Jambo (song)

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Jambo is the official song of the 21st World Scout Jamboree. It was sung by The Adventure (comprising Explorer Scouts Pete, Lucie, Nick and Caz) with support vocals provided by Beavers, Cubs and Scouts from around the UK. It was written by Al Steele and Nigel Hart. It was released in the UK on July 2, 2007, and charted at #91 on the UK Singles Chart.

1 Track listing
2 See also
3 External links
4 References

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Jambo - Original Version
Jambo - The Krys Randle Remix
Jambo - The French Version
One World, One Promise
Jambo - The Karaoke Version

The single also included the official Jambo video.

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Scouting Portal

"Jambo! Hello! It's a world scout jamboree A hundred years to date Let's all celebrate One World One Promise"

This is a short excerpt of the lyrics that could be heard around Hylands Park throughout the duration of the event. Scouts often informally chanted it while walking around the site, or during organised events.

It also played at 10pm every night on the Jamboree radio station, Promise FM.

The song was a controversial one, with mixed views amongst the Jamboree community. When it was sung at the opening night concert, many people complained about the 'poor quality' of the song.

To a large extent the song was somewhat an anti-climax, after claims that with the help of the Scouting movement, the song could reach number one in the UK singles chart. Howevere, if every participant at the Jamboree had purchased a copy, it could have made it into the top 40 and could therefore have received national airplay on BBC Radio 1.