and Where you Go, We'll Follow - The American Outlaws
TheAmericanOutlaws, Jul 27, 2013
WE LOVE YOU, WE LOVE YOU, WE LOVE YOU
and where you go, We'll Follow!
because we support the U.S.
and that is how we like it!
Video filmed and edited by The New BLK
(http://www.thenewblk.com/) for The American Outlaws!
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Selected comments from this video's discussion thread are found below in this pancocojams post.
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Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post showcases four YouTube videos and presents information & comments about the United States Soccer (Football) Chant "We Like It".
The content of this post is presented for historical, folkloric, and cultural purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to all the supporters of United States soccer (football) and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/06/four-videos-of-football-chant-we-love.html for a closely related pancocojams post that showcases videos and presents information about Crystal Palace (Football club) in South London, England's chant "We Love You".
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SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THIS UNITED STATES SOCCER/FOOTBALL "WE LIKE IT" CHANT
[Pancocojams Editor's Note: This AI Overview is the result of my June 28, 2026 query "Did the American Outlaws soccer support group chant "We Like It" and if so when?]
AI Overview
"Yes, the American Outlaws—the official supporters group for the United
States Men’s and Women’s National Teams—uses both phrases in their staple
"We Love You" chant. They have been singing this chant since at least
the early 2010s.The chant includes a back-and-forth declaration of both loving
the team and the way they play.
The lyrics go:
We love you, we love you, we love you.
And where you go, we’ll follow, we’ll follow, we’ll follow.
Because we support the U.S.! U.S.! U.S.!
And that’s the way we like it! We like it! We love it!"....
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AI Overview #2
[Pancocojams Editor's Note: This AI Overview is the result of my June 28, 2026 request for information about the history of the soccer (football) chant "We Like It" in the United States.]
"United States soccer fans began frequently singing the
"We Like It" chant (which goes: "We support the U.S., U.S.,
U.S., and that's the way we like it, we like it, we love it!") as early as
the 2010s.
History and Popularity
The chant was adapted by American supporters' groups (such
as The American Outlaws) from longer-standing European football and club
chants. It became a staple at USMNT and USWNT matches over the last decade as
American supporter culture grew to mimic the stadium atmospheres of older
soccer nations.
Recent Viral Backlash
The chant recently went viral for the wrong reasons, as
videos of fans singing it surfaced across social media platforms like
Instagram. While US fans view it as a joyful and unifying rallying cry, it
sparked fierce online mockery. Many critics—including international fans and
even NFL stars like Travis and Jason Kelce—ridiculed the song for sounding
overly
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Here's some information from the website of the American Outlaws (United States Soccer support organization):
https://theamericanoutlaws.com/
"The American Outlaws are the largest supporters group for
the United States Men's and Women's National Soccer Teams. Founded in 2007 in
Lincoln, Nebraska, we've grown into one of the largest soccer supporter groups
in the world.
From dive bars in Columbus to sold-out stadiums across the
globe — we follow the red, white, and blue wherever the game takes us. 200+
chapters. 30,000+ members. One voice.”…
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Based on my viewing every 2026 YouTube video of the United States soccer (football) chant "We Like It" that I've come across and based on my reading those videos' discussion threads, it appears to me that most people assume that the "We Like It" chant was just recently composed for this FIFA 2026 World Cup. The 2013 & 2014 videos -among lots of other documentation- disproves that assumption.
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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THE DISCUSSION THREAD FOR SHOWCASE VIDEO #1 [presented at the top of this post]
Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vh_sD1L_Qew
1.@Mayo2205, 2014
"Respect for all the people who are the outlaws, you're spreading the soccer virus... good luck in the WC and maybe one day you'll be champions as the US woman do in some other world cups."
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2. @soccerjay1974, 2014
"Man, I love the American Outlaws! Amazing soccer fans! I'd love to have a soccer conversation with one any day! Lots of love and respect from a hardcore soccer fan in Canada. CHEERS!"
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3. @rodrigomartinalcaraz5410, 2014
"Respect from Argentina ...."
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4. @ThudMcFatass, 2015
"United We Play. United We Win. #USMNT
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5. @jasonwood8023, 2017
"Crystal Palace called and said they want their chant back"
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6. @ryanbeltran9413, 2022
"This is actually a nice ass chant. We need more of this in
American sports."
