Now that the World Cup is over, expect to hear a lot less of Coca-Cola's "official" anthem for the tournament, K'Naan's Waving Flag. Which is probably a good thing, but personally I find it a testament to the song that I have heard it approximately 879 times in the last month-and-a-bit and I still don't hate it. Which is more than I can say for Shakira's Waka Waka, FIFA's official anthem.
Well I just discovered that Coca-Cola, ever the canny marketer, also recorded versions of it in a number of different languages, with local stars "duetting" with K'Naan on each track (although I doubt he had anything to do with these recordings at all apart from recording the original song).
So if you are at all curious to hear bits of it sung in Thai, Mandarin and Arabic, eat your heart out...
There's also Spanish, French and Portuguese versions if you somehow need more.
Of course, Coca-Cola didn't have time to record it in every language, so some enterprising folks took it upon themselves to record their own version; such as this one in Hindi.
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