A SWEDISH-based songwriter from the Highlands is hopeful that the Blue Brazil will Take a Chance on a newly-penned track in their honour.

Neil Grant, who now lives in Gothenburg, is keeping his fingers crossed that Cowdenbeath will say Thank You for the Music and adopt an anthem he wrote for a club he says is "impossible not to like".

Including references to the town's past, such as when it earned the nickname 'The Chicago of Fife' after its population grew significantly between the mid-1800s and the start of the First World War, the upbeat song includes a chorus that Neil says can be "easily chanted and remembered".

By day Neil, 40, works for a large science company but is also a drummer with psychobilly band 'Test Pilots', whose music is quite different from one of the country's most famous exports, ABBA.

While he has been recording and performing within what he said was the "underground world" of heavy metal music, Neil says his passion for Scottish football led to him writing songs for clubs close to his heart.

"As a Hearts fan living in Culbokie in the Black Isle, I thought I'd try writing a club song for my local team, Ross County, in 2015 as an experiment," he explained.

"The ultimate goal of the project was really to get it played at one of their games. However, the club embraced the track so much that it ended up becoming a regular match-day fixture, exceeding even my expectations!

"So, encouraged by the Ross County success, I decided to target other clubs which I have a soft spot for; Cowdenbeath, St Johnstone and Hamilton Accies. It's impossible not to like Cowdenbeath as they are such a down-to-earth club with the one of the coolest nicknames in world football, so choosing them was a no-brainer!

"Basically I love Scottish football and I love music, so I thought, why not combine the two?"

With a chorus containing the lyrics "come on the Cowdenbeath, we are the Blue Brazil", it's an easy tune for the terrace diehards to tap along to, and Neil believes keeping it simple is key to hitting the right note for a football song.

"Unlike some of the more complicated music I usually write, I think the key in writing a good football track is not to over-think it, keep it simple and try to include a chorus that can be easily chanted and remembered," he continued.

"It's challenging and fun in its own way. The songs normally start from a wordless-melody that I sing into my phone, before taking it into my studio and laying down a drum-track with 'that melody' in the back of my mind.

"It's then just a case of building it up from there. It's nice having 100 per cent control as I play all the instruments myself and I always like to include some bagpipes in it too for that extra sense of Scottishness!

"As it stands, Cowdenbeath FC have been in contact and the track will be formally discussed at next week's board meeting."