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SHOWCASE VIDEO #2 - and that's the way we like it chant, World Cup America
Adane - Ethiopian Food, Jul 2, 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVuiSzPomhs
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Here are some comments from this video's discussion thread (with numbers added for referencing purposes only).
@PawsitiveMoments67, 2020
"People from the US sing the chant so bad"
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My guess is that this commenter is comparing this singing with how fans of South London's football club Crystal Palace sing their very similar chant called "We Love It".
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2. @christopherarnold3912, 2022
"America has real football fans! I never realised!"
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3. @luitaurus, 2023
"OK, that was surprising! never thought that gringos really like the original football, or as you call it: "soccer" .... Im just here because I listened this song in the Opening Ceremony of Qatar 2022"
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4. @patdogg1978
"What song is this originally from?"
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5. @ancient6676, 2023
"I think it's a Crystal Palace chant."
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There's still a debate about whether this chant was first sung by American soccer fans or by England's Crystal Palace football fans. It appears that both of these groups of fans sung their very similar chant in the 2010s.
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6. @ortros1, 2025
"Wasn't that from singing nuns (or something like that) with whoopi goldberg?"
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Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCUaurC2ri8 for a YouTube video of the first Sister Act movie (in 1992) when Whoopi Goldberg (pretending to be a nun) and other nuns sang "I Will Follow Him" during a program for the pope.
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7. @mahersabit9265, June 2026
"their chant was just as bad back then too huh"
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8. @roryr9767, June 2026
"@ortros1 I will follow him by Peggy March
9.
"Soulless."
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10. @bilboquetcool, June 2026
"Bunch of idiots ahah just quit with that flat chant and let
real football fans.
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SHOWCASE VIDEO #3- This is the best chant the 🇺🇸 United States can come up with? 😄⚽
@LIONZDENOFFICIAL, June 12, 2026
At the FIFA World Cup 2026, USA fans are bringing their own style of energy — simple, loud, and impossible to ignore! 🔥🎶 Whether it’s classic chants or viral crowd moments, the atmosphere in the stands is all part of the show.
And when the stadium is packed, even the simplest chant turns into something massive! 🌎🏆😂
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Here are a few comments from this video's discussion thread. All of these comments were published in June 2026. Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.
https://youtube.com/shorts/whXSmReQXJY?si=8rYG7fkcafumciEW @LI
1. @christophergarriga3979
"Yeah we gotta go back to the drawing board on this one."
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2. @michaelvandenberg7938
"😂😂😂😂"
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3. @SilasIsaac-m5f
"Oh SH.T USA is going to get VIOLATED disrespectly and fiercely by UK football fans, this chants sounds like cheerleaders 😂😂😂😂WTF was USA thinking"
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This is the way this comment is written in that discussion thread.
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SHOWCASE VIDEO #4 - American Reacts: The USA World Cup Chant That Has Europe Laughing
World Cup fan culture around the world vs the US World Cup
chant. Europe has been perfecting
football chants for decades. America just came up with
theirs — and it's going to take some
getting used to.
AI-generated video summary...
G Lew explores how various nations express fan passion
through unique World Cup chants. By reviewing and comparing these musical
traditions from around the globe, G Lew highlights the cultural differences in
soccer fandom as excitement builds for the upcoming international tournament.
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A very brief clip of United States fans chanting "We Like It" is found around 10:33 in this video (and at a few other times in that video.
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Here are some comments from this video's discussion thread (with numbers given for referencing purposes only)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l2hGHLXCAk
All of these comments were published in June 2026
1.@fairytail7093
"That US chant is going viral and not in a good way 🤣🤣🤡🤡🤣🤣"
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2. @username_126
"It's so so cringe. But even the US fans don't seem to be enthused by it at all? It seems like whoever is recording is singing and then everyone else looks fairly bored"
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3. @gerardflynn3899
"The US chant is utterly pitiful."
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4. @IainStewart1972
"Everyone elses fan chants have evolved organically over decades and are a targeted psycological weapon to intimidate, or at least distract, the other team. The american chant feels like someone in a corporate office used chat gpt to write something as inoffensive and perforatively positive as possible. They failed, and ended up with this cringe-inducing nightmare. 0/10, should not chant again."
