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FIFA tunes span globe
Soundtrack for EA's 2006 FIFA World Cup game booms eclectic international flare, including Depeche Mode, Sergio Mendes, and Lady Sovereign.
International stages don't come much bigger than the World Cup.
This year, the global soccer tournament is being held in Germany, where fans from all over the world will cheer and jeer every save, tackle, and goal.
With all the international celebrating going on, fans sober enough to retain their senses are likely to hear music from all over the globe. This sense of world beats is not lost on game publisher Electronic Arts, which today revealed the soundtrack for 2006 FIFA World Cup, set for release on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, DS, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation Portable, and PC.
British band Depeche Mode once again lends a song to an EA game (the resurgent rockers had their single "Suffer Well" translated into the faux-language simlish for a Sims 2 expansion). Depeche Mode's "A Pain That I Am Used To," remixed by Les Rhythmes Digitales' Jacque Lu Cont, leads musical representation from England, which also includes Howard Jones, Ladytron, and The Go! Team.
Other notable artists on the soundtrack include the American electronic act Fischerspooner and the multinational effort from Brazil's Sergio Mendes featuring the US' The Black Eyed Peas on "Mas Que Nada."
Here's a complete list of the 35 songs on the soundtrack:
Artist/Song/Country
Lady Sovereign/"9 To 5"/England
Depeche Mode/ "A Pain That I Am Used To (Jacque Lu Cont Remix)"/England
Polinesia/"Aloha (Wari Boom) / / Spain
Howard Jones/"And Do You Feel Scared (The Eric Prydz Mix)"/England
Mattafix/"Big City Life"/England
Stefy Rae/"Chelsea"/USA
Ivy Queen/"Cuentale"/Puerto Rico
Men Women And Children/"Dance in My Blood"/US
Resin Dogs featuring Mystro & Hau/"Definition"/Australia
Swami/"DesiRock"/England
Ladytron/"Destroy Everthing You Touch"/England
Calanit/"Do-Dee-Dee-Deem-Dum (Sculptured)"/Israel
Mando Diao/"Down in the Past (Moonbootica Remix)"/Sweden
Maximus Dan/"Fighter"/Trinidad
Sneaky Soundsystem/"Hip Hip Hooray (Dub Mix)"/Australia
DuSouto/"Ie Mae Jah"/Brazil
F4/"La Prima Volta"/Italy
Frank Popp Ensemble/"Love Is on Our Side"/Germany
Sergio Mendes feat. The Black Eyed Peas/"Mas Que Nada"/Brazil - USA
DT8 Project featuring Mory Kante/"Namara"/England - Republic of Guinea
Fisherspooner/"Never Win"/USA
Furius K & Lou Valentino/"People Shining"/France
Van Ness Wu/"Poker Face"/China - Taiwan
Masrhon/"Sobremesa"/Dominican Republic
Urban Puppets/"Sweat"/Sweden
KES/"The Calling"/Trinidad
Gabin featuring China Moses/"The Other Way Round"/Italy
The Go! Team/"The Power Is On"/England
Ojos De Brujo/"Tiempo De Drumba (Dj Panko Remix)"/Spain
Nortec Collective/"Tijuana Makes Me Happy"/Mexico
Tiptop/"TipTop"/Germany
Die Raketen/"Tokyo, Tokyo"/Germany
Damien J. Carter/"What World"/Germany
Voicst/"Whatever You Want From Life"/Holland
Zola featuring Maduvha/"X Girlfriend"/South Africa
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