{"id":294867,"date":"2023-10-24T17:24:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T17:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=294867"},"modified":"2023-10-24T17:24:01","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T17:24:01","slug":"ronaldo-and-henderson-help-2007-scottish-song-top-saudi-arabian-charts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/ronaldo-and-henderson-help-2007-scottish-song-top-saudi-arabian-charts\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronaldo and Henderson help 2007 Scottish song top Saudi Arabian charts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Cristiano Ronaldo and Jordan Henderson help Scottish song from 2007 hit TOP SPOT in Saudi Arabian Spotify charts&#8230; after clips of them playing in the Saudi Pro League are soundtracked by the ditty<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Amy Macdonald&#8217;s 2007 hit This Is The Life has been dragged back into the lights<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Her song has been the soundtrack for football-themed videos on social media<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s football podcast &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cristiano Ronaldo and Jordan Henderson&#8217;s influence helped a Scottish singer reach number one in the Saudi Arabian Spotify charts.<\/p>\n<p>Amy Macdonald reached the stratospheric height with her hit &#8216;This Is The Life&#8217;, which is from 2007.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The song has over 380million plays &#8211; far more than her next most trending song, which has 54m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s because clips showing Cristiano Ronaldo and Jordan Henderson playing in the Saudi Pro League have been shared on TikTok with Macdonald&#8217;s song as the soundtrack.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I had started noticing I was getting a lot of comments in Arabic on social media,&#8217; Macdonald told the Restless Natives\u00a0podcast.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/16\/76944033-12666889-image-a-9_1698161871824.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Amy Macdonald is top of the Saudi Arabian Spotify charts thanks to TikTok football videos<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/16\/76943889-12666889-image-a-6_1698161678813.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Clips of Cristiano Ronaldo have circulated on Tiktok soundtracked by the Scottish singer&#8217;s hit<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/16\/76943579-12666889-image-m-8_1698161798072.jpg\" height=\"443\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Videos of Jordan Henderson playing for Al-Ettifaq have also been paired with her 2007 song<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I was like &#8220;it looks lovely but I&#8217;ve got no idea what it says&#8221; and there was just more and more of it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Somebody looked into it and there seems to be a lot of videos on social media using &#8216;This Is the Life&#8217; that are like Ronaldo playing football in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I said to one of my mates about it and they sent me a photoshop of Jordan Henderson wearing an Amy Macdonald tee-shirt.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Originally, Macdonald&#8217;s song reached number one in six countries after being released but only made it to No 28 in the UK.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Videos with compilations showing players such as Erling Haaland, Kylian Mbappe, and Victor Osimhen have also been shared.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo joined Al-Nassr in December on a \u00a3175million-per-year deal after his dramatic exit from Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan Henderson, meanwhile, joined Al-Ettifaq in the summer after a protracted transfer saga and is mooted to be on \u00a3700,000 per week, though he has claimed the figure is not that high.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12666889\/Cristiano-Ronaldo-Jordan-Henderson-help-Scottish-song-2007-hit-SPOT-Saudi-Arabian-Spotify-charts-clips-playing-Saudi-Pro-League-soundtracked-ditty.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cristiano Ronaldo and Jordan Henderson help Scottish song from 2007 hit TOP SPOT in Saudi Arabian Spotify charts&#8230; 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