Seeing as we're approaching the end of the decade, along with the release of Fifa 20 - I thought it would be "interesting" to make a list of my favourite Fifa songs of this decade.
I'm unlikely to buy the next game, as my enjoyment of the franchise has slowly deteriorated over the decade (mostly thanks to FUT), but the tunes have been fairly consistent and great.
It was fairly nostalgic for me to go through the soundtracks to these games, and to be honest I would give EA Sports a lot of credit for how these playlists are curated. Personally, music will always come before both football and video games, so I've always had a great appreciation for their soundtrack.
Obviously, this just my personal list and feel free to critique or create a list of your own
Here We go!:
20. Billie Eilish - you should see me in a crown (Fifa 19)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah0Ys50CqO8
19. Two Door Cinema Club - I Can Talk (Fifa 11)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGmqDLJekBE
18. Foster The People - Call It What You Want (Fifa 12)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1prhCWO_518
17. Band Horses - Feud (Fifa 13)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0WTSxJd9mU
16. Metric - Gold Guns Girls (Fifa 10)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRtd8ArvH_s
15. Death From Above 1979 - Crystal Ball (Fifa 15)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts9bFvyFaoI
14. The Vaccines - Wreckin' Bar (Ra Ra Ra) / Blow It Up (Fifa 12)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sOq6Rrre7c
13. The Strokes - Machu Picchu (Fifa 12)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkH-G01x9Po
12. Vampire Weekend - Worship You (Fifa 14)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJifFgMkMTE
11. Nine Inch Nails - Copy Of A (Fifa 14)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVB_DI4ajKA
10. The xx - Dangerous (Fifa 18)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZCCey_22ws
9. Foals - My Number (Fifa 14)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRR_pvZcu-o
8. Chvrches - We Sink (Fifa 14)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0W57Sydlf8
7. Beck - Dreams (Fifa 16)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-COVcMZL8E
6. MGMT - Flash Delirium (Fifa 11)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvSMp7T2Kes
5. Little Dragon - Night Light (Fifa 12)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYoqmekjTIU
4. Kasabian - Club Foot (Fifa 13)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk5iMgG-WJI
3. LCD Soundsystem - I Can Change (Fifa 11)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW8FKkVnqng
2. The National - The System Only Dreams In Total Darkness (Fifa 18)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O6duDDkhis
1. Crystal Castles feat Robert Smith - Not in Love (Fifa 12)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32udqal_lyQ
Honourable Mention:
Blur - Song 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSbBvKaM6sk
20 Best Fifa Songs of the decade
posted on 17/8/19
Can't believe nobody has mentioned Fuego by Bomba Estereo from I think Fifa 13. Don't understand a word she's going on about but could never resist attempting to try sing along to it.
That Tom Grennan one from 18 is a beaut too.
posted on 17/8/19
comment by BruceAndPally (U8201)
posted 11 hours ago
comment by There'sOnlyOneRed's (U1721)
posted 31 minutes ago
comment by The Black Hawk War, or, How to Demolish an Ent... (U16342)
posted 1 minute ago
Lol so many Song 2 fans...
It's best songs of the decade people!!
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I didn't realise it was so long ago. Holy crap.
I got the first FIFA when it came out(international 94 I believe) and it genuinely felt like the Song 2 one was a lifetime after it. Turns out it was the 98 one which I remember was highly geared towards the World Cup in France, which i attended.
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FIFA International was the first game in the franchise, I had it on the Mega Drive and played two-player with a friend all the time. You could score from like 40-50 yards out, regularly, or just pump it up the pitch and volley it in.
FIFA '98 was cool, the button which would let you crop people, which usually led to a straight red but was good if you were getting hammered and just wanted to take it out on the other team, I think it was the first game with different stadiums?
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I had 94 for the Super Nintendo but it was 95 on the Mega Drive that had me hooked. It still didn't have the licenses for the real names but you knew who was who.
I used to call round to my uncle's, who's a massive United fan. I was ten years old and we used the have very heated games against each other. He was 30 but hugely competitive no matter who he was playing
He used the score with the number 7 who of course was Cantana and do the whole oh ah Cantana chant in my face. So one day I called round when he was at work and transferred Cantona from France into Liverpool, so we both had him. I set the game up and was winning whilst he was getting angrier and angrier that I had Cantona in my team and then it happened. I popped up right on the corner of the 18 yard box where basically every goal was scored from in the 95 and 95 game and popped it into the top corner and got in his face oh ah Cantona. He kicked me out. When I got home he was on the phone to my mum telling her that I was banned from his house for transferring Cantona into the Liverpool team. I repeat, he was 30 years old!
posted on 17/8/19
The Strokes - Machu Picchu.
posted on 18/8/19
Some of these choices are meh. Some of my favourites off Fifa are Fatboyslim- rockafellar skank on Fifa 99, Gorillaz- 99/2000 remix Fifa 2002. Lostprophets- Burn Burn on Fifa 2004, The Caesers- Jerk it out on Fifa 2004.
posted on 18/8/19
Sorry mine are choices from Fifa in general not in the last decade. I'll have a think about the last decade.
posted on 18/8/19
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posted on 21/8/19
comment by Arsenal_49 (U10665)
posted 2 days, 16 hours ago
Some of these choices are meh. Some of my favourites off Fifa are Fatboyslim- rockafellar skank on Fifa 99, Gorillaz- 99/2000 remix Fifa 2002. Lostprophets- Burn Burn on Fifa 2004, The Caesers- Jerk it out on Fifa 2004.
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I don't like Lost Prophets for obvious reasons.
posted on 21/8/19
comment by Arsenal_49 (U10665)
posted 2 days, 22 hours ago
Some of these choices are meh. Some of my favourites off Fifa are Fatboyslim- rockafellar skank on Fifa 99, Gorillaz- 99/2000 remix Fifa 2002. Lostprophets- Burn Burn on Fifa 2004, The Caesers- Jerk it out on Fifa 2004.
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*in voice of the OP* What part of last decade don't you grasp
posted on 21/8/19
Seriously, some of you guys don't seem to read the bloody article titles...
posted on 21/8/19
comment by Arsenal_49 (U10665)
posted 2 days, 23 hours ago
Some of these choices are meh. Some of my favourites off Fifa are Fatboyslim- rockafellar skank on Fifa 99, Gorillaz- 99/2000 remix Fifa 2002. Lostprophets- Burn Burn on Fifa 2004, The Caesers- Jerk it out on Fifa 2004.
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Now these choices are just bad...
Lostprophets