Monocle Radio’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco gets ready for the Euros by reviewing the best of European pop. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
You're listening to the Global Countdown, first broadcast on 13 June on the briefing.
Now it's Thursday and that music intro can only mean one thing.
It's time for the Global Countdown with Monaco's senior correspondent, Fernando Augusto Pacheco.
Fernando, where are you taking us this week?
Well, one thing I'm taking is not national anthems, Georgina, so don't worry.
Thanks for that.
Very interesting story, though, from Nigeria.
Why are they so universally terrible, whichever country it is?
Exactly.
I mean, there's some good ones, but I agree with you on that.
But what I did today is crazy.
Tomorrow is the Euros, a big football competition here in Europe hosted by Germany.
I looked at the number one songs from all the 24 countries that are taking place on the Euros and I chose my best five.
And of course, sometimes there are non local artists.
And number one, which means those countries were eliminated, by the way.
I just want to clarify.
We're going to start in Georgia.
This is a little bit exotic and quite interesting.
It's very traditional, ballad heavy.
Let's have a listen to the Ursa Band.