Theme
Songs about national identity
Interpretations from our editorial team that explore this theme.
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David Baddiel, Frank Skinner & The Lightning Seeds
Three Lions
A fan's hopeful lament that clings to the memory of England's 1966 World Cup win while bracing for another tournament heartbreak
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Fat Les
Vindaloo
A deliberately daft England football chant that turns curry, tea and family into a mock-anthem of national self-identification for the 1998 World Cup
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Baddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds & The Lightning Seeds
Three Lions (It's Coming Home for Christmas)
A festive, self-mocking update of the 1996 England anthem that pivots from men's tournament heartbreak to the Lionesses' triumph and a Qatar World Cup rescheduled into December