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• Record deals offered for soccer songs  

Jump to full article: Jakarta Post (id), 2009-05-20

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Since rising band The Nunung Cs successfully popularized a soccer-themed song titled "S'pakbola" (soccer) and ended up with a record deal, possibilities have opened up for other over-18s to follow in the same direction.

Earlier this month, the six-crew pop-dangdut band officially signed a contract with cigarette producer PT Djarum Super which had discovered their original song, "Gila Bola Gila Musik" (crazy for soccer, crazy for music), on Facebook.

"S'pakbola" has now become the official song of the Indonesian Super League, Indonesia's top-tier soccer championship.

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