Tracks: With added lyrics for the World Cup occasion,[2] "Gloryland" became a 1994 song by Daryl Hall and Sounds of Blackness.
Daryl Hall and Sounds of Blackness also sang it at the opening ceremonies of the FIFA World Cup with lyrics.
Larry Flick from Billboard wrote, "Patterned after 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic', single from the just-issued Soccer Rocks the World is awash in dewy-eyed sincerity.
With Hall trading off lead lines with various members of S.O.B., this sweet and slow pop/R&B track builds to a blasting, gospel-like climax.
"[4] Alex Kadis from Smash Hits gave it two out of five, viewing it as "a big, patriotic American tune which is overblown, overemotional and, erm, over the hill.