(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.
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang is a science fiction novel by American writer Kate Wilhelm, published in 1976. The novel is composed of three parts, "Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang," "Shenandoah," and "At the Still Point," and is set in a post-apocalyptic era, a concept popular among authors who took part in the New Wave Science Fiction movement in the 1960s. Before the publication of Wilhelm's novel in 1976, part one of "Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang" was featured in the fifteenth edition of "Orbit." Kate Wilhelm was a regular contributor