It’s coming home… again (Picture: Dave Benett / Leon Neal / Getty Images)
David Baddiel has confirmed it will be coming home once more with a Christmas remake song and music video of Three Lions to incorporate the historic win of the Lionesses at Euro 2022.
The 58-year-old comedian and presenter recorded the classic England football song with Frank Skinner and rock band The Lightning Seeds in 1996.
In July this year, the England women’s football team won the women’s Euro final against Germany at Wembley Stadium.
The victory earlier this year was the first time since the 1966 FIFA World Cup that England had won a major football tournament.
To mark the occasion, Baddiel reunited with the Lightning Seeds for a very special performance of the iconic song.
They performed changed lyrics of the football to reference the women’s squad, singing: ‘But now I see / Ellen White standing tall / Russo ready to score / Stanway belting the ball / And Beth Mead screaming.’
The Lionesses lited the Euro 2022 trophy this summer in a historic win against Germany (Picture: Sarah Stier / UEFA via Getty Images)
Speaking to the Chris Moyles Show on Radio X, Baddiel explained how they decided to reunite.
‘Ian Broudie of The Lightning Seeds – definitely a genius – he came to me and Frank and said, ‘shall we do it with Christmas because it’s December, the (men’s) World Cup (is) in December, shall we do it, redone with lots of sleigh bells and kids choirs and that,’ he revealed.
‘And me and Frank said, “let’s rewrite it with some Christmassy lyrics and some comedy”‘.
He said that the song now boasts ‘comedy Christmassy lyrics’ and will come with a brand new music video.
The iconic song’s lyrics have been changed to reflect the Lionesses’ win (Picture: Michael Regan / Getty Images)
‘We filmed the video the other day, which was what we’d done – I don’t want to give too much away – but it was basically the first video we ever shot in 1996, it’s a version of that, but just with us much, much older,’ he added.
At the special gig in London, Lionesses’ Fara Williams, Anita Asante, Rachel Yankey, Faye White and Rachel Brown-Finnis also joined the band and Baddiel on stage while Skinner cheered from the sidelines due to unforeseen circumstances.
The Chris Moyles Show on Radio X is on weekdays from 6.30am to 10am with Toby Tarrant, as Moyles is a contestant on I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
The World Cup 2022 takes place in Qatar from November 20 to December 18.
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