World Cup fever is taking a firm grip on midweek sales ahead of the tournament's launch in Germany this Friday with at least half a dozen football songs on course for the Top 40.

The footballing line-up is headed by the official England team song, Independiente act Embrace's World At Your Feet, which is expected to leap from its number 38 entry position on download-only sales last week into the top five this coming weekend. It is part of a ...