul Kaye]] as a [[Richard Ashcroft]] lookalike forcing his way down the street. Unlike the original video, in which Ashcroft is alone, Kaye gradually gathers a large crowd which includes [[Fat Les]] members Keith Allen, Alex James, and artist [[Damien Hirst]], further on [[Rowland Rivron]] (as the drumming Queens guard), [[Edward Tudor-Pole]], [[Matt Lucas (comedian)|Matt Lucas]] and [[David Walliams]] (wearing [[Mash and Peas]] jumpers), comedian/actor [[Ricky Grover]] as a security guard, a young [[Lily Allen]], and the late [[Malcolm Hardee]], sumo wrestlers, French maids, a French mime artist, an [[Onion Johnny]], [[Pearly Kings and Queens]], a [[Max Wall]] lookalike (as Professor Wallofski), a priest, women dressed as girls from [[St Trinian's]] and many others who dance around him, some brandishing bags of [[Anglo-Indian cuisine|curry]]. By the end, Kaye has joined in celebrating with the rest of the crowd.


==Track listings==
==Track listings==
'''UK CD1'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Vindaloo|others=[[Fat Les]]|year=1998|type=UK CD1 liner notes|publisher=[[Telstar Records]]|id=CDSTAS2982}}</ref>
'''UK CD1'''
# "Vindaloo" (Radio Edit)
# "Vindaloo" (radio edit)
# "Vindaloo" (Laughter Mix)
# "Vindaloo" (laughter mix)
# "Vindaloo" (Karaoke Mix)
# "Vindaloo" (karaoke mix)


'''UK CD2'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Vindaloo|others=Fat Les|year=1998|type=UK CD2 liner notes|publisher=Telstar Records|id=CXSTAS2982}}</ref>
'''UK CD2'''
# "Vindaloo" (Radio Edit)
# "Vindaloo" (radio edit)
# "Vindaloo" (Cocktail Mix)
# "Vindaloosh" (cocktail mix)
# "Vindaloo" (Extended Mix)
# "Vindaloo" (extended mix)
# "Vindaloo" (Video)
# "Vindaloo" (video)


'''UK cassette single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Vindaloo|others=Fat Les|year=1998|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=Telstar Records|id=CA STAS 2982}}</ref>
'''UK cassette single'''
# "Vindaloo" (Radio Edit)
# "Vindaloo" (radio edit)
# "Vindaloo" (Cocktail Mix)
# "Vindaloosh" (cocktail mix)
# "Vindaloo" (Laughter Mix)
# "Vindaloo" (laughter mix)


==Charts==
==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
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{{single chart|UK|32|date=19980620|rowheader=true|access-date=4 June 2021}}
{{single chart|UK|32|date=20100619|rowheader=true|access-date=14 May 2022|refname="uk2010"}}
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{{single chart|UK|28|date=19980620|rowheader=true|access-date=4 June 2021}}
{{single chart|UK|28|date=20210715|rowheader=true|access-date=14 May 2022|refname="uk2021"}}
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==Certifications==
==Certifications==
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==Cover versions==
==Cover versions==
* In 2021, [[Will Mellor]] recorded a charity version called "Vindaloo Two" with celebrities such as [[Paddy McGuinness]], [[Leigh Francis]], [[Danny Dyer]] and [[Bez (dancer)|Bez]] from the Happy Mondays, in order to raise money for the NHS.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/19353640.paddy-mcguinness-remake-footy-anthem-vindaloo-euro-2020/|title=Paddy McGuinness to star in remake of classic footy anthem for Euro 2020|website=The Bolton News}}</ref>
* In 2021, [[Will Mellor]] recorded a charity version called "Vindaloo Two" with celebrities such as [[Paddy McGuinness]], [[Leigh Francis]], [[Danny Dyer]] and [[Bez (dancer)|Bez]] from the Happy Mondays, in order to raise money for the NHS.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/19353640.paddy-mcguinness-remake-footy-anthem-vindaloo-euro-2020/|title=Paddy McGuinness to star in remake of classic footy anthem for Euro 2020|website=The Bolton News}}</ref>
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* [[B&Q]] use the music (with altered lyrics) to advertise their Tradepoint concession on their in store marketing.


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 16:43, 27 May 2024

"Vindaloo"
Single by Fat Les
Released8 June 1998
Recorded1998
GenreComedy, football chant, Britpop
Length3:39
LabelTelstar
Songwriter(s)
Fat Les singles chronology
"Vindaloo"
(1998) 		"Naughty Christmas (Goblin in the Office)"
(1998)
Audio video
"Vindaloo" on YouTube

"Vindaloo" is the debut single by British band Fat Les, released in 1998 and recorded for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. The music was co-written by Blur bassist Alex James and bassist Guy Pratt. The lyrics were written by comedian Keith Allen. The song was originally written as a parody of football chants, but was adopted as one in its own right and became a classic.

The song's name comes from the vindaloo, a type of very spicy Goan curry that is popular in the United Kingdom.[1] Much of the song consists of the phrase "nah nah nah" and the word "vindaloo" repeated over and over by a mixed group, occasionally interspersed with lines such as "And we all like vindaloo" and "We're England; we're gonna score one more than you". The song has brief verses, spoken/sung by Keith Allen (in a voice sounding similar to that of Ian Dury) over a marching snare drum beat.

"Vindaloo" reached number two on the UK Singles Chart in June 1998; it was beaten to No. 1 by "3 Lions '98" by David Baddiel and Frank Skinner and Lightning Seeds, a re-recording of football anthem "Three Lions" from 1996 with slightly altered lyrics.

