Carnaval de Paris is a song by Dario G

Dario G

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, recorded for the 1998 World Cup

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 in France. The music video features children painted in the colours of the representative countries participating in the tournament. It peaked at number five in the UK Singles Chart

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 in 1998. An altogether more unsuccessful version of the song was released in 2002.

Carnaval de Paris was used as a sample on the Fat Les track "Vindaloo"

The song, however, has spread around the world, starting when fans of the U.S. men's national team used the tune in their first match after the Sept. 11 attacks in a World Cup

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 qualifier in Foxboro, Mass.

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 against Jamaica. Amongst the supporters clubs which have used the tune have been those in Portsmouth, Leicester City, Chicago Fire

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, VfL Bochum

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, Wellington Phoenix, Sydney FC

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 and D.C. United

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. In fact, Section 8 Chicago

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, a supporters club for Chicago Fire, supplied lyrics for the previously instrumental tune. St Helens RLFC play it after a successful conversion