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5. @JED-v8q
"I don't think the us chant is that bad.
It's just the execution."
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6. @jeffbridges8681
"Because you're thinking of cheerleading
chants. In football chanting is very different. That's why it doesn't work."
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7. @veronicapedraza4324
"😢That can’t be Americans. Since when did Americans become so tone deaf!? Our actual cheerleaders even sound better than, our soccer supporters. We need to get one of our marching bands out there, or like someone else in the comments suggested, have some of our military cadence style chants!"
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8. @johndodd6492
"You can't write a chant, it has to happen independantly and
organically, by the fans. The chant has
to come into being on its own. The US chant is artificial because it is
manufactured to counter better ones, by people who just don't understand
football culture"
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9. @helenamcginty4920
"Chants should come from the fans. Not some corporate think
tank."
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10. @TheRealVarzens
"I thought the "I believe that we will win" chant
was the pinnacle of cringe chants. Boy, was I wrong"
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11. @Gudatema
"Bruh, stick with USA USA USA at this point. American do care
fans are embarrassing us 😂😂"
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12. @rhodaarrindell591
"Needs soul"
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13. @Howard-nx2ip
"I may be wrong here,
but I'm going to guess that this "chant" was dreamt up by a straight
white guy. I could be wrong though."
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14. @Suzanne-r5g7z
"Who let the kindergarten class come up with the US chant 😂"
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15. @teronward7570
"That's what happens when the
Euro-Americans make up chants no spice."
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16. @louisehancock324
"Embarrassing. We are a multicultural
country, so the chant should have a lot more flavor."
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17. @WildnUnruly
"Do we actually care? Nope. 🙂↔️ 👎"
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18. @jonathanj.3695
"I feel like our US chant should have something to do with our heritage and patriotism. Make it sound like our national anthem, because this...this is just embarrassing."
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19 .@southbug27
"As an American who knows nothing about soccer & didn’t know anything about club chants before this video, the ruthless mocking of the USA chant is well deserved. I’m sure some team of corporate douche bags created it so please mock it out of existence & allow some of the dedicated American soccer fans invent something better."
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20. @bruceleealmighty
"The only suggestion I would have is get a Jodie that you like and work it. Jodie (Military Cadence) I would suggest using HooAh (because I'm Army but I suppose the Dogg Pound calls would be worthy as well."
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21. @owleye4510
"😬 yeah...no. Give us a couple
decades of caring about soccer and maybe we'll do better 😅
Just stick with U.S.A., the seven nation
army riff or idk ask a high school cheerleader for a decent chant."
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22. @G-maBandaid
"Who cares what they Chant, it is about chanting together,
quit being so critical!"
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23. @janiemarshall7928
"USA should have stolen/appropriated something better from
the FBA community( Like they USUALLY do).
Embarrassing."
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"FBA "= "Foundational Black Americans", a relatively new referent for Black people who can trace at least one of their ancestors to the United States prior to the end of slavery in that country.
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24. @Violette-t6h
"It sounds like the soccer moms helped write this. But as someone said, it could be a
cheerleader chant.
The European male soccer fans are testosterone males and
having fun with their mates. They make
them up, but they also sing popular songs like "Country Roads" and
other popular songs. They also insult
some of the players - like the English who went after a player who was in
trouble with the police for molesting kids.
The US have time to come up with something - or not."
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25. @blackstorm6416
"Finally the icing on the cake USA has embarrassed themselves
in the WORLD stage😂😂😂 US
will be the WORLD CHAMPION for the MOST EMBARRASSING football chant😅😅😅"
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26. @richardengland7138
"Sorry USA but it's like watching a nerd trying to mix with
the cool kids."
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27. @Jerry-v6e1m
"If we cared about soccer are chant would
be better"
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28. @zeeqq105
"Calling Soccer is ok. I don’t have an issue with that. With all the talent in this country and they came up with that crap. 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️You couldn’t call Timberland or use “We will Rock you” by Queen as a default song. Come on! we have great music here. That sounds like a pep rally at a daycare."
