Lightning Seeds
‘It’s a song about losing!’ Skinner, Baddiel and Broudie on 26 years of Three Lions – and bringing it up to date
As a new version of the England anthem is released to coincide with the World Cup, the trio talk about the glory days, patriotism and why they won’t be going to Qatar
Sam Wollaston
20, Nov, 2022 @2:00 PM
‘My teenage hormones were raging!’: stars salute the Beatles’ Love Me Do at 60
It confused Gene Simmons, inspired Judy Collins and changed one pop star’s mum’s haircut. Here, musicians recall the impact of the Beatles’ debut single
Interviews by Dave Simpson
03, Oct, 2022 @10:59 AM
Three Lions anthem could be ‘put to bed’ after Euro 2022 win, says David Baddiel
Women have reset clock after more than five decades of pain, says comedian who co-wrote 1996 song
Geneva Abdul
01, Aug, 2022 @9:46 AM
‘It’s maybe about Denise van Outen’ – the Coral on how they made Dreaming of You
‘I wrote it at my nan’s house in five minutes. All our hits were done like that’
Interviews by Andy Welch
21, Mar, 2022 @2:50 PM
Winning team, winning melodies: Euro 2020 and terrace anthems
From Sweet Caroline to Southgate You’re the One, England supporters’ songs have a less macho feel these days
Gabriel Szatan
10, Jul, 2021 @1:00 PM
‘That’s a belter!’ Three Lions and football singalongs storm the charts
Volley of fan favourites including Sweet Caroline and Atomic Kitten’s Whole Again climb the table ahead of Sunday’s Euros final
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
09, Jul, 2021 @5:00 PM
From New Order to Chris Kamara: England’s best and worst tournament songs
England football songs have run the gamut of emotions from misty-eyed hope to the musical expression of deep psychological malaise
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
09, Jun, 2021 @5:00 AM
How we made Three Lions: David Baddiel and Ian Broudie on England’s Euro 96 anthem
‘I heard German fans singing it after they knocked England out. I had to resist throwing a TV out of the window’
David Baddiel and Rich Pelley
07, Jun, 2021 @1:47 PM
Never stopped me dreaming: how Euro 96 illuminated our world
Twenty-five years ago, when football last came home, the Euros captured the hope and spirit of the time. Is there any chance this year’s tournament can do the same?
Simon Hattenstone
05, Jun, 2021 @7:00 AM
Lightning Seeds review – jubilant Britpop sweeps away years of hurt
Sage, Gateshead
Playing greatest hits alongside the whole of hit album Jollification, Ian Broudie moves past the trauma of recent years to arrive at soulful, lysergic pop
Playing greatest hits alongside the whole of hit album Jollification, Ian Broudie moves past the trauma of recent years to arrive at soulful, lysergic pop
Dave Simpson
13, Mar, 2020 @12:06 PM
Three Lions breaks records to top the UK singles chart for a fourth time
Campaign to get Green Day’s American Idiot in the charts to mark Donald Trump’s UK visit falls short as single stalls at No 25
Laura Snapes
13, Jul, 2018 @5:00 PM
No expense spared as England prepares for World Cup semi-final
From private jets to M&S waistcoats, open mosques to closed supermarkets, football fever grips the nation
Nazia Parveen, Alexandra Topping and Henry Jones
10, Jul, 2018 @6:07 PM
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