Del Amitri Don't Come Home Too Soon

[Sboy200]

this was done for Scotland right?? 

[thrashrunt]

this is why we dont qualify for stuff, next time out we need a campaign song by Motorhead! Del Amitri ffs come on scotland must do better

[TheARMAProductions]

The jocks get depressed before they have even started. The English get too excited and then have their hearts broken lol

[bonanno7]

"This is what is being scottish is all about. Just don't be too rubbish."

[almostakiwi]

OK lets be honest, its not the best football song. But Justin makes it one of those songs you need to sing along to. Del Amitri, brilliant!!

[circusguy]

@almostakiwi - Good post and well said!

[nightvision17]

brilliant song, awful anthem... what were they thinking...?

[BackFromNowere]

Typically depressing stuff from Scotland.

[jackjude]

@BackFromNowere aye, but REAL ...we make the most real music in the world, not like you effeminate self serving jessies over the border, like ;)

[BackFromNowere]

@jackjude Hahaaa aye. Im from NE England so im not far off Scotland. Youve gotta admit though this is ridiculously negative :D :D

[jackjude]

@BackFromNowere yes indeed it is, (and melodramatic) it's like an air disaster on the way back would top it all off.

[BackFromNowere]

@jackjude Yeah. Apparently the guy that wrote this was confronted by an old fella about 60 in a Glasgow pub. The man said "Are you that bloke that wrote "Dont come home"? and he said yeah, and the man went "You should be ashamed o yoursell" And left the pub immediately! Hahhaha

[lambohawk94]

The official anthem for the Scottish football team.

[janea57]

I have very fond memories of this recording for the Pepsi Chart Show. I'm there at the front somewhere....

[aipom0]

the guy who wrote this is scotish and all he does by writing it was take the piss out of scotland for their world cup campaign funny shit

[CraigBlairDLRFC]

Haha the English make fun of our football, yet when Andy Murray does well in tennis he's British. Glory hunters. No wonder the whole world hates the cunts

[BejnXander]

@CraigBlairDLRFC Don't lump in an entire country with the assholes of the media. Jeez...

[jackjude]

@CraigBlairDLRFC ...that old one. Funny because it's GB in tennis...that how it works, and England/Scotland in football. In football the english take the piss - that's because Scotland practically give it away.

[CraigBlairDLRFC]

@jackjude you lack a wiener

[BackFromNowere]

Its a pretty negative song title. Oh well.

[Barbaryotaku]

This should be the England World Cup Song ha ha ha

[footymaniacjames]

thts not a bad idea lol

[BejnXander]

@Barbaryotaku Least we actually qualify.

[przemoc19225004]

@Barbaryotaku "Just don't come home after penalties"...

[charliekid5]

Right, Scotland ALWAYS come home early, face it, and us english are shit at penalty's :/

[costateguise]

This song is an embarassmen to Scotland. Its basically saying that their expecting the team home soon. Saying it as if they are crap. Which they are. Shame Scotland did come home, pretty soon...what a suprise lol

[therebelsc]

@costateguise fuck off

[bawbagization]

this was the song for the 1998 world cup in France if I'm not mistaken, and from a Scottish point of view it a depressing song, hope that don't need explaining all the tartan army will know what i'm on about. just another occasion when the mighty blue and white snatched defeat out of the jaws off victory.

[gstyler24]

apart from the game against morocco we didnt do THAT bad, christ...we played against Brazil in the opening game and did ourselves pretty proud

[ronnievontodoseu]

Too bad scotland was so bad that the world cup

[jamesstafforduk]

@ronnievontodoseu

Indeed, they were on 'that stupid plane' as Justin asked them not to be!

[RedSuperSonicNinja0]

@ronnievontodoseu

We are at every World Cup xD

[manmonkee]

perfectly captures the feeling the Scots have ( Of which I'm one) of the world cup, " were terrible but please please let us not embarrass ourselves too badly "

[koreastriker14]

what??? ever heard of steve goodman? 'a dying cub fan's last request' is class! don't care if you're from chicago or not. he's brilliant.

