{"id":545950,"date":"2010-04-28T11:29:31","date_gmt":"2010-04-28T15:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.popcrunch.com\/?p=102690"},"modified":"2010-04-28T11:29:31","modified_gmt":"2010-04-28T15:29:31","slug":"shakira-world-cup-theme-song-%e2%80%9cwaka-waka-this-time-for-africa%e2%80%9d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/545950","title":{"rendered":"Shakira World Cup Theme Song \u201cWaka Waka (This Time For Africa)\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/zD0g08D-oDo&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/zD0g08D-oDo&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><\/embed><\/object><br \/> <strong>&#8220;Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)&#8221; English Version<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Have you heard Shakira\u2019s new song, &#8220;Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)?&#8221;  The single, which features Freshlyground &#8212; a South African Afro-fusion band formed in Cape Town &#8212; is the official theme song for the FIFA 2010 World Cup, which kicks off in South Africa this summer.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-102690\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"500\" height=\"333\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/mG8XwxSni2E&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/mG8XwxSni2E&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\"><\/embed><\/object><br \/> <strong>&#8220;Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)&#8221; Spanish Version<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The uptempo track &#8212; full of traditional African beats mixed with modern pop rhythms &#8212; will be available for download the week of May 11.<\/p>\n<p>Both Shakira and Freshlyground will perform the anthem live at the Johannesburg Soccer City Stadium during the World Cup Final Closing Ceremony on July 11.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/oL57RPKcftWy5TO89u2VhHrtO9E\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/oL57RPKcftWy5TO89u2VhHrtO9E\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/oL57RPKcftWy5TO89u2VhHrtO9E\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/oL57RPKcftWy5TO89u2VhHrtO9E\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)&#8221; English Version Have you heard Shakira\u2019s new song, &#8220;Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)?&#8221; The single, which features Freshlyground &#8212; a South African Afro-fusion band formed in Cape Town &#8212; is the official theme song for the FIFA 2010 World Cup, which kicks off in South Africa this summer. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5335,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-545950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545950\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}