Give It a Lash Jack
| "Give It a Lash Jack" | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Single by Liam Harrison and the GOAL celebrities | |
| B-side | "The Boys in Green" (The Dublin City Ramblers) |
| Released | 1990 |
| Recorded | 1990 |
| Genre | Novelty |
| Length | 3:22 |
| Label | Dolphin Records |
| Producer(s) | John Drummond |
"Give It a Lash Jack" is a song by Liam Harrison and the Goal Celebrities. The song was made for Ireland's 1990 FIFA World Cup campaign.[1]
It reached number one in the charts in June 1990 and stayed there for 4 weeks. It was followed up in 1994 by "".
In a 2011 interview on RTÉ Television, film director Jim Sheridan stated that Bono and himself agreed that "Give It A Lash Jack" was the "greatest Irish song ever written".
The song is sung in the Sky TV series Moone Boy, series 2 episode 1, which takes place during the 1990 World Cup.[2]
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- 1990 songs
- Cultural depictions of association football players
- Liam Harrison (musician) songs
- Republic of Ireland national football team songs
- Republic of Ireland at the 1990 FIFA World Cup
- Football songs and chants
- 1990s song stubs