Three Lions
10 July 2018
What if I told you “it’s coming home”? You’re likely to either roll your eyes or sing along with me. This one song is both uniting the English nation and annoying the rest of the world or anyone who isn’t interested in football. After 28 years, England have made it through to the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup and we are just insanely proud and hopeful about our chances of winning the tournament.
With our rising excitement and enthusiasm for the team, the legendary ‘Three Lions’ anthem by Baddiel, Skinner & Lightning Seeds is being sung loud and proud. We still believe. The lyrics speak of the unwavering confidence for England to once again bring football home, as they did in 1966, despite their many failures over the years.
The song was originally released in 1996 as England hosted the European Championships and then again an updated version was released in 1998 to support England during the World Cup in which they reached the round of 16. The Squad also released a 2010 version for the FIFA World Cup where England again only reached the round of 16. There have been many more re-releases and versions of the song, however the original still remains the most notorious.
‘Three Lions’ is currently at #24 in the official UK singles chart and is still climbing. The trend is not just being confined to football viewers, but is sweeping across many other interests and situations. Justin Timberlake chanted “it’s coming home” to his audience at the O2 Arena, he also shared a surprising announcement that being an “honorary Brit” he will air the England’s semi-final match at his concert on July 12th. George Ezra has also caught football fever as he tells fans to buy the ‘Three Lions’ song and knock his own ‘Shotgun” single off the #1 spot! Fans have also been having fun adapting old songs into England chants, this includes a rework of “Whole Again” by Atomic Kitten which band member Natasha Hamilton also recorded and shared through social media.
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