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Harry Kane and teammates of England sing the Oasis hit "Wonderwall" following their victory after the FIFA World Cup 2026 Quarter Final match against Norway at Miami Stadium on July 11, 2026 in Miami Gardens, Florida.
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The England men’s football team didn’t commission an official anthem for this year’s FIFA World Cup, but perhaps the answer was staring them in the face all along. After every match in the Three Lions’ current unbeaten run in the tournament, the team have lined up in front of their traveling supporters and been serenaded with one of the most popular rock songs in history: Oasis’ 1995 classic “Wonderwall.”
The song has since experienced a remarkable uptick in streams and sales; at the time of writing, the song is up to No. 2 on the Spotify’s top 50 global chart, trailing only Shakira and Burna Boy’s “Dai Dai,” an official anthem for the tournament. It has leapt 20 places week-on-week on the U.K.’s Official Singles Chart and could go even further and best its previous best of No. 2. Fan edits of the team celebrating have flooded TikTok and Instagram feeds. (Even in the States, its streams are way up: “Wonderwall” collected 1.3 million official on-demand U.S. streams on Sunday, July 12 — the day after England’s quarterfinal victory over Norway — a 108% gain over the 605,000 streams the song posted the prior Sunday, according to early data provided by Luminate.)
