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They jumped from the charts to the stadium and pavilion stands. Converted into motivational hymns are again current. It is music in the times of the coronavirus.

1. I WILL RESIST (Dynamic Duo, 1988)

Every day, thousands of throats sing from the balconies of all over Spain the song of the Dynamic Duo written by EL MUNDO sports journalist Carlos Toro . 'Resistiré' has become the exciting anthem of the fight against the coronavirus, but before it was used by coach Paco Chaparro , who gave it to the Betis players before jumping onto the field in the 2007-2008 season, when the verdiblancos were playing the permanence.

2. BUT BY YOUR SIDE (The Secrets, 1995)

Enrique Urquijo wrote it to his daughter María and the Levante fans "adopted" it as an unofficial anthem since the 2010-11 campaign. Now it is, along with 'Resistiré', the other great motivational song of the Spanish balconies that, like that of the Dynamic Duo, its creators have ceded their use to the Community of Madrid.

3. YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE (Gerry and the Peacemakers, 1963)

The quintessential hymn. 75 years after Hammerstein II and Rodgers composed it for the musical Carousel and 57 years after Gerry and the Peacemakers made it a pop hit, 'You'll never walk alone' continues to thrill. It is a universal anthem, made popular by Liverpool at Anfield, but one that resonates just as loudly at Celtic Park or Dortmund.

The image of the Liverpool doctors fighting against the coronavirus animated from the other side of the glass doors by sanitarians who sing 'You will never walk alone' is already an icon of this pandemic, which caused Jürgen himself to cry. Klopp .

4. WE WILL ROCK YOU (Queen, 1977)

'You'll never walk alone' prompted Brian May to compose 'We will rock you'. The Queen guitarist observed how many fans abandoned one of his concerts singing the "hymn" of Gerry and the Peacemakers and looked for a theme that his followers could chant.

Not only did he do it, but it was enough to hit any surface with the same sequence that Roger Taylor did to immediately join numerous amateur "drummers". For this reason, he was immediately successful especially in the United States, in the halls and stadiums of the NBA, NHL or NFL. Causes the necessary dose of euphoria in confinement

5. I WILL SURVIVE (Gloria Gaynor, 1978)

The success that made Gloria Gaynor the diva of disco music went from Studio 54 to soccer stadiums, where the French team forged her career as world champion in 1998. It was a defender, Vincent Candela , who insisted that the updated version of the Hermes House Band was the anthem of the "bleus", a team that had been fiercely criticized until the start of the World Cup.

Two years later, Alex Corretja recovered it as an incentive for the triumphant Spanish team that proclaimed itself champion of the Davis Cup. And the coronavirus has brought it back to the present day as a universal cry.

6. EYE OF THE TIGER (Survivor, 1982)

Who hasn't worn the Survivor theme to running on the treadmill, doing sit-ups, or going up and down stairs? The song that made the movie Rocky III popular is, these days, a "hit" in home gyms that everyone has been looking for during confinement.

'La mirada del tigre' has been heard for years in the Real Valladolid locker room before important appointments and is an inspiring anthem in the Real Madrid basketball section, a theme that has resonated strongly in his Wizink Center court. It was in 1992, when with Clifford Luyk, he recovered that "tiger's gaze" in a team that conquered the Recopa and created Los peñas del Tigre ', which has meant so much in its support for the white team.

7. DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER (Oasis, 1996)

Pep Guardiola's favorite song ("bring out the best in me," he has stated), the one that Manchester City players listen to before jumping onto the pitch, is a hymn from the moment a young woman broke into St Ann Place the minute of silence that was kept by the victims of the Manchester attacks to intone her chorus and an excited crowd joined her.

It has transpired to the point that the English fans fired their team with this song as soon as they were eliminated from the World Cup in Russia by Croatia.

Now, as the numbers of those affected by the pandemic in the United Kingdom grow, 'Don't look back in anger' is once again a cry of hope for the British, which has caused even Liam Gallagher to ask his hated brother Noel to come together for a single benefit concert to donate the proceeds to the fight against the coronavirus.

8. SEVEN NATIONS ARMY (White Stripes, 2003)

The anthem par excellence of football stadiums - which have adopted the melody of their catchy guitar riff after implanting it with the liking of Bruges and spreading it throughout the world with Italian calcium - could not be missing among the songs of confinement.

From the "lo-lololo-lolo-looo" that resonates in the stadiums, it has gone in some parts of the United Kingdom to the "fuck the coronavirus", with that same tune and mug of beer in hand, with as much capacity to expand as the pandemic.

9. MY SHARONA / BYE CORONA (The Knack 1979-2020)

The song that made The Knack the paradigm of a "single hit band" in the late 1970s and early 1980s of the past century, 'My Sharona' has survived well, used in pavilions to cheer fans on breaks and dead times for handball and basketball games.

Now, the sound of the title has caused social networks to flood with 'My Corona' versions.

For this reason, forced by the requests of their fans, Bert Averre and Prescot Niles , despite resisting to rewrite the success - because it could not be sung by Doug Fieger, died in 2010 - have posted a video on YouTube in which they reinterpret the part central theme to finish singing 'Bye Corona', while showing the advice of the health workers regarding hand washing and social distancing. Its impact has been immediate.

10. WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS (Queen, 1977)

The hymn that best suits the celebration of the final triumph - the most catchy song in history according to a study published in 2011 by universities in London and New York - was apparently created in honor of Manchester United and also influenced by ' You'll never walk alone. '

Freddie Mercury admitted in 1978 that he was thinking of soccer when he composed it. And, although he always wanted to detach her from a specific team, it seems that he thought of Manchester United, his team. It was not published until 1977, but it was composed in 1975, the year that the "red devils" rose, proclaiming themselves champions of the Second Division.

'We are the Champions' is, right now, a cry drowned in the throats of the whole world, a contained chant that hopes to explode very soon.

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