OLE (HET W.K. LIED)
Created on 20/01/2001Latest update on 25/03/2024
Artist: Bumpers
Author: Jean Kraft
Label: Telstar
Year: 1978
Not to be confused with the Olé yell in "Olé olé olé olé, we are the champions (2x)" (see: Anderlecht Champion). Echos from the Alps but the credits go to a Dutchman making part of the Johnny Hoes hit factory.
Covers:
- 1979:
Gilbert De Nockere [singer-hairdresser in Ze Kunnen Er Niet Door, song about that year's Belgian football champion team S.K. Beveren]
- 1980:
Lowland Trio [chorus in We Are The Champions, Olé Olé Olé, crediting Peter Koelewijn]
The Olé mania in football stadiums logically began in Spain: Real Madrid supporters yelling the word for each pass successfully executed.
