Listen Up! The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Album

Listen Up! The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Album
Listen Up! The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Album
Compilation album by Various artists
Released	31 May 2010
Recorded	2010
Genre	Dance-pop
Language	English, Portuguese, Fang, Duala
Label	Epic
Producer	Patrick Doyle, Benicio del Toro, Drew Barrymore, Dan Griffith, Goldie Hawn, Andrew Farriss
FIFA World Cup chronology
Singles from Listen Up! The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Album
	"Oh Africa"; Released: 31 January 2010; "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)"; Released: 11 May 2010; "Sign of a Victory"; Released: 6 June 2010;

Listen Up! The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Album is a collaboration by various artists, both local African and international. The album was released on 31 May 2010.^[1]

Background[]

The album consists of collaborations between Colombian singer Shakira and Freshlyground, "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)", Nomvula, Claudia Leitte, R. Kelly, Pitbull.^[2] Japanese singer-songwriter Misia is the first Asian artist to participate in the worldwide edition of an official FIFA album.^[3] South African teacher/ activist/singer Jpre contributes a revamp of his historical song, "Ke Nako" to the album. Originally recorded and adopted by Mr. Nelson Mandela as his election campaign "theme" song, the 2010 edition features International Superstar Wyclef Jean, 5 Time Grammy Nominee Jazmine Sullivan, and introduces new sensation B. Howard.

Proceeds from the album will benefit FIFA's "20 Centers for 2010", whose aim is to achieve positive social change through football by building twenty Football for Hope centres for public health, education and football across Africa, and other African charities.^[1]

Critical reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
The Province	(C-)^[4]

Canadian critic Stuart Derdeyn from The Province gave the album a C- and said "Red card for bad taste.[...] This leads to sonic vomit such as Shakira's "Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)," perhaps the stupidest official song for any major sporting event ever. At least the official "anthem" - "Sign of Victory" by R. Kelly and the Soweto Spiritual Singers - is somewhat listenable." Talent Haus^[who?] fired back to Derdeyn's comments, saying "Calling a work of art from another culture 'vomit' is very disrespectful. Not having an open mind to other types of music that you don't hear in your country does not mean that a song won't be enjoyed globally, and the World Cup is a very global event."^[5]

Track listing[]

International^[2]^[6]
No.	Title	Performer(s)	Length
1.	"Sign of a Victory" (The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Anthem)	R. Kelly featuring Soweto Spiritual Singers	4:13
2.	"Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)" (The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Song)	Shakira featuring Freshlyground	3:22
3.	"Viva Africa"	Nneka	3:31
4.	"One Day"	Matisyahu featuring Nameless	3:28
5.	"Shosholoza 2010"	Ternielle Nelson, Jason Hartman, Uju, Louise Carver, Aya & Deep Level	3:42
6.	"Ke Nako"	B. Howard, Wyclef Jean, Jazmine Sullivan, J Pre	4:04
7.	"Move On Up"	Angélique Kidjo and John Legend	3:07
8.	"Spirit of Freedom"	Uju and Judy Bailey	3:53
9.	"Game On" (The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Mascot Song)	Pitbull, TKZee and Dario G	3:19
10.	"Maware Maware"	Misia featuring M2J and Francis Jocky	3:40
11.	"As Máscaras" (South Africa '10 to Brasil '14)	Claudia Leitte and Lira	3:11
12.	"Hope" (with Nelson Mandela)	Siphiwo Featuring Message of Hope from Nelson Mandela	3:50
13.	"Oh Africa"	Akon featuring Keri Hilson	3:21

Latin America and Spain Bonus Tracks^[7]
No.	Title	Performer(s)	Length
14.	"Gol De Mi Corazón"	Doctor Krápula	3:08
15.	"Waka Waka (Esto Es África)" (Canción Oficial de La Copa Mundial FIFA 2010)	Shakira featuring Freshlyground	3:22

South African Bonus Tracks^[8]
No.	Title	Performer(s)	Length
13.	"Nkosi Sikelel' Iafrika"	Soweto String Quartet
14.	"Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) (Afro Fab mix)^[9]" (The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Song)	Shakira featuring Freshlyground	3:22

Asian Bonus Tracks^[10]
No.	Title	Performer(s)	Length
13.	"No. 1"	2AM	3:18
14.	"Roka Roka"	Shine

Other Bonus Track
No.	Title	Performer(s)	Length
14.	"Grito Mundial (Daddy Yankee Mundial)"	Daddy Yankee	3:04

