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Monday
Jun142010

Monday Morning Smile: "Alphabet of Nations" - They Might Be Giants

Everybody's all World Cup this and USMNT that -- including me -- so I thought I'd make this particular Monday Morning Smile... well, not quite soccer/football related, but at least pretty global. How many 2010 World Cup squads are mentioned in this song? (Answer after the jump.)

They Might Be Giants - "Alphabet of Nations" [YouTube]


Those making both TMBG's and FIFA's cut include:

Algeria
France
Japan
Uruguay

It's unclear whether West Xylophone failed to make it out of CONCACAF or Africa qualifiers.

The band throws in a couple extra countries in this classic live rendition:

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