Oasis's 'Wonderwall', released over three decades ago, has become England's unofficial World Cup anthem, sung by fans from Texas to Massachusetts. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing The Guardian.

The song will soon be heard in Mexico City, where the Three Lions will face co-hosts Mexico on Sunday evening (or 1am Monday for fans back home).

"It's almost a time-and-place moment for those guys out in the States following the team," said Russell Osborne, host of the Three Lions podcast. "And the team are singing it back to them – it's a reciprocal thing. They're all enjoying it and loving it, coming together with that one song."

The three-way relationship between travelling English supporters, the players they cheered on, and a three-decade-old hit by a Manchester band started with a DJ in Texas and a crucial win over Croatia.

Captain Harry Kane described the moment fans started singing as one of his favourites in an England shirt. Many fans may have been high up, away from the pitch, but Kane's emotion was shown on the stadium jumbotron.

Kane told the Lions' Den podcast that what got him was the "emotional connection with the fans, we know how much it means to them." Since that moment at the end of England's opening game, 'Wonderwall' has been adopted as their unofficial anthem.

Osborne compared it to the final of the last European Championship, where England lost to Spain in Berlin. "I went to all the Euros games out there. Prematch, they played Robbie Williams' Angels as the England song for everyone to come together... That got everyone singing together in a way that Wonderwall has got people singing together now over in the States."

Author and broadcaster PJ Harrison, who wrote the Oasis biography 'Gallagher: The Fall and Rise of Oasis', said the song made good terrace material due to its ambiguous lyrics and simple, familiar melody. "What is a Wonderwall? I'm not really sure what it is but I can sing about it and it can be whatever I think it is," he told BBC News. "If I think it's Jude Bellingham or if I think it's England winning, it can be that, or it could be my girlfriend or whatever."

Osborne also attributes its popularity to nostalgia, with many travelling fans remembering the mid-90s as a time of youth and optimism.

This connection between fans and players could be a difference-maker, he said. "When they see the players are standing there in a line listening and singing it back to the fans – perhaps that is just going to give them just that little bit of extra sparkle, just to carry on throughout the tournament."

England fans had previously adopted Neil Diamond's 'Sweet Caroline' as their unofficial song, starting during their run to the Euro 2020 final. It was also taken on by the women's team as they won Euros titles in 2022 and 2025.

But that song has had its time and should be left there, Osborne said. The same should happen to 'Wonderwall' once the England team come home – whether or not they are carrying a trophy.

"Looking into the future, I can almost see England play on a wet Thursday night in March in a friendly, and drawing 0-0, and half the crowd have gone home early, and the DJ at the end of the game thinks 'Right, I'm going to stick Wonderwall on and we're going to try and get the same reaction.'" But, he said, to really get it, you probably had to be there.