Three Lions
The video to the 1998 version of the song portrays a match between a group of English fans (including Baddiel, Skinner and Lightning Seeds' singer Ian Broudie) and their German equivalents, most of whom have the name "KUNTZ" printed on the back of their football shirts (except for one, who instead has "KLINSMANN"). This was a reference to German player Stefan Kuntz, who had been mocked on Baddiel and Skinner's Fantasy Football television programme and who had previously played an instrumental part in Germany's semi-final victory over England at Wembley in 1996, but caused controversy due to its obvious innuendo, and the segment was often cut by broadcasters. The video also featured cameo appearances from Geoff Hurst, John Regis, Robbie Williams and Chris Evans.
The scene from the video when Frank Skinner dips a ball into custard and pretends it's a world cup trophy, was shown on German TV station Das Erste a few days before the final was to be played.
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UK Charts
- #1 (1996)
- #1 (1998)
- #16 (2002)
- #9 (2006)
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Track listings
Original 1996 CD Single
- "Three Lions" - 3:44
- "Three Lions (Jules Rimet Extend Mix)" - 6:14
- "Three Lions (Karaoke Version)" - 3:45
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Other versions
- Three Lions '98 was re-released for the World Cup in 2002, and again on June 5, 2006 for the World Cup 2006 in Germany. It charted at #9 in the UK Singles Chart in 2006.
- The 2006 rerelease was a DualDisc version with both the original version of Three Lions and Three Lions '98 on the CD side and the music videos for the two songs on the DVD side.
- A Dutch band called "Hermes House Band" made a cover version which is called "Eagles on the shirt" or "Heroes in the shirts"
- A German group of musicians called themself "Die Original Deutschmacher" made a cover version with the title "Das W auf dem Trikot" (The W on the shirt) which became the most popular song of the supporters of the football club Werder Bremen.
- A German comedy duo called "Mundstuhl" made a German cover version with the title "Adler auf der Brust" (The Eagle on the Chest) for the football club Eintracht Frankfurt.
- Rangers Football Club supporters also have this version: "The League Flag's Coming Home."
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See also
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External links
- Lyrics to both versions of the song
- Three Lions sung by a crowd of England Supporters during the European Championships in Portugal 2004
| Preceded by "Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit" by Gina G |
UK Singles Chart Number 1 single May 26, 1996 for 2 weeks |
Succeeded by "Killing Me Softly" by The Fugees |
| Preceded by "C'Est La Vie" by B*Witched |
UK Singles Chart Number 1 single (Three Lions '98) June 14, 1998 for 3 weeks |
Succeeded by "Because We Want To" by Billie |
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