(Is This the Way to) The World Cup like it" and the BBC commissioned him to review other 2006 World Cup songs competing with him. The "Manchester Evening News" said about "Is This the Way to The World Cup" that: "It's that cheesy, it's a classic". Like with ""Amarillo"" the year before, the profits for the single went to charity, specifically SportsAid. Christie later came to regret performing the song, stating in a 2010 interview that it was "dreadful" and said he would "...never ever do it again because it was crap". "(Is This the Way to) The World Cup" entered the UK singles charts at number 11.
Dinah Christie she starting singing while attending North Toronto Collegiate Institute (NTCI) and performed as a folk singer in her teens, taking voice lessons from Portia White. Christie reached Grade 13 at NTCI but did not graduate. In 1965, she was selected by Tom Kneebone to co-star in a stage revue, and the two would frequently work together for decades. The same year, she joined CBC Television's "This Hour Has Seven Days", for which she regularly sang satirical songs. She also appeared in an off-Broadway musical, "Your Own Thing", a rock musical of "Twelfth Night". Christie was a regular performer on the