World Cup (Champions) — Jazz Reimagined

Episode 1 of Champions — Daily Genre Covers

What happens when a stadium anthem trades its hard-hitting EDM drums for wire brushes and walking bass? It becomes something quieter, more intimate — and somehow even more defiant.

IShowSpeed's "World Cup (Champions)" 1 dropped on June 1, 2026, and became the unofficial sound of the 2026 FIFA World Cup 2 before FIFA even had a chance to make it official. At its core, the track is a crowd-chant machine — the "Oh, eh-oh" chorus, the nation roll-call intro, the "Put your flags up" refrain. These elements were built for 80,000 people singing in unison.

This cover asks: what do those same words feel like at 2 a.m. in a small jazz club, when it's just a tenor and a piano and there's one last game left to win?

About this cover

Genre: Late-night cool jazz (Blue Note, 1960s) Vocal style: Breathy tenor — swinging phrasing, bluesy turns, scat syllables threading the transitions Arrangement: Upright bass walking the changes, wire-brush snare, piano with cluster voicings, muted trumpet answering in the pre-chorus; the final chorus opens into a full-band reprise before fading to solo piano

The chord changes from the original (E♯ minor → G♯ → Bm → D♯) 3 get reharmonized through ii–V–I vocabulary — you'll hear the same emotional landmarks in different harmonic clothes.

Lyrics

[Intro]
Ha, let's go
One moment, one dream
'Cause it's that time
Let's go

[Verse 1]
Algeria, Argentina
Australia, Austria — let's go
Belgium, Bosnia, Brazil
Canada — let's go
Cape Verde, Colombia, Croatia
Czech Republic, Curaçao, Congo — let's go
Ecuador, Egypt, England, France
Germany, Ghana, Haiti, Iran
Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Mexico
Morocco, Netherlands — let's go
New Zealand, Norway — let's fight
Panama, Paraguay — let's dream
Portugal, Qatar — let's dream
Saudi Arabia, Senegal — let's win
Scotland, South Africa
South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
Tunisia, Turkey, USA, Uzbekistan
Uruguay, Ivory Coast
Let's play football

[Chorus]
Oh, eh-oh, eh-oh-eh-oh
Let's go, we the champions
Oh, eh-oh, eh-oh-eh-oh
It is the World Cup time
Let's go, we the champions

[Refrain]
'Cause this is the World Cup
Put your flags up in the air
Put your hands up in the air
Put your flags up, 'cause this is the World Cup
Put your flags up in the air
Put your hands up in the air
Put your flags up, leave 'em there

[Pre-Chorus]
Let's go, let's fight
We up, tonight
Won't break, that's right
One world, unite
We goin', we goin', we live for this moment
We told 'em, we showed 'em, we told it

[Chorus]
Oh, eh-oh, eh-oh-eh-oh
Let's go, we the champions
Oh, eh-oh, eh-oh-eh-oh
It is the World Cup time
Let's go, we the champions

[Post-Chorus]
Na-na-na-na, na-na-na, ooh-ooh-ooh
Let's go, we the champions
Na-na-na-na, na-na-na, ooh-ooh-ooh
Let's go, we the champions

[Verse 2]
We gotta rise 'til we rise to the end
We gotta dream 'til we dream 'til we win
Give me the cup, the championship
Told them, I'm bringing it back to the crib — olé, olé
To' el mundo mirando
Everybody gritando
La bola girando
Uno, dos, tres, cuatro

[Pre-Chorus]
Let's go, let's fight
We up, tonight
Won't break, that's right
One world, unite
We goin', we goin', we live for this moment
We told 'em, we showed 'em, we told it

[Chorus]
Oh, eh-oh, eh-oh-eh-oh
Let's go, we the champions
Oh, eh-oh, eh-oh-eh-oh
It is the World Cup time
Let's go, we the champions

[Post-Chorus]
Na-na-na-na, na-na-na, ooh-ooh-ooh
Let's go, we the champions
Na-na-na-na, na-na-na, ooh-ooh-ooh
Let's go, we the champions

[Refrain]
'Cause this is the World Cup
Put your flags up in the air
Put your hands up in the air
Put your flags up 'cause this is the World Cup
Put your flags up in the air
Put your hands up in the air
Put your flags up, leave 'em there

[Outro]
Na-na-na-na-na, ha
Na-na-na, ooh-ooh-ooh — 2026, baby
It's that World Cup time
Stand up
Let's go, we the champions
Let's go, we the champions

Original song: "World Cup (Champions)" by IShowSpeed, released June 1, 2026 via Warner Records / SALXCO. Produced by Bongo ByTheWay, Pink Slip, RIOTUSA & Shonci. 4

Champions — Daily Genre Covers reimagines this track in a different genre each day, keeping the original lyrics and composition intact.

World Cup (Champions) — Jazz Reimagined

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