Article 5JRH7 How we made Three Lions: David Baddiel and Ian Broudie on England’s Euro 96 anthem

How we made Three Lions: David Baddiel and Ian Broudie on England’s Euro 96 anthem

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David Baddiel and Rich Pelley
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I heard German fans singing it after they knocked England out. I had to resist throwing a TV out of the window'

I knew that New Order had done a football song [Italia 1990's World in Motion], but I was hesitant when the FA asked me to do Euro 96. Fantasy Football with Frank Skinner and David Baddiel was big on TV at the time, so I thought they should sing it and the band could go uncredited. But everybody was like, No. It's got to be the Lightning Seeds as well."

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