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FIFA tunes span globe
By Tim Surette - MP3.com
April 11, 2006 at 01:18:00 PM | more stories by this author

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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