http://www.billboard.com/articles/co...up-song-a-flop
Pitbull, Lopez World Cup Song a
Flop?
The official World Cup song is definitely striking a chord - the wrong one with many in host country Brazil.
Since the recent release of FIFA's "We Are One (Ole Ola)," hordes of fans in Brazil have been slamming the official 2014 Cup theme. Many expressed their frustration on Twitter under the tag (hash)VoltaWakaWaka -
a plea for the return of the widely loved song that Colombian artist Shakira performed for the 2010 tournament in South Africa.
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What I don't like about the music is that it's a poor, dull, generic pop theme," said Gaia Passarelli, a Brazilian music journalist and a former VJ for MTV Brazil. "It's a shame considering Brazil's rich musical tradition, which is admired all over the world."
"In the end, we lost a chance to do something rich, inspiring and cool.
I'm feeling `saudades' for Shakira," Passarelli said, using a Portuguese word that roughly translates as painful longing.
Shakira does have a song on FIFA's official World Cup album, the driving "Dare (La La La)." By Sunday, a video of it featuring Barcelona players such as Argentina's Lionel Messi and Brazil's Neymar had been viewed nearly 27 million times on YouTube in the three days since its release. But it's not the designated official song for the event.
