Another day, another 'favourite England football song ever' poll - though this one isn't topped by New Order. No, it seems that the customers of HMV.co.uk prefer the Baddiel/Skinner/Lightning Seeds track. The top ten favourite England team anthems as selected by HMV's online customers run thus:
1. Baddiel and Skinner and the The Lightning Seeds - 3 Lions (47%)
2. New order and England - World in Motion (17%)
3. Fat Les - Vindaloo (13%)
4. England World Cup Squad - Back Home (7%)
5. Embrace - World At Your Feet (4%)
6. Ant and Dec - We're on the Ball (3%)
7. England Supporters Band - The Great Escape (3%)
8. England World Cup Squad - This Time (We'll Get It Right) (2%)
9. England World Cup Squad - We've got the whole world at our feet (2%)
10. England United Ft Spice Girls - On Top Of the World (1%)
Commenting on the runaway winner, HMV's Head Of Internet, Gideon Lask, told CMU: "'3 Lions' has an anthemic and romantic quality with a really memorable chorus that we can all sing along to, whether we're supporting England in our homes, down the pub or on the stadium terraces."