(Is This the Way to) The World Cup (Is This the Way to) The World Cup "(Is This the Way to) The World Cup" is a 2006 single by Tony Christie with lyrics written by Ian Stringer and George Webley and published by Tug Records. It was released as a version of Christie's successful "Is This the Way to Amarillo" single and created as a version to support the England national football team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The song reached a peak of 8 in the UK Singles Charts, remaining in the charts for 5 weeks. In 2005, Christie had a hit with a Comic Relief
Susan Christie - 1971) which the disappointed couple saved along with the master tapes. Following the failure to complete "Paint A Lady", Christie abandoned her dreams of recording as an independent artist, working instead as a jingle singer and focusing on personal and family life. “I had decided against being a normal singer because jingle work was easier to fit around the children. I sang about bladder control, detergents, Diet Pepsi and Maxwell House coffee,” she said during a 2008 interview. "Paint A Lady" languished in all but forgotten obscurity in Christie’s basement until, in the early 2000s, she was approached by