Electronic Arts has announced the soundtrack for FIFA 08, prompting footy fans everywhere to scratch their heads at the inadequacy of their international music knowledge.

Included in the list are Simian Mobile Disco (UK), CSS (Brazil), Datarock (Norway), Dover (Spain), Ivy Queen (Puerto Rico), Junkie XL (Holland), Maximo Park (UK), Mexican Institute of Sound (Mexico), Peter Bjorn And John (Sweden), Planet Funk (Italy), Superbus (France), The Cat Empire (Australia), and Wir Sind Helden (Germany).

SPOnG let out a near-deafening whoop of excitement when we saw... who are we kidding? Maximo Park are OK, we suppose and the resident Aussie said something about Cat Empire and the word, 'funky'... so we can probably give them a miss.

Should football games even have soundtracks? Footballers don't even listen to this sort of stuff, do they?

Also included are new artists The Hoosiers (UK), Babamars (France), Bodyrox (UK), Junkie XL (Holland), and Santogold (USA). That's right, new. So you have an excuse not to have ever heard of them.

Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music at EA, is thoroughly enthused. “We’ve been working for nearly a year to deliver what we believe is the ultimate FIFA 08 soundtrack” he commented.

“These are the most songs ever in a FIFA edition representing the most countries in the history of the videogame. In addition to an unprecedented mix of great global artists and some killer debut acts, we’re also proud to showcase our première Artwerk signings Junkie XL, Jupiter One and Datarock. And as in seasons past, we know that some of the hottest new artists of the coming year will emerge from our soundtrack.”

You can see the full list of songs in the table below, followed by SPOnG's pick for the soundtrack. Find out more about FIFA 08 on SPOnG's dedicated game page. And don't whinge because we've chosen scousers - as yet we're unaware of Huddersfield Town or Bristol Rovers recording anything chart-worthy. Your opinions on your own choice of ultimate soccer soundtrack to the Forum please.

ARTIST	SONG	ALBUM	COUNTRY
!!!	All My Heroes Are Weirdos	Myth Takes	USA
Apartment	Fall Into Place	The Dreamer Evasive	UK
Art Brut	Direct Hit	It's A Bit Complicated	UK
Aterciopelados	Paces	Oye	Columbia
Babamars	The Core	Surprising Twists	France
Bodyrox feat. Luciana	What Planet You On?		UK
Bonde do Role	Solta O Frango	With Lasers	Brazil
CAMP	From Extremely Far Away	Taking Cure	Switzerland
Carpark North	Human	All Things To All People	Denmark
CeU	Malemolencia	CeU	Brazil
Cheb i Sebbah	Toura Toura: Nav Deep Remix	La Ghriba: La Kahena Remix	Algeria
CSS	Off The Hook	Cansei De Ser Sexy	Brazil
Datarock	Fa-Fa-Fa	Datarock Datarock	Norway
Digitalism	Pogo	Idealism	Germany
Disco Esemble	We Might Fall Apart	First Aid Kit	Finland
Dover	Do Ya	Follow The City Lights	Spain
Heroes & Zeroes	Into The Light	Strange Constellations	Norway
Ivy Queen	Que Lloren	Sentimiento	Puerto Rico
Junkie XL	Clash	Felt EP	Holland
Jupiter One	Unglued	Jupiter One	USA
Kenna	Out of Control (State of Emotion)	Make Sure They See My Face	Ethiopia
K-Os	Born To Run	Atlantis: Hymns for Disco	Canada
La Rocca	Sketches (20 Something Life)	The Truth	Ireland
Lukas Kasha	Love Abuse	Animated People's Republic	Norway
Madness feat. Sway and Baby Blue	I'm Sorry	I'm Sorry	UK
Maximo Park	The Unshockable	Our Earthly Pleasure	UK
Melody Club	Fever Fever	Scream	Sweden
Mexican Institute of Sound (MIS)	El Microfono	Pinata	Mexico
Modeselektor feat. Sasha Perera	Silikon	Hello Mom!	Germany
Noisettes	Don't Give Up	What's The Time Mr. Wolf?	UK
Pacha Massive	Don't Let Go	All Good Things	USA
Peter Bjorn and John	Young Folks	Writer's Block	Sweden
Planet Funk	Static	Static	Italy
Robyn	Bum Like You	Robyn	Sweden
Rocky Dawuni	Wake Up The Town	Book Of Changes	Ghana
Santogold	You Will Find A Way	Santogold	USA
Simian Mobile Disco	I Believe	Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release	UK
Superbus	Butterfly	Wow	France
Switches	Drama Queen	Heart Tuned to D.E.A.D	UK
The Automatic Automatic	Monster	Not Accepted Anywhere	Wales
The Cat Empire	Sly	Two Shoes	Australia
The Hoosiers	Goodbye Mr. A	The Trick To Life	UK
The Hours	Ali In The Jungle	Narcissus Road	UK
The Tellers	More	The Tellers	Belgium
Tigarah	Culture, Color, Money, Beauty	Revolution	Japan
Travis	Closer	The Boy With No Name	UK
Tumi And The Volume	Afrique	Tumi And The Volume	South Africa
Vassy	Wanna Fly	My Affection	Australia
Wir Sind Helden	Endlich Ein Grund Zur Panik	Soundso	Germany
Yonderboi	Were You Thinking Of Me?	Slendid Isolation	Hungary

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