Rik Mayall's 2010 World Cup Song Reaches No.7 In UK Singles Chart
A football song Rik Mayall recorded for the World Cup 2010 has reached the UK top 10 this week. Fans started a campaign to put the song back into the charts as a tribute to the comedian, who died on June 9 from an “acute cardiac event.”
Image caption Rik Mayall, right, tragically died at the age of just 56 years old on June 9
"Noble England" appeared at number seven in the official UK singles chart and is particularly timely with the 2014 World Cup currently underway. “On, on you noble English!” Mayall urges in the song, which will no doubt become an unofficial anthem of this year’s sporting event and a fitting tribute to the comedian who died aged just 56 years old.
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Click here to watch the official video for Rik Mayall's song "Noble England"