2010 Fifa World Cup South Africa game

Its been about a month now that I have been playing this awesome new installment in the FIFA and Electronic Arts series. The gameplay is AMAZING, boasting over 100 tweaks to the FIFA 10 game. In short, the game is awesome, I absolutely love playing it.

But this post isn’t about the game. This my friends is a post about how fantastic the soundtrack is. It has something for all music lovers. From Indie to Reggae, its all in there. The soundtracks to the FIFA series are always great with plenty cool new indie artists featuring on it, the World Cup Soundtrack has not disappointed in this sense. While some of them are only new to some, they are all pretty cool.

EA SPORTS 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ captures the sounds and history of the musical landscape in Africa with a rhythmic, tribal blend of 28 songs representing 20 countries that, through mass exposure to football, videogame and music fans, will become synonymous with the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ worldwide.

Somali-born poet, musician and rapper, K’NAAN, headlines the soundtrack with his song “Wavin’ Flag Coca-Cola Celebration Mix”.

For the locals, our very own Gang of Instrumentals features on the soundtrack.

So here is the list of tracks that feature, some I have been able to find online so below the list I have embeded a couple for your listening pleasure. One that I cant find that you simply have to hear is the Fedde le Grand ft The Stereo MC’s track. very cool!!

  • Baaba Maal – International – Senegal
  • Babatunde Olatunji – Kiyakiya – Nigeria
  • Basement Jaxx feat. Santigold – Saga – England
  • Buraka Som Sistema – Restless – Portugal
  • Buscemi feat. Lady Cath – Dipso Calypso – Belgium
  • Fedde Le Grand feat. The Stereo MCs – Wild & Raw – Holland
  • Florence + The Machine – Drumming Song – England
  • Fool’s Gold – The World Is All There Is – USA
  • Future Sound Of London – Papua New Guinea – England
  • Gang Of Instrumentals – Oh Yeah – South Africa
  • John Forté – Your Side – USA
  • Jonathan Boulet – Ones Who Fly Twos Who Die – Australia
  • Kid British – Winner – England
  • K’NAAN – Wavin’ Flag – Coca-Cola Celebration Mix – Somalia
  • Last Rhythm – Last Rhythm – Italy
  • Latin Bitman – The Instrumento – Chile
  • Marisa Monte – Não É Proibido – Brazil
  • Michael Franti & Spearhead feat. Cherine Anderson – Say Hey (I Love You)- USA
  • MIDIval PunditZ – Atomizer (Pathaan’s Dhol Mix) – India
  • Miike Snow – In Search Of – Sweden
  • Nas & Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley – Strong Will Continue – USA/Jamaica
  • Rocky Dawuni – Africa Soccer Fever – Ghana
  • Rox – Rocksteady – England
  • Sérgio Mendes – Emoriô – Brazil
  • Sia – Bring Night – Australia
  • The Kenneth Bager Experience feat. the Hellerup Cool School Choir Fragment Eight “The Sound Of Swing” – Denmark
  • The Very Best feat. Ezra Koenig – Warm Heart Of Africa (So Shifty Remix) – Malawi/France/Sweden
  • White Rabbits – Percussion Gun – USA

Here are the tracks I could embed for you…

Basement Jaxx (featuring Santi – Saga
Found at abmp3 search engine
Buraka Som Sistema – Restless
Found at abmp3 search engine
Florence And The Machine – Drumming Song
Found at abmp3 search engine
Future Sound Of London – Papua New Guinea -
Found at abmp3 search engine
K’Naan – Wavin’ Flag
Found at abmp3 search engine
LAST RHYTHM – Last Rhythm
Found at abmp3 search engine
Michael Franti & Spearhead – 652 Say Hey
Found at abmp3 search engine
Miike Snow – In Search of
Found at abmp3 search engine
Nas & Damian Marley – Strong Will Continue
Found at abmp3 search engine

My favourite tracks so far from this list are:

  • Fedde Le Grand feat. The Stereo MCs – Wild & Raw
  • Florence + The Machine – Drumming Song
  • Future Sound Of London – Papua New Guinea
  • Gang Of Instrumentals – Oh Yeah
  • Jonathan Boulet – Ones Who Fly Twos Who Die
  • Michael Franti & Spearhead feat. Cherine Anderson – Say Hey (I Love You)
  • Miike Snow – In Search Of
  • Nas & Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley – Strong Will Continue

As I play more and get to listen I am sure this list will get longer.