Charts[]

Weekly charts[]

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Austria Albums Chart^[11]	8
European Top 100 Albums^[12]	51
German Albums Chart^[13]	15
Mexican Albums Chart^[14]	6
Mexican International Albums Chart^[15]	3
Swiss Albums Chart^[11]	8
U.S. Billboard Top Soundtracks^[12]	18
U.S. Billboard World Album Chart^[16]	1

Year-end charts[]

Chart (2010)	Position
Mexican Albums Chart^[17]	82

Release history[]

Region	Date	Format	Label
Worldwide^[1]	31 May 2010	Standard edition (CD, digital)	Sony Music Entertainment
Canada^[18]	1 June 2010	CD Album
France^[19]	7 June 2010
Japan^[20]	9 June 2010

References[]

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^ "Broadcast Yourself". YouTube. Retrieved 2010-12-04.
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[amazon-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Listen Up! The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Album". Amazon. ASIN B003ICXCSY.

[sponichi-3] "ＭＩＳＩＡ　Ｗ杯公式ＣＤで"アジア代表"に（芸能） ― スポニチ Sponichi Annex ニュース". Sports Nippon (in Japanese). 2010-05-06. Retrieved 2010-05-08.

[province-4] Stuart Derdeyn. "Review: Listen Up! The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Album". The Province. Retrieved 2010-05-03.

[province_video-5] "Broadcast Yourself". YouTube. Retrieved 2010-12-04.

[hitfix-6] Hasty, Katie (2010-05-24). "R. Kelly, Shakira, Pitbull featured on 2010 World Cup Album". Hitfix. Archived from the original on 2010-05-28. Retrieved 2010-05-25.

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[10] "Listen Up! The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Album (Asian Version) CD - 2AM, Various Artists, Sony Music Entertainment (HK) - Western / World Music - Free Shipping". Yesasia. Retrieved 2010-12-04.

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[listen-12] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Listen Up! The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Album". Nielsen Business Media. Retrieved 2010-06-25.

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[15] "Mexican Album Charts - Semana Del 31 al 6 de Junio 2010" (PDF). Amprofon. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-07-22. Retrieved 2010-06-13.

[16] "World Album chart". Billboard. Retrieved 2010-06-11.

[17] "Top 100 México - Los más vendidos 2010" (PDF) (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-03. Retrieved 2020-02-10.

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show v t 2010 FIFA World Cup
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General information	Qualification Broadcasting rights Controversies Event effects Officials Opening ceremony Seeding Statistics Squads
Symbols and animals	Adidas Jabulani Mani the parakeet Official album Official video game Paul the Octopus Vuvuzela Zakumi
Other	Breakaway

show v t 2010 FIFA World Cup finalists
Champions	Spain
Runners-up	Netherlands
Third place	Germany
Fourth place	Uruguay
Quarter-finals	Argentina Brazil Ghana Paraguay
Round of 16	Chile England Japan Mexico Portugal Slovakia South Korea United States
Group stage	Algeria Australia Cameroon Denmark France Greece Honduras Italy Ivory Coast New Zealand Nigeria North Korea Serbia Slovenia South Africa Switzerland

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Official albums	Gloryland World Cup USA 94 (1994) Music of the World Cup: Allez! Ola! Ole! (1998) The Official Album of the 2002 FIFA World Cup (2002) Voices from the FIFA World Cup (2006) Listen Up! The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Album (2010) One Love, One Rhythm – The 2014 FIFA World Cup Official Album (2014)
Official songs	"A Special Kind of Hero" (1986) "Un'estate italiana" (1990) "Gloryland" (1994) "The Cup of Life (La Copa de la Vida)" (1998) "Boom" (2002) "The Time of Our Lives" (2006) "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)" (2010) "We Are One (Ole Ola)" (2014) "Live It Up" (2018)
Official anthems	"La Cour des Grands (Do You Mind If I Play)" (1998) "Anthem" (2002) "Celebrate the Day" (2006) "Sign of a Victory" (2010) "Dar um Jeito (We Will Find a Way)" (2014)
Other official songs	"Hot Hot Hot" "World in Motion" "Put 'Em Under Pressure" "We Are the Champions" "Together Now" "Let's Get Together Now" "We're on the Ball" "World at Your Feet" "Oh Africa" "Vida" "Olé" "La La La" (Brazil 2014)
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