First time ever hearing Europe "The Final Countdown" Reaction | Asia and BJ

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  @1776SOL · 4 years ago

  One of the GREATEST stadium anthems of all time!!!

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  @anessalyn1035 · 4 years ago

  its been used for all kinds of events, anything from Formula 1 to boxing. The song is used as the introduction theme at the UK soccer team Blackburn Rovers and its the theme song for the NBA team Detroit Pistons. This song has been used in the TV shows Arrested Development, Chuck, Glee and Gotham. Movies include Shiner (2000) The Kid & I (2005) and Pitch Perfect (2012)

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  @seanbarker4610 · 4 years ago

  This is probably one of the most common song anywhere. It was number 1 single in over 100 countries on release!

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  @DaP84 · 4 years ago

  They are from here, "Abba land", small Sweden. Same with Roxette, Avicii, Ghost, Sabaton etc. Fun fact, Europe got famous after winning the first rendition of the televised competition "Swedish Rock Championships" on Swedish public tv and also radio. They won a record deal

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  @sumonjamal1653 · 4 years ago

  This was Europe&apos;s big hit from 1986... &apos;The Final Countdown&apos; was their 3rd album, coming out of Sweden, which sold 3 million copies in the US. Europe joined the club of 80&apos;s arena rock bands like Van Halen, Bon Jovi, Whitesnake, Journey, Def Leppard, etc... Unfortunately, when Europe went to record their 4th album &apos;Out of this world&apos; in 1988, people wanted a &apos;Final countdown Pt. 2&apos;... and they couldn&apos;t do it - that record sold 1 million copies... the 5th album &apos;Prisoners in paradise&apos; in 1991 couldn&apos;t even sell a half million copies in the US... Europe broke up in 1992. <br><br>Europe was formed as a hard rock band in Sweden by lead vocalist Joey Tempest... guitarist John Norum, bassist John Leven &amp; drummer Tony Reno were the original band signed in 1982... The self-titled Europe album in 1983 and &apos;Wings of tomorrow&apos; in 1984 were released... a single &apos;Rock the night&apos; helped Europe secure an international record deal in 1985. &apos;The Final Countdown&apos; was released in 1986 and became a global hit single and album... Ian Haughland joined on drums, Mic Michaeli was added on keyboards for the record. <br>However, after the album&apos;s success, guitarist John Norum quit Europe... replaced by guitarist Kee Marcello. After 2 more albums by 1991 and unable to repeat the success of &apos;Final countdown&apos;, Europe ended in 1992.<br><br>In 2004, Europe opted to reunite &apos;The Final Countdown&apos; line-up - Joey Tempest, John Norum, John Leven, Ian Haughland &amp; Mic Michaeli... and released the album &apos;Start from the dark&apos;. Since then, Europe has been recording albums and touring consistently. Their most recent record was &apos;Walk the Earth&apos; in 2017.

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  @mavenfrankeus7287 · 4 years ago (edited)

  As a Swede I&apos;m happy you finally heard Europe...😅<br>You need to watch the real video though...

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  @jamestate5059 · 4 years ago

  This song is played at every sporting event you can think of (almost)

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  @glenhampson1619 · 4 years ago

  The Detroit Pistons during the “Bad Boys” era played this song during the pre-game introductions…it was ELECTRIC!!

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  @react2reactions246 · 4 years ago

  I love that knowing look she gives us when she recognizes a song haha. He does it too, it’s great.

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  @sumonjamal1653 · 4 years ago

  Europe songs - &apos;Rock the night&apos; ... &apos;Sign of the times&apos; ... &apos;Prisoners in paradise&apos;... &apos;Carrie&apos; ... &apos;Seven doors hotel&apos; ... &apos;Scream of anger&apos; ... &apos;Open your heart&apos; ... &apos;Cherokee&apos;... &apos;Superstitious&apos;...🤘🤘🔥🔥

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  @lisagriffin4725 · 4 years ago

  Every guy in the band is perfectly gorgeous and the voice of the lead singer is amazing. They are still touring overseas.

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  @zulkanainbaharuddin2185 · 2 years ago

  This song is every sporting events.<br>This song will always be heard.

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