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Watching the World Cup and hearing the music in the stadium may have left you wondering how is that chosen?
Is it just coincidence that ‘Wonderwall’ plays after England matches? Are ‘Freed from Desire’ or ‘Livin’ on a Prayer’ always played? And why? The songs are not random.
Hundreds more than 750, in fact, according to soccer governing body FIFA are chosen in advance. FIFA has a “Stadium Entertainment Team” that works with the participating national associations to create playlists that mix stadium classics with country-specific favourites.
Each team has a “signature” song played when the line-up is announced, a warm-up song, and a track that is played if they score a goal. And one set of fans after each game gets to sing along to the post-match winning-team tune.
