Scotland-supporting celebrities from all around the world together with Rod Stewart and Susan Boyle are lending their assist to a brand new single by The Bay Metropolis Rollers to drum up money for charity.
Singers Rod and Subo are amongst many stars who’ve been filmed dancing alongside to the tune with iconic tartan scarves to have a good time 50 years of the Edinburgh band’s smash hit and in addition the Scotland males’s soccer group inclusion the Euros.
The music video to accompany the brand new up to date model of the tune options actors, musicians, well-known personalities and other people from throughout Scotland who submitted their very own residence movies to hitch the enjoyable.
The thought occurred organically stay on air when the Bay Metropolis Rollers joined ‘Ewen and Cat at Breakfast on Best Hits Radio Scotland in December.
The brand new single helps to boost cash for kids’s charity ‘Money for Children.’
Clyde radio presenter Ewen Cameron instructed STV Information: “The response has been superb. It’s been a lot enjoyable making a music video, it’s flying on social media.
“Shang-A-Lang is a Scottish anthem. Everybody obtained concerned and was singing alongside. It has crossed generations.
“It’s been a superb expertise.”
Scotland followers have lent their voice to charity single
Woody, who joined the band in 1974, was reminiscing about how the tune would flip 50 simply when Scotland had been heading to the Euros in Germany through the interview.
Presenter Cat Harvey requested: “Certainly now’s the time to re-release it to have a good time the tune and our soccer group?”
Woody and songwriter and musician John McLaughlin, who has joined the band, fortunately agreed and instantly provided to donate all proceeds to Money for Children who assist youngsters and households residing in poverty.
John stated: “It’s the fiftieth anniversary which is unimaginable, and we wished to have a good time in a spectacular style.
“We had been in with Cat and Ewen and it felt pure to do that. It felt like a good suggestion to freshen it up.
“From the opening chords, individuals appear to react with that immediately. It doesn’t make sense, however Shang-A-Lang appears like such a Scottish phrase.
“The texture of the tune has such a superb Scottishness to it. With the Scottish group being at Euros, all of it provides as much as make an ideal storm.”
STV’s John Mackay and Kelly-Anne Woodland featured in music video
Woody added: “It’s an excellent trigger and an excellent tune.
“From the zoo to Greyfriars Bobby to punters, it’s obtained all the massive names. Lots of people obtained concerned.
“It’s all the time been an anthemic sort tune, the chord construction, the chanting, the happiness. It appeared to work.
“Due to Cat and Ewen, we obtained the ball rolling.”
Since then, Ewen and Cat requested their listeners to ship in movies and a few of them have been distinctive.
Cat stated: “We’ve been inundated with superb clips from throughout Scotland as a result of our listeners have been very artistic with their cell phones.
“We’ve individuals dancing in a fish manufacturing facility, folks waving flags and singing within the sea, grannies, infants, pensioners teams, disabled teams, households, pals and celebrities all dancing and singing alongside.
“This tune is such a celebration, and we are able to inform everybody has had a great deal of enjoyable becoming a member of in.”
The Bay Metropolis Rollers carried out the brand new model of the one in entrance of lots of of Tartan Military earlier than the Northern Eire pleasant match on the Shed nightclub in March.
Footage from the set types the premise of the video.
Clips of punters and well-known faces from the worlds of music, movie, tv, media and sport are additionally featured.
Rod Stewart, Susan Boyle and ICW’s Jack Jester joined within the enjoyable
ITV’s showbusiness reporter Ross King enthusiastically joins in from the Hollywood hills, LA based mostly Scottish actor Tony Curran despatched his hilarious clip from Los Angeles, whereas native STV information anchors John MacKay and Kelly-Anne Woodland are noticed waving their scarves and flags from behind their tv information desk.
Additionally starring are Bay Metropolis Rollers authentic singer Nobby Clark, Michelle McManus, Callum Beattie, Kyle Falconer, former BBC Information anchor Jackie Chicken, former Scotland defender Stephen O’Donnell, former Scotland supervisor, participant and TV pundit Gordon Strachan.
A number of the forged from Nonetheless Recreation and River Metropolis, ICW wrestling World Champion Jack Jester and Best Hits Radio presenters Webster, Fred McAuley, Boogie and Arlene additionally joined in.
Clyde 1 Breakfast host George Bowie has additionally made a dance mixture of the brand new model which can be launched as a part of a bundle with ‘Shang-A-Lang 50’.
He stated: “That is such a well-loved tune all around the world. I used to be delighted to get entangled to assist such a very good trigger.
“The brand new Bay Metropolis Rollers’ model is sensible, it doesn’t stray removed from the unique however sounds brisker and with the Tartan Military becoming a member of in and chanting for Scotland it sounds epic.
“I’ve made a model the younger group will love, and I can’t wait to see dance flooring going mad for it.’
Shang-A-Lang 50 launched on Friday June 7 on all platforms, with all earnings going to Money for Children.
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