"(Is This the Way to) The World Cup" is a 2006 single by Tony Christie with lyrics written by Ian Stringer and George Webley and published by Tug Records.

[1] In 2005, Christie had a hit with a Comic Relief re-release of "Amarillo" with Peter Kay that reached number 1 on the UK Singles Chart for 7 weeks in a row.

[2] The BBC Three Counties Radio presenters Ian Stringer and George Webley wrote alternate lyrics to "Amarillo" to support England at the World Cup,[3] which the song predicts England will win.

[4] Christie was convinced to record the song using those lyrics by the BBC Radio 1 presenter Chris Moyles.

[6] Christie initially said about it: "It's got a nice summery feel about it and people seem to like it" and the BBC commissioned him to review other 2006 World Cup songs competing with him.