Sweet Caroline was a song that was written 50 years ago by an American rockstar named Neil Diamond. The song was released in 1969. Paul Carr, a professor in popular music analysis at the University of South Wales said “[t]he big thing is simplicity of the melody, and there’s something in the lyrics.”
The song Sweet Caroline was originally made for Neil’s wife, Marcia, but he changed the name to Caroline because her name did not match with the tune of the song. Another reason that influenced the change was recalling seeing a photo of Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of former President John F Kennedy, in a magazine. Frank Skinner, the song’s co-writer, made a statement saying that he thought Sweet Caroline went slightly better than Three Lions, a song written by David Baddiel, Frank Skinner, and The Lightning Seeds post-match.
After the football match between England and Sweden, the song Sweet Caroline was played by coincidence. Wembley DJ Tony Parry was the DJ. He said that he just made a knee jerk decision to play it. “I went with my gut,” he says. The song Sweet Caroline is so popular because it’s catchy, easy to pick up and an all-round classic song from the late 1960s.
One of the fans became a viral star on social media after she was filmed dancing to the song after England Women’s Euros semi-final victory over Sweden in American soccer. “I found out when Sweet Caroline finished. My mum kept getting texts from people saying, ‘Tess is on telly, Tess is on telly!’” Tess said “When I’m older I want to be a footballer so I was looking at how they were celebrating and thinking of how I was going to celebrate.”
As this formed a trend, influencers and the song alike all became very well known, and the song is played as a celebration in many activities to this date.
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The song Sweet Caroline was originally made for Neil’s wife, Marcia, but he changed the name to Caroline because her name did not match with the tune of the song. Another reason that influenced the change was recalling seeing a photo of Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of former President John F Kennedy, in a magazine. Frank Skinner, the song’s co-writer, made a statement saying that he thought Sweet Caroline went slightly better than Three Lions, a song written by David Baddiel, Frank Skinner, and The Lightning Seeds post-match.
After the football match between England and Sweden, the song Sweet Caroline was played by coincidence. Wembley DJ Tony Parry was the DJ. He said that he just made a knee jerk decision to play it. “I went with my gut,” he says. The song Sweet Caroline is so popular because it’s catchy, easy to pick up and an all-round classic song from the late 1960s.
One of the fans became a viral star on social media after she was filmed dancing to the song after England Women’s Euros semi-final victory over Sweden in American soccer. “I found out when Sweet Caroline finished. My mum kept getting texts from people saying, ‘Tess is on telly, Tess is on telly!’” Tess said “When I’m older I want to be a footballer so I was looking at how they were celebrating and thinking of how I was going to celebrate.”
As this formed a trend, influencers and the song alike all became very well known, and the song is played as a celebration in many activities to this date.
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https://s3.amazonaws.com/appforest_uf/f1659266486686x496550865785612200/Why%20do%20England%20fans%20sing%20the%20song%20Sweet%20Caroline_%20-%20CBBC%20Newsround.pdf
