Put 'Em Under Pressure

Put 'Em Under Pressure

"Put 'Em Under Pressure" was the official song to the Republic of Ireland's 1990 World Cup campaign in Italy. Produced by U2's Larry Mullen it featured an intro by Máire Ní Bhraonáin. The song was centred around a sample of Horslips' Dearg Doom. The title was a catchphrase of then manager Jack Charlton, whose soundbites were sampled for the verse; the chorus was a combination of the familiar soccer chant "Olé Olé Olé" and a reworking of "Ally's Tartan Army" (which was itself set to the tune of God Save Ireland), the unofficial theme tune for Scotland in the 1978 World Cup and for 13 weeks the song was at number one in the Irish Singles Chart.

The sample referred to as being used by Horslips Doom is actually a relatively old tune traditionally associated with Aodh Ó Neill's army during the Nine Years' War and known in Ireland as "O Neill's March".


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