This song was originally released on Somalia-born, Toronto-raised hip-hop artist K'naan's second studio album, Troubadour. It was the long player's third single and peaked at #99 on the Billboard Hot 100, K'naan's first entry on the chart.
A remixed version was chosen as the official Coca Cola song for their FIFA 2010 World Cup program. It features revised lyrics with a new focus on soccer. K'naan told Billboard magazine about "The Celebration Mix": "We took something like 50 drums and did this crazy mix for it. It's about the one time that we all get together and the world forgets its conflict and its problems and we focus on this unity and celebration. That moment is connected now to 'Wavin' Flag.'"
Previous official World Cup songs have included the Toni Braxton-Il Divo ballad, "The Time of Our Lives," for the 2006 tournament, "Boom" by American pop singer Anastacia in 2002 and Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin's "La Copa de la Vida" for the 1998 World Cup.
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