Baddiel and Skinner set to release festive Three Lions track

A Christmas spin on 'Football's Coming Home' you say? Go on then!

David Baddiel and Frank Skinner are set to release a reworked, festive version of their 1996 football anthem Three Lions, ahead of the winter World Cup which kicks off on Sunday. The music video shows the duo dressed in Christmas jumpers while superimposed next to their younger selves, and decorating a tree with Lioness baubles while singing. Referencing the famous women's Euros win this summer, they say the famous "it's coming home" line is now redundant, but they would give it “one more go for the blokes”. “We could not resist the fact that the World Cup was at Christmas, and people have said in the past that football songs are a little bit tacky, and obviously Christmas songs are a bit tacky,” Skinner told the One Show on Thursday. “In maths two negatives make a positive, so we think there’s so much tacky in this that it’s going to be a classic.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=ubRBLAHjkTo&feature=emb_logo Baddiel added: “The Lionesses brought it home, football came home and some would say that’s the end of the song, stop singing it. But we decided to give it one more go on the basis that the blokes have not brought it home.” Part of the new lyrics are: “The blokes seem cursed whatever they try and I think I know why, they’re just jinxed in July. “But it’s December … three lions on a sleigh. With she-lions inspiration, Santa says, ‘Let’s play’.” Speaking about the performance of the Lionesses, who won the Euros after defeating Germany in July, Skinner said: “The fact is, the best I’ve ever seen an England team play was this summer and it was the Lionesses. “It wasn’t like: ‘Oh yes we’ve got to support the women’s game’ – no, this was brilliant football.” Three Lions was first released by Skinner, Baddiel and Ian Broudie in 1996, becoming a popular British song at major international football competitions since. England’s first game in the 2022 World Cup is due to take place on Monday against Iran. Related links:

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