For the World Cup 1986, the Danish daily Ekstra Bladet had solicited its readers to submit lyrics for a song to be launched in support of the Denmark national side.

Out of the hundreds of submissions received, Jarl Friis-Mikkelsen and Henrik Bødtcher picked certain lines from the reader-submitted suggestions to create the final lyrics.

[2] In 2012, it made a reappearance in the Danish Singles Chart on occasion of the Denmark national football team reaching the finals at the Euro Cup 2012 as a new entry at #24.

For the 2010 FIFA World Cup held in South Africa, the song was re-recorded by the Japanese pop band Vanilla Beans known for their avid support of the Denmark national team.

The pop duo sang a slightly abbreviated version of the song in Danish language but with an unmistakable Japanese accent.