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A touch of early 90's nostalgia for me here. Although Ireland didn't win the world cup in 1990, the "Italia 90" World Cup, was nonetheless the first world cup that the Republic Or Ireland qualified for, making it as far as the quarter final before being knocked out by hosts Italy. I made this video with the intention of showing the state of national euphoria that Ireland enjoyed during their time competing in the tournament. It is a period I remember well from my childhood, as would any Iris...

A touch of early 90's nostalgia for me here. Although Ireland didn't win the world cup in 1990, the "Italia 90" World Cup, was nonetheless the first world cup that the Republic Or Ireland qualified for, making it as far as the quarter final before being knocked out by hosts Italy. I made this video with the intention of showing the state of national euphoria that Ireland enjoyed during their time competing in the tournament. It is a period I remember well from my childhood, as would any Irish person around at that time. The video is done to "Put Em Under Pressure" the official song to the Republic Of Ireland's world cup campaign in Italy in 1990.

Produced by U2's Larry Mullen, it featured an intro by Moya Brennan. The song was created by Larry Mullen Jnr, Denis Woods, John Donnelly. Engineered by John Grimes who was assisted by Colin O’Mahony. It also featured Davy Spillane on the Uilleann pipes. The Jack Charlton soundbites were captured by Colin O’Mahony from reels of archived radio interviews.

The chorus was by performed by some U2 fans that were hanging about outside studio 3 on Windmill Lane in Dublin. There was an attempt to record the team but it was a disaster. Somebody had the great idea of using beer to loosen up the team's vocal cords.

It is often assumed that the guitar intro was a straight sampling of "Dearg Doom" by the Horslips, however this is not the case.

Anthony "Anto" Drennan is credited with playing lead guitar on the single. He actually recorded it in a single take which is very unusual.

Thanks to this song the title became a catchphrase of then manager Jack Charlton, whose soundbites were sampled for the verse; the chorus was a combination of the familiar football chant "Olé Olé Olé" and a reworking of "Ally's Tartan Army" (which was itself set to the tune of "God Save Ireland"), the unofficial theme tune for Scotland in the 1978 FIFA World Cup, and for 13 weeks the song was at number one in the Irish Singles Chart.

The phrase Put 'Em Under Pressure is to this day used in relation to the Ireland national football team.