(Is This the Way to) The World Cup The following week it reached its peak of 8 in the charts before dropping three consecutive weeks after to 11, 24 and 30 before exiting the charts after five weeks. (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
Tony Christie singing career in continental Europe during this period. This was especially so in Germany, with four albums recorded with German producer Jack White, especially their first album collaboration "Welcome to My Music", reaching number 7 in the German charts and going platinum. From 1991 to 2002, Christie recorded nine albums especially for the German market. In 1999, he sang the Jarvis Cocker-penned UK Top Ten hit "Walk like a Panther", recorded by the Sheffield band All Seeing I. His influence on a new generation of singers was further demonstrated when indie pop band Rinaldi Sings released a cover version of