#9 Is 'Three Lions' the best football song?

World Cup Special: Analysing 'Three Lions' by David Baddiel, Frank Skinner and the Lightning Seeds, and other great football songs

Join us for a special World Cup-themed episode as we discuss 'Three Lions' by David Baddiel, Frank Skinner and the Lightning Seeds, released 30 years ago for Euro 1996. As we contemplate sixty years of hurt, we discuss the song's iconic 'it's coming home' hook, Britpop vibes and 60s-tinged sound. Is it the song's nostalgic sense of sentimentality that makes it so enduring? And why do so many people now interpret 'Three Lions' - a self-deprecating song about losing and disappointment - with jingoism, gloating and and triumphalism?

We also talk about football culture, sentimentality, masculinity and football hipsterism, and we discuss other football songs, including 'World in Motion' by New Order, 'You'll Never Walk Alone', 'I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles' and 'Going Home' (the theme from Local Hero) by Mark Knopfler.

Also featuring an exclusive performance of 'The Greasy Chip Butty Song' (the Sheffield United anthem) by James.