Euro '96

A lot of people who write soccer songs use crowd noise in the mix. Rarely do they get to use a matchday crowd singing their song. Read more about Coming Home

This week, two songs with more in common than you might realize. "Eat My Goal" is a high-energy, stream-of-consciousness piece of pop-hop braggadocio that was packed, commercialized and overexposed as an officially sponsored anthem for Euro '96. "Mr. B's World Cup Song" is a dignified, bowler-hatted rejection of modