Embrace - World At Your Feet - 2006 FIFA World Cup England song

What this video is

Released on 5 June 2006, 'World at Your Feet' was officially commissioned by the Football Association as England's anthem for the 2006 FIFA World Cup held in Germany. Embrace — a West Yorkshire band formed in 1990 — were selected by the FA following the commercial success of their chart-topping album 'This New Day' and its number-two single 'Nature's Law'. The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number 3,…

Why it matters

Occupies a singular position as the most commercially successful FA-commissioned England World Cup song of the 2000s, demonstrating how post-Britpop indie rock — characterised by melodic uplift, anthemic choruses, and earnest lyricism — could be naturalised into national sporting culture. The…