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Originally posted by NotFromHere
Coup de Boule

PARIS - Three weeks after France’s World Cup final soccer defeat, the song inspired by captain Zinedine Zidane’s fateful head-butt on Italy defender Marco Materazzi has hit number one in the nation’s singles chart.

“Coup de Boule”, the French for “head-butt”, was written by the three associates of Plage Records (www.laplagerecords.com), a small label specialising in jingles and sound effects, the day after France’s July 9 defeat in Berlin.

The label’s founders, brothers Emmanuel and Sebastien Lipszyc, and composer Franck Lascombes, penned the catchy reggae-style song and its chorus “Zidane, il a tape” (“Zidane, the hit man“), as a cure for their post-defeat blues.

Initially e-mailed to about 50 friends, the song quickly invaded the Web, with French radio SkyRock putting it on its play-list and ringtone sellers and music labels fighting for the rights.

Warner Music France eventually bought the song from the trio and two days after its release on July 20, the tune was number two in the French charts, selling 17,000 copies.

It's catchy. The video is kind of cute but low on production value.

Those guys obviously didn't read this article.

Spree: NY Times article