Watch Your House for Ireland explained

Watch Your House for Ireland
Cover:	Watch_Your_House_for_Ireland_ad.jpg
Caption:	One-sheet advertisement
Type:	single
Artist:	Coca-Cola Official Irish Team
Released:	1994
Recorded:	1994
Studio:	Dublin^[1]
Genre:	Novelty
Length:	3:45
Label:	RCA Records

"Watch Your House for Ireland" is a song by the 1994 Republic of Ireland football squad, sponsored by Coca-Cola and with lead vocals by Christy Dignam. It was made for Ireland's 1994 World Cup campaign. The song reached the number one position in the Irish Singles chart in 1994 in the week it was released.^[2] The proceeds went to the GOAL charity.^[3]

Lyrics

Watch your house was an idiom used in Irish soccer circles, meaning "watch your back." The song featured a famous chant from the Irish defeat of England in UEFA Euro 1988: "What's the score? Up one-nil! Are you listening, Jimmy Hill?"^[4]

Reception

Balls.ie described the song as "divisive,"^[5] while RTÉ described it as "flaccid" and "dull, dull, dull!"^[6]

Notes and References

1. Book: RTÉ 100 Years: Ireland in the 20th Century. Yseult. Thornley. Edmund. Lynch. 16 August 2001. TownHouse and CountryHouse [with RTÉ]. 9781860591426. Google Books.
2. Web site: The Irish Charts - Facts & Figures - Straight In at Number 1. irishcharts.ie. 12 June 2011.
3. Book: RTÉ 100 Years: Ireland in the 20th Century. Yseult. Thornley. Edmund. Lynch. 20 November 2017. TownHouse and CountryHouse [with RTÉ]. 9781860591426. Google Books.
4. Book: Williams, Tom. Do You Speak Football?: A Glossary of Football Words and Phrases from Around the World. 10 May 2018. Bloomsbury Publishing. 9781472947208. Google Books.
5. Web site: Rank The Ireland Pre-Tournament Songs In Order From Best To Worst. Conor. Neville.
6. Web site: The best (and worst) Irish football songs EVER!. 8 June 2016.