EA FC 26: The best songs from the EA Sports game series – This song was once played on FIFA

The annual hype surrounding the EA Sports soundtrack can be traced back more or less to the Britpop band Blur and their "Song 2." When the fifth version of the game was released in 1998, no one expected to hear the "Woohoo Song" in the FIFA menu. It was released just a few months before the game's release and had to be shortened to the correct length.

With “Rockafeller Skank,” Fatboy Slim conjures up the attitude to life of an entire generation around the turn of the millennium like no other: optimistic, funky, awesome!

The Gorillaz song "19-2000," better known as the "Get the cool shoeshine" song, appeared on their first album in 2001. It's a silly, playful song that encapsulates the absurdity of materialistic consumerism in simple words: "The world is spinning too fast / I'm buying lead Nike shoes / To keep myself tethered / To the days I've tried to lose." Lines that seem to capture the zeitgeist perfectly in FIFA 02.

Rumor has it that FIFA 04 is the best version of the game musically. A glance at the playlist certainly feels like a journey through the best summer of your life. Kasabian's "LSF" melts away all your everyday worries while you ponder which team would be best to start the next match with.

German-language songs rarely find their way into the soundtrack of football video games. Anyone who suddenly recognizes the verse "Ich tausch' nicht mehr (Ich will mein Leben zurück)" from "Guten Tag" by Wir sind Helden in the FIFA menu in 2004 might prick up their ears. It's certainly a catchy tune.

Back then still known under the name “Caesars Palace,” the Swedish pop-rock band Caesars released “Jerk It Out” back in January 2002. The song would not only become another FIFA 04 banger, but would also fall victim to all the commercials of the following decades.

2008. Hopping home from school, knowing no one's here yet and you can play games as long as you want. Whistling "Young Folks" by Peter Bjorn and John. This song is pure nostalgia!

The Hamburg DJ duo Digitalism landed a real hit with "Pogo" in 2007! Covered numerous times, we still hear the song frequently today. Lucky are those whose minds are catapulted to Pirlo, Ronaldinho, and Kaka from FIFA 08. "It's something in the air..."

MGMT brought released their debut album in 2007. Included was "Kids" – a song that found its way into the living rooms of millions of viewers with the introduction of individual goal celebrations in FIFA 09. and today has over a billion streams.

"Breaking Bad" fans should know her: French-Chilean rapper Ana Tijoux impressed the FIFA curators with her song "1977," which landed her on the FIFA 11 soundtrack. And even though the lyrics are a cryptic puzzle for most of us, the song will stay in your head forever.

“I'm on top of the world” is not only what Imagine Dragons lead singer Dan Reynolds thinks, but also everyone who has managed to play the Weekend League through to Sunday lunchtime.

A driving rhythm, melodic piano, brass, and a catchy chorus. Is there anything that "Love Me Again" by John Newman doesn't have? I doubt it. The music experts at EA Sports thought so too, and so the song ended up on the video game's 14th soundtrack.

With "Alive" by Empire of the Sun, FIFA couldn't surprise anyone anymore. Does the song still belong on this list? YEEESSSSSSS.

Avicii is considered the hitmaker of the last decade. It's no surprise, then, that EA Sports chose his songs. "The Nights" represented the 2015 FIFA audience better than any other song.

Kwabs rose to worldwide fame with his song "Walk." Nevertheless, looking at his subsequent releases, one must admit: That was a pretty bad sentence. Let's crown him the best FIFA one-hit wonder!

The fact that Bastille can write anthems became known in the music world, especially after the release of "Pompeii," their most famous song to date. With "Send Them Off!", they not only hit the right note, but also struck a chord with the FIFA 2017 community.

If you ask the internet, they say FIFA 18 is the best-selling version of the computer game. We take the liberty of reproducing this statement and even going one step further: Lorde's "Supercut" leads to record sales of FIFA 18!

Whether this song plays in FIFA 21 or at the kids' disco doesn't really make much difference in the end. The Brazilian saxophone melody from “Bianá” by Bakermat invites you to dance either way.

Empty stadiums, a lack of crowd noise, and pay-per-view broadcasts – Glass Animals' "Heat Waves" evokes some of the few fond memories of the time of closed-door games during the 2021 coronavirus pandemic. Listening to it, PlayStation parties and TikTok dances alternate in your mind's eye. With over three billion streams, the song has achieved the greatest reach of any on this list.

"Feet Don't Fail Me Now" catapults many back to 2022. More specifically, to Wembley Stadium, where England snatched the European Championship title from Germany with a 2-1 win after extra time. The song by Joy Crookes has been named Song of the Tournament by the BBC, among others.

Billie Eilish, along with her brother Finneas, has won just about every music award there is to win. The fact that their songs are also featured in the world's most popular soccer video game probably doesn't bother her at all. In 2025, "Chihiro" was the second time one of their songs was featured in the game.

Italian center forward Moise Kean is officially the first professional player with his own FIFA song—weird flex. "BOMBAY" has made it onto the soundtrack of FC 26 with nearly 600,000 streams. Additionally, the player's overall rating has been raised from 78 to 83. Whether the music jury will have a say in the matter remains a mystery for now.