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On The Table Read, “the best entertainment magazine in the UK“, LiveFootballTickets have ranked the 10 best soundtrack to FIFA songs based on Spotify and YouTube streams.
Every FIFA fan recognises the significance of the game’s soundtrack to the overall gaming experience. Over the years, the game’s soundtrack has served as the backdrop to many people’s lives, and hearing those songs transports them back to simpler times in their childhood, unlocking cherished memories.
The soundtrack always seems to find the perfect mix of music, whether it’s introducing new artists to a wider audience or promoting popular chart-topping hits. But is there a song on FIFA that we prefer more than others?
Given that FIFA 23 will be the final FIFA due to licencing issues, Livefootballtickets.com decided there was no better time to crown the best FIFA song of all time. They accomplished this by analysing Spotify streams and YouTube views for 865 songs from every FIFA release between 1993 and 2022, then combining the two factors to generate an overall index score of 100.
The Best FIFA Song of All Time
| Rank | Song | Artist | Game | Spotify streams | YouTube views | Total index score |
| 1 | The Nights | AVICII | FIFA 2015 | 1,138,670,665 | 888,839,890 | 99.8 |
| 2 | Heat Waves | Glass Animals | FIFA 2021 | 1,870,718,217 | 367,945,477 | 99.65 |
| 3 | Way Down We Go | Kaleo | FIFA 2016 | 633,590,971 | 480,227,644 | 99.55 |
| 4 | Love Me Again | John Newman | FIFA 2014 | 484,817,419 | 914,433,446 | 99.45 |
| =5 | On Top of the World | Imagine Dragons | FIFA 2013 | 671,300,276 | 311,628,414 | 99.35 |
| =5 | you should see me in a crown | Billie Eilish | FIFA 2019 | 684,588,305 | 257,407,774 | 99.35 |
| 6 | Yo x Ti, Tu x Mi | ROSALÍA & Ozuna | FIFA 2020 | 458,405,738 | 462,708,656 | 99.15 |
| 7 | Genius | LSD (Feat. Labrinth, Sia & Diplo) | FIFA 2019 | 375,981,783 | 313,292,671 | 98.95 |
| 8 | Kids | MGMT | FIFA 2009 | 590,797,223 | 159,067,521 | 98.85 |
| 9 | Song 2 | Blur | FIFA 98 | 550,673,286 | 151,287,231 | 98.55 |
| 10 | Feels Like Summer | Childish Gambino | FIFA 2019 | 241,394,120 | 267,430,864 | 98.45 |
For the full dataset of songs please click here and for the Spotify playlist with the top 50 songs click here.
AVICII
According to livefootballtickets.com, The Nights by AVICII is the best FIFA song of all time, with an index score of 99.8 out of 100. The song produced by the legendary Swedish DJ is filled with nostalgia and a beautiful message to enjoy every moment in life, has 1,138,670,665 Spotify streams and 888,839,890 YouTube views.
Glass Animals
Glass Animals‘ Heat Waves comes in second with an index score of 99.65 out of 100. EA is certainly known for its good music selection and the success of Heat Waves was no different with the song blowing up worldwide, earning over 1.8 billion Spotify streams and over 367 million YouTube views.
Kaleo
In third is Way Down We Go by Kaleo from FIFA 16 with 633,590,971 Spotify streams and 480,227,644 YouTube views which equalled an index score of 99.55. Due to its cinematic nature and perfect build up, the hit single from the Icelandic band is a great fit for the game, allowing FIFA players to get in focus for their next match.
FIFA songs
Love Me Again by John Newman is fourth with an index score of 99.45 (484 million Spotify streams and 914 million YouTube views), and On Top of the World by Imagine Dragons and You Should See Me in a Crown by Billie Eilish round out the top five with index scores of 99.35 each.
Methodology
- Livefootballtickets.com sought to determine the best EA Sports FIFA song of all time.
- To do so they compiled a list of songs used in FIFA soundtracks in 28 different FIFA games from the games first release in 1993 to the latest release in 2022 using EA.com and FIFplay.
- They then analysed Spotify streams and Youtube views for each song. The YouTube video with the most views was chosen and recorded.
- 865 songs were analysed in total.
- The data was further weighted to establish a score out of 100 for each FIFA song.
- After collecting all of the data, the songs were ranked from the highest number of streams and views to lowest, thus creating a list of the best FIFA songs of all time
- Data was collected from 09/08/2022 to 15/08/2022, and is accurate as of then but is subject to change.
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