We’re Grammy and Oscar winners who have worked with the biggest selling artists ever and have written Tottenham Europa League final song

Tottenham Hotspur fans are already dreaming of ending their 17-year trophy drought – and two award-winning musicians have added to their excitement.

With Spurs preparing for their Europa League final against Manchester United on Wednesday night – live on talkSPORT – two supporters have created an anthem that could soon become part of the club’s folklore.

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Songwriter and record producers Paul Epworth and Jimmy Napes have combined together to release a song titled ‘To Dare Is To Do’ – the same name as Spurs’ motto.

The duo have won a whopping nine Grammy awards between them [six for Epworth, three for Napes].

Meanwhile, the pair have each scooped an Academy award [Oscar] as well as a Golden Globe for their part in two of James Bond’s iconic opening songs.

Epworth worked alongside Adele for her rendition of ‘Skyfall’ for the 2012 movie of the same name, while Napes collaborated with Sam Smith for ‘Writing’s on the Wall’ for the film ‘Spectre’ three years later.

And now the duo have worked together to release a Spurs-inspired song that they hope will rival anthems such as Chas & Dave’s ‘Glory, Glory Tottenham Hotspur,’ ‘Ossie’s Dream,’ and ‘Hot Shot Tottenham’.

Tottenham-supporting choir members supply the main vocals for the track along with the help of 27 children from the Epworth and Napes’ own children’s schools.

The pair appeared on talkSPORT’s Hawksbee and Baker show to discuss their new song, which is now available on all major platforms.

Commenting on the track, Epworth was quick to comment on them being the modern-day Chas & Dave, as he joked: “We did think about calling it Jimmy and Paul, because it had a bit of a ring to it.”

Napes then quipped: “Yeah, the new Chas & Dave.”

Describing how the song came about, Napes said: “We went to the pub, actually, a few years ago and just having a chat, because we obviously both work in music.

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“We were like, ‘Maybe we should do something together.’ We talked about various artists that we’re working with. We were like, ‘No, sod that, let’s write a song for Tottenham.’

Interjecting, Epworth then remarked: “And you were kind of joking. I was like, ‘Yeah, we sort of need a new song.’ And I was like, ‘What would you call it?’ He went, ‘To Dare Is To Do?’ and I was like, ‘Ahh, we’re in.’

“Ten minutes later and with three pints, we had half the lyrics and then ditched most of them, but we sort of realised there was legs in it.

“You can rhyme To Dare Is To Do with 1882 [the year Tottenham were founded], we’re off and away!”

Attention then turned to Spurs’ north London rivals Arsenal, who have adopted Louis Dunford’s ‘The Angel’ as their unofficial anthem, where it has been played before every home match starting from the closing stages of the 2021/22 season.

Discussing the song, Epworth said, ‘Well that is the bar,’ with Napes then stating: “To get the song played before the games and have all other fans berate it and say how rubbish it is – that’s the bar!'”

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Explaining why they have written the song, Napes then said: “I just think it’s important to do what you love, really, and I love Tottenham, so I just thought we’d make a love letter to Tottenham.

“Thought it would be fun, and like, wherever anything comes of it now, we’ll recommend it.”

Jumping in, Epworth pointed out that the writing process begun during the early stages of Ange Postecoglou’s Spurs career which begun in 2023 – and was only finished earlier this month,

He remarked: “We did start it, I think it was during the early days of Ange’s tenure at the club, and we were winning all the time.

“We thought, ‘Let’s write a song for Tottenham, everything’s going the right direction,’ and then, kind of, gradually, the wheels came off.

“So we sort of sat on the hard drive for a bit, and we were like, ‘Should we finish that song?’ and he was like, ‘Yeah maybe later,’ and about two weeks ago, we were like, ‘Better finish that song.'”

Epworth then insisted how he hopes Spurs-mad Adele will be signing along to it in the future, while declaring how he wishes the song resonates with the Tottenham fanbase.

He said: “Maybe she’ll sing it one day, I don’t know, you hope that. I think our main thing was that we wanted to write something that the fans loved nd they wanted to sing it for themselves.

“And actually they felt it in their hearts and it actually would mean something and hopefully we’ve done the job.”

Highlighting how they have set themselves up for disappointment, Napes then stated: “It’s also not lost on me how brave this is to put this out ahead of the game, so let’s see where we get to!

“We need the team to do the business as well.”

The Europa League final is live on talkSPORT from 8pm on 21 May

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