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Is Dion Dublin's track a World Cup hit?

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Former Leicester City star Dion Dublin is hoping to score with a World Cup song for England this summer.

The 45-year-old former England striker has recorded Winner in You – a cover of the New Radicals' 90s hit You Only Get What You Give.

Dion plays saxophone on the single which has been recorded by the band he manages – Nottingham indie outfit The Establishment.

The five-piece band rewrote the words of the song, while Dion acted as executive producer on the track.

The video of the song, which was released on iTunes this week, includes a number of famous faces and has an introduction from pop superstar Robbie Williams.

Robbie says: "This is my mate Dion Dublin's song for the fans by The Establishment and for the World Cup.

"Come on England, this is Winner in You."

Also appearing on the three minute 45 seconds video – which has already had more than 5,000 views on You Tube – is One Direction drummer Josh Devine.

Stuart Hanlon, guitarist with The Establishment, said the decision to record the song was made after a chat between Dion and TV sports commentator Ray Stubbs.

He said: "We rewrote the words as a band and set about recording the track.

"Dion plays sax on the track because he is better at playing that than he is at singing.

"We are very happy with it. We think that as football songs go it is pretty good.

"Four of us in the band are English, so are fans who want the team to do well."

The video also features Ibstock actor Stephen Graham, a host of Coronation Street stars and actor Colin Salmon, a star of the James Bond and Resident Evil films. Stars from the sporting world who feature in the video include former Arsenal striker Ian Wright, rugby star Matt Dawson, cricketer Phil Tufnell, swimmer Mark Foster and sprinter Darren Campbell.

Stars have taken to Twitter to voice their support for the song.

Soap star Adam Woodyatt, who plays Ian Beale in EastEnders, and Olympic champion boxer Audley Harrison have both retweeted a link to the song.

Dion became the manager of The Establishment after the band saw him being interviewed on Soccer AM.

Stuart said: "He said that he was looking at getting involved in music so we got a message to him and send him a demo."

Dion, who also played for Manchester United, Aston Villa and Coventry, played 58 games for the Foxes.

Is Dion Dublin's track a World Cup hit?


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