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29. @pilar3625
"I mean it is bad I agree, we have to give it to them for trying. Keep in mind US has never been or exposed to the world cups until pretty recent. at least many are starting to understand and embrace it. who knows, maybe for the next couple of world cups you will come up with better chants.
Remember the rest of the world we make fun of the other teams, we insult our politicians in fun way we have chants for other teams from our own countries for fun and we respond to each other’s chants right in the stadiums. I guess what I am trying to say is be patient you will come up with something 🤞"
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30. @sandracocchi7082
"You no Im tired of people talking like America knows nothing about soccer. My kids played soccer in the 80s. They are now 40... there are thousands of soccer clubs and teams all over the USA..".
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31. @BrBr980
"Can we please leave the chant writing in
the US up to Black folks?"
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32. @stevepotempa7835
"That USA chant is Horrible!!"
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33. @pitbullmom2005
"That's bad... Don't embarrass the. US by
chanting this crap."
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34. @nolandlacroix3130
"Damn they should have checked a rapper or the black
church....Stevie wonder, even Kid Rock😂😂😂"
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35. @JohnDuarte-dx8kx
"A cheer based on "I will follow him" is not worth
using at any level, let alone the WC."
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36. @paulgearing3018
"Its a fairly old chant But as corny as it seems, its very
efective when huge numbers chant in unison And the defining factor is the man
with the drum, I am English living in Austalia and i am 78, But to my
knowledge, a drum has only be used in about the last 10-15years. en mass these
days"
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37. @caseyhazelman2390
"It wasn’t created for the World Cup. The American Outlaws
have been chanting this for years."
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38. @caseyhazelman2390
"It’s a take on the 1963 hit song I Will Follow Him."
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39. @nelsonlourenco3781
"Here is the difference: In Europe a Futebol (soccer) game is
a WAR! In the US, it’s just an enjoyable event😊😊"
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40. @justsad-1392
"Football chants are war cries. They are organic.
The USA could surely come
wth something less twee!"
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41. @markwinstanley4898
"Sorry, USA the song you supposedly made up is actually in
English song, sung by several clubs the artist back in the 50s or 60s. I think
it was called Little Eva it’s been sung at quite a few clubs Palace and
Peterborough come to mind go find the song on YouTube and you will see what I
mean. Come on England. Come on England. Come on England come on England ALAW
MOT"
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42. @davidcain5687
"Your going to have England and Scotland
there DO NOT sing that in front of them cause they’ll end up making a chant
about you"
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43. @Songfugel
"The US chant is not even original, but directly stolen from
"I Will Follow Him" by Little Peggy March. The same part is also a
famous sample used in Eminem's mega-hit Guilty Conscience with Dre"
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44. @artsandcraftsideasshowinga5121
"The USA chant is in fact an English football club chant the
team being Crystal Palace, the Americans have changed the words though."
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45. @559mile
"Oh man that is some weak sauce…. How
about we change it to “we like it, we love it, we want some more of it” "
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46. @PaulDear-jb2bu
"This U.S. song has been sung by England
fans for years, but in a more tuneful way, though it's not a song i
particularly like. The U.S. are bloody awful with their chants, though, in the
game v Australia, the USA, USA chant was split into single letters with gaps in
between and it sounded quite Nordic to me. Uuuu
Ssss Aaaa, Uuuu Ssss Aaaa. That
was more like it. But the Americans have still got a long way to go yet."
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47. @Jules-x1984
"Soccer fan here, I don't find the US chant as bad as you
pretend it is. These critics are obviously the regular unadaptable, always
against the US, no matter how much they benefit from this country.
In short for this people anything in the USA is bad."
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48. @painterguylincs
"The best chants are the random ones that emerge spontaneously in direct response to something that just happened on the pitch or in the crowd. If you have to think about it, it simply doesn't work. Creating a chant as a conscious effort is completely missing the point, and if you don't know what the point is sorry but I don't have a hundred years to explain it to you. If you're not part of the culture, don't try to gatecrash it because you'll just look like an idiot."
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49. @wim2445
"🎵I love him, I love him,
I love him
And where He goes I'll follow, I'll follow, I'll follow 🎵"
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50. @Songfugel
"This chant will forever ruin Eminem's Guilty Conscience 😢"
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51. @octopusfly
"The cringe is real."
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