Background

[edit]

In May 1998, while discussing the forthcoming FIFA World Cup at the Groucho Club, Allen and James had the idea of creating an unofficial World Cup song.[2] James thought that a drum beat he heard at a match at Craven Cottage would make a good football song, and they went to see Guy Pratt to write the song together, basing the melody on an established football chant. They also brought in a singer, Andy Kane, and they were later joined by artist Damien Hirst when they asked him to create artwork for them. They called the band Fat Les, named after a woman they knew.[3]

The idea of using "vindaloo" in the lyrics came when they ordered a takeaway while writing the song, but when the pizza arrived, they craved a vindaloo instead. Allen reasoned that a standard Indian dish would be apt for the type of songs a "right-wing lout" hostile to Indians would like.[3]

The line "Me and me Mum and me Dad and me Gran" was inspired by something Allen's son Alfie Allen said.[3] The line "we're off to Waterloo" references the Eurostar service which ran from that station at the time.

Music video

[edit]

The music video for the song by Keith Allen is a parody of the video for "Bitter Sweet Symphony" by The Verve, which was itself inspired by the music video for "Unfinished Sympathy" by Massive Attack.[4][5] The video was recorded in the same street in Hoxton, London, and features comedian Paul Kaye as a Richard Ashcroft lookalike forcing his way down the pavement along the street.[6]

Unlike the original video, in which Ashcroft is alone, Kaye gradually gathers a large crowd which includes Fat Les members Keith Allen, Alex James, and artist Damien Hirst, further on Rowland Rivron (as the drumming Queens guard), Edward Tudor-Pole, Matt Lucas and David Walliams (wearing Mash and Peas jumpers), comedian/actor Ricky Grover as a security guard, a group of children including Allen's young son and daughter Alfie and Lily, the late Malcolm Hardee, sumo wrestlers, French maids, a French mime artist, an Onion Johnny, Pearly Kings and Queens, a Max Wall lookalike (as Professor Wallofski), a priest, women dressed as girls from St Trinian's and many others who dance around him, some brandishing bags of curry. By the end, Kaye has joined in celebrating with the rest of the crowd.

Controversy

[edit]

The song sounded a little too much like a "hooligan's anthem" for some observers[who?], and from the point of view of the BBC (who commission the official UK Music Chart) the band were deliberately creating controversy referencing an earlier racial incident on the BBC TV programme The Late Show. Guest Keith Allen got into an extremely heated row with the panel over his view that comedy was now being hamstrung to appease rules of political correctness. Just before storming off the live broadcast, Allen stormed at an Asian member of the panel, writer Farrukh Dhondy, that "It's not a chip you've got on your shoulder, it's a fucking vindaloo!". He later attempted to explain to press reporters, claiming he used vindaloo because it is faux ethnic (this piece of Goan cuisine actually originated from Portugal), like those who he accused of being self-appointed spokespeople for ethnic minority communities' rights in order to censor arts and culture.[citation needed] Others have praised the song for showing the multiculturalism of England, how a Goan/Portuguese dish became a postmodern national football anthem, although most of the lyrics are fairly nonsensical or as The Guardian put it "irritating, pretentiously proletarian jape".[7]

Track listings

[edit]

UK CD1[8]

  1. "Vindaloo" (radio edit)
  2. "Vindaloo" (laughter mix)
  3. "Vindaloo" (karaoke mix)

UK CD2[9]

  1. "Vindaloo" (radio edit)
  2. "Vindaloosh" (cocktail mix)
  3. "Vindaloo" (extended mix)
  4. "Vindaloo" (video)

UK cassette single[10]

  1. "Vindaloo" (radio edit)
  2. "Vindaloosh" (cocktail mix)
  3. "Vindaloo" (laughter mix)

Charts

[edit]

Certifications

[edit]
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[17] Platinum 600,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Cover versions

[edit]
  • In 2021, Will Mellor recorded a charity version called "Vindaloo Two" with celebrities such as Paddy McGuinness, Leigh Francis, Danny Dyer and Bez from the Happy Mondays, in order to raise money for the NHS.[18]
  • B&Q use the music (with altered lyrics) to advertise their Tradepoint concession on their in store marketing.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Edwards, Allan (2007). "Vindaloo". Curry Addicts. Allan Edwards. Archived from the original on 21 November 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2021. Vindaloo - the classic "hot" restaurant curry, a favorite for the boys night out
  2. ^ Allen, Keith (2008). Grow Up. p. 346. ISBN 9780091910716.
  3. ^ a b c Allen, Keith (2008). Grow Up. pp. 346–347. ISBN 9780091910716.
  4. ^ (8 February 2005)"100 Greatest Pop Videos", London, 4 Ventures Limited
  5. ^ Wolfson, Bella (August 2011). Smile: The Story of Lily Allen. ISBN 9780857124630.
  6. ^ Piercy, James (18 June 2021). "The story of how a Bristol Rovers favourite helped create an all-time England football anthem". Bristol Post.
  7. ^ Smith, Andrew (21 May 2000). "Three lions". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  8. ^ Vindaloo (UK CD1 liner notes). Fat Les. Telstar Records. 1998. CDSTAS2982.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ^ Vindaloo (UK CD2 liner notes). Fat Les. Telstar Records. 1998. CXSTAS2982.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. ^ Vindaloo (UK cassette single sleeve). Fat Les. Telstar Records. 1998. CA STAS 2982.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  11. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 15, no. 27. 4 July 1998. p. 10. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  12. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  13. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  15. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  16. ^ "Best Sellers of 1998: Singles Top 100". Music Week. 16 January 1999. p. 7.
  17. ^ "British single certifications – Fat Les – Vindaloo". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  18. ^ "Paddy McGuinness to star in remake of classic footy anthem for Euro 2020". The Bolton News.
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