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Quiz! Can you recite every word of John Barnes' World In Motion rap?

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There's only one way to beat this quiz - and that's to remember every word of John Barnes' iconic rap

John Barnes in the studio as England recorded World In Motion in 1990
John Barnes in the studio as England recorded World In Motion in 1990 (Image credit: Chris Grieve/Mirrorpix/Getty Images)

For our latest quiz we're not asking you to recall a 2000s line-up, name every England player to be born on a Wednesday or anything like that. No, today's is about your ability to recall the famous John Barnes rap from World in Motion. 

So how well do you remember it?

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We're giving you three minutes to spit out all 85 words of the iconic rap. Remember to tweet your scores @FourFourTwo and share with your mates. How many can you get right?

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Joe Mewis
Joe Mewis

For more than a decade, Joe Mewis has worked in football journalism as a reporter and editor. Mewis has had stints at Mirror Football and LeedsLive among others and worked at FourFourTwo throughout Euro 2024, reporting on the tournament. In addition to his journalist work, Mewis is also the author of four football history books that include times on Leeds United and the England national team. Now working as a digital marketing coordinator at Harrogate Town, too, Mewis counts some of his best career moments as being in the iconic Spygate press conference under Marcelo Bielsa and seeing his beloved Leeds lift the Championship trophy during lockdown.