[yyz7777]

i am American and we never had any artist write a great a song as this one is for any of our sports teams !!!! cheers to Del Amitri and my i say well done guy ,,,,well done in deed !!!!!!!!!! You did you country proud !!!!!!!!!!

[whiskymadmag]

they did the country proud with a great song, pitty our boys came home too soon boo hoo

[mmceltic1888]

@yyz7777 im american too and you clearly have no idea what it means to say "don't come home to soon" when sending ur team off to the world cup lmfao

[collectivesool7777]

@mmceltic1888 YA bro I do know exactly what it mean !!! I was saying Del Amitri did their country proud !!I realize The Scots usually come home to soon !!! But if you get off criticizing my comment then you have it but stop being a child !!!

[mmceltic1888]

@collectivesool7777 ya all scots laugh at it or r embarrassed by it...real proud

[owenkennedy11111]

best song ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tatanpapasaltcoats]

as a lifelong scotland fan im upset that this was the last tounement we were at im still upset from the holland game last week but i love scotland so much only if k miller had scored

[rallyingtcp]

the best football song ever for the 3 plus mins when I hear this I am a scot.

[therebelsc]

such a nice comment to make .thank you.

[runeram]

As a Norwegian I was almost sorry to see you "go home too soon" in 98. Now we got the same situation, sort of. At least one of us has to stay home next summer (perhaps both). I would enjoyed to see both nations back in the World Cup, although neither Norway nor Scotland has the capabilities to set the World Cup on fire, I'm afraid. Good luck on Wednesday, anyway.

[jardysgotstyle]

5 hours to go, im excited now, yeah both us and you are a shadow of the teams that played in 1998, good luck for tonight we would appreciate the three points, ow and i apologise on behalf of all of scotland for this shit song

[therebelsc]

cheers hope to see norway back in the finals aswel as us.all the best from scotland.

[rissyjava]

'Don't come home too soon', pun intended?

[andysquare]

was at france 98, only as a boy though and the morrocco game was the only 1 my dad could get tickets for so i was gutted to not see a scotland goal, but not as gutted as i was when mcfadden missed that last chance against italy at hampden that would have put us through. Never experienced a major tournament as an adult before but we're going to get to 2010. WE STILL BELIEVE!!! lets just hope we don't get a class team again in the play-offs if thats the route we have to go down.

[eoinmolyneux]

i think this should be reissused i some other people have said never really cared for football before this (well national football) however seeing as the isle of man doesn't have a team, i decided scotland were the ones for me!...and i have stood by them for everything, BRING ON 2010!

[udley]

What a world cup that was. I was so proud when we ran out to play Brazil in the opening match and this song always makes me nostalgic I was 11 at the time. Fingers crossed for South Africa 2010

[wagnerologist1984]

I watched the game again at the begining of the month on its 10th anniversary with some mates and it was very nostalgic. i was 13 and until france 98 i never had an interest in football.

[uirish2]

good tune-Chicago

[orkisz85]

I was 12 during France 98. I cried the day after we lost to Morocco when Zoe Balls played this on the breakfast show.

[abbiegatorr]

This is so good,

del amitri at there best :)

[sandro133]

mega song

[jami376]

I had my face painted and covered myself in a giant Scotland flag and had a see you Jimmy hat on even though I have ginger hair anyway. I actually was the nearest to tears I have ever been in my life that night.

Still can't think about Morocco the same way.

[grahamack]

This was the second single I ever bought. First was "Who do you think you are" by the spice girls but i wish it was this. Remember going into primary school hiding my scotland strip under my uniform for the brazil match. Head teacher told everyone wearing one to come up to the front of assembly-thought we were gonna get a bollocking but she gave us all a round of applause. Also remmebr swearing when leighton messed up for morocco's third and getting a skelp on the head from my dad. Happy times!

[circusguy]

Cool Story! Thanks for sharing it. Justin's solo record "What Is Love For" comes out next week.

[Mavarik]

i wish someone would say this to me

[CosyDen]

Fantastic. It's "World in motion" and this one.

Find me another nation who'd include a line like "if I have a dream at all for once you won't be on that stupid plane" in an official World Cup song and I'll eat my hat.

[aboutrocky]

great song! is it a new one?

[mfletes]

No, this is not new at all. The first time i heard this song was on 1998 during the World Cup in France. I love this song!

[joolz040770]

Brilliant song, love the lyrics, and let's face it an amazing band ... love them

[Leander1887]

Great song.. Along with Lightning Seeds, the best football song ever written

[cptjeppo]

Tell the truth.... Its not only scottish who loves this one... here's a shout-out from Sweden!!!!

[therebelsc]

loved this song,im a true scotland fan it just somes us up so near but so far.not to worry our time will come.

[carloskameni]

so near? group stage is not near

[midiyavhathu]

GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!! subtle optimism. what a nation

[themink12]

cab u tell me where u got this footage from looks like u had it off VH1 is that true? wud like to get it all,

[rousy82]

Dunno if anyone has told you where this came from yet but if it helps, it was originally broadcast on TFI Friday on channel 4 (in 1998 I guess).

[rallyingtcp]

one of the fines song wirters of our time and should be in the top ten of all time any day

Ian

[newleezerbrand]

capo 4th fret.... F,C,Am as far as i can see

[TommyChapman]

Has anyone figured out the chords for this song yet?

[yuloveyu]

my favourite song in the 98WC official disc.

[djhams]

I agree...the song is good :)

[jamesleealexander]

Fantastic

[EZSum]

Soccer songs are usually horrible but I always found this quite affecting.

[40063]

I saw Dels in Paris and Scotland 1-0 up vs Brasil (for 20 mins) in the same afternoon. Not sure it could be better than that. Ha ha ha. 40 years of hurt?

[djhams]

"worldaccordingtodunk" ...what did you do for your country? Did you even manage to make it to your high schools soccer team? lol

[worldaccordingtodunk]

I did the best thing I could do for Scotland, I left and was educated in England. Oh and I DID make it to the 'soccer' team when I was 11, I got kicked out for smoking. Seriously though, I do love this song!

[worldaccordingtodunk]

World Cup 1998. Scotland Vs Brazil - lost 2-1. Scotland Vs Morocco - Lost 3-0. Scotland Vs Norway - Won 1-0. "Even long shots make it" MY ARSE

[glazba]

I remember that Brazil game. When Collins scored that penalty against Brazil, I was shouting like a loon. The Morrocco game was soul-destroying, though.

Still one of my fave football songs ever.

[theworthies]

Amazing song. i really want to find the guitar tabs for this song but i cant. anyone know where i can find them?

[circusguy]

Don't know where the guitar tabs can be found, but it's in the key of 'F' and looks like Justin capos it way up on the 5th fret, so he's playing the F chord in the open C position. Guitar lesson done. LOL!

[MrConnal]

great song, and the teams on the rise again! we'll be where we belong in the next few years

[sammyhagar5150]

fuckin classic del amitri are mint

[kissynian]

Heh, compare the awesome lyrics of this song to

"I get knocked down but I get up again, nobody's gonna keep me down"

<insert ROFLMAO smilie here>

[Galaktia]

This is the only good football song in my opinion, others all run the lines of "get the gold or don't come back" at least this one would stir me on a football feild a lot more than we are the champions.

anyone thought of amving this to clips of galaktic football.

[wujamesa]

I realize that some people think this is one of the worst songs about soccer ever written, but not only am I NOT one of those people--I actually love this song. A lot. Well, probably more than is reasonable or healthy.