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The Ultimate New Year’s Eve Playlist, Inspired By The Best FIFA Songs Of The Last 10 Years

FIFA has some excellent soundtracks from all over the world with a wide range of genres. Any time I fire up a previous version of the game just for fun, the soundtracks that come on always hit me with a wave of nostalgia.

FIFA 19 was released in September of this year, ten years since the release of the popular (and one of my personal favorites) FIFA 09. In that time, each game's soundtrack has been a fantastic edition. 

For any New Years party, the music has to be immaculate, no matter what genre it is. While the FIFA soundtracks are not New Years themed, there are plenty of songs that could fit right into any celebratory playlist. New Years Eve is just around the corner, so here are some of the best songs from FIFA 09 to FIFA 19 — perfect for your New Years playlist. Before you create a new playlist with all of these songs, I've done it for you! Scroll down to the bottom where you will find a Spotify playlist with every song!

Song Selections

FIFA 09

Bonafied Lovin’ (Yuksek Remix) - Chromeo

Lights & Music - Cut Copy

Mercy - Duffy

Fast Fuse - Kasabian

Let U Know - Plastilina Mosh

Always Where I Need To Be - The Kooks

FIFA 10

MVP Kompa - Wyclef Jean

1517 - The Whitest Boy Alive

Daylight - Matt and Kim

Hold The Line - Major Lazer

Gold Guns Girls - Metric

Fuego - Bomba Estereo

FIFA 10 World Cup

Restless-Original - Buraka Som Sistema

Oh Yeah - Gang Of Instrumentals

Wavin’ Flag - K’NAAN

The Instrumento - Dj Bitman

Nao E Proibido - Marisa Monte

Say Hey (I Love You) - Michael Franti & Spearhead, Cherine Anderson

Bring Night - Sia

FIFA 11

Flashbacks - Ram Di Dam

Tighten Up - The Black Keys

Odessa - Caribou

Rhinestone Eyes - Gorillaz

O.N.E. - Yeasayer

FIFA 12

Hits Me Like A Rock - CSS

Circles - Digitalism

Latino & Proud - DJ Raff

Call it What You Want - Foster The People

Up Up Up - GIVERS

FIFA 13

Champion - The Chevin

Paddling Out - Miike Snow

Follow - Crystal Fighters

Come Into My Head - Kimbra

Finale - Madeon

Rain of Gold - Young Empires

FIFA 14

Alive - Empire of the Sun

Dreaming - Smallpools

Worship You - Vampire Weekend

Magic - Olympic Ayres

Mechanical - Oliver

Boa Noite - Karol Conka

FIFA 15

Uh la la - ChocQuibTown

Everlasting - Polock

Are You What You Want to Be? - Foster The People

Tongues - Joywave

My Type - Saint Motel

Walk - Kwabs

FIFA 16

It’s Strange - Louis The Child

Playsom - BaianaSystem

Dreams - Beck

Soy Yo - Bomba Estereo

Omen - Disclosure

Slow Burn - Durante

Run - Tiggs Da Author

FIFA 17

Up All Night - Beck

Are We Ready? (Wreck) - Two Door Cinema Club

Shangri-La - Digitalism

High And Low - Empire of the Sun

Don’t Stop Making It Happen - Grouplove

Electrify - Oliver

FIFA 18

L’Hiver Indien - Radio Edit - Baloji

Faded Heart - BORNS

La Ciudad - ODESZA

Heart Attack - Oliver (feat. De La Soul)

Miol Mor Mara - Outsider

Live In The Moment - Portugal. The Man

Holding On - The War On Drugs

Get Lost - Washed Out

FIFA 19

Island Life - Atomic Drum Assembly

Tribe - Bas (feat. J. Cole)

Take It Easy - BC Unidos

Feels Like Summer - Childish Gambino

Pa’lante - Lao Ra

Genius - LSD

Good To Be Home - Barney Artist 

It's hard to not find a great song on any FIFA soundtrack. In the interest of playlist length for New Years parties, I elected to go with five to seven of the best party tracks from each game. It's also important to highlight that the diversity of these tracks makes them great for any New Years party: most, if not all, of the tracks have a faster tempo and any tracks that were more laid back were not chosen.

They may not be the best songs from each FIFA soundtrack, but they hold their own merit as feel-good party songs nonetheless. Something that the FIFA franchise always gets right every year is their soundtrack. No wonder EA hires a playlist creator for their games, because they have to be that good. 

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