AVICCI, Blur or Fatboy Slim? The Best FIFA Songs Of All Time, Ranked

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

1. Livefootballtickets.com sought to determine the best EA Sports FIFA song of all time.
2. 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.
3. They then analysed Spotify streams and Youtube views for each song. The YouTube video with the most views was chosen and recorded.
4. 865 songs were analysed in total.
5. The data was further weighted to establish a score out of 100 for each FIFA song.
6. 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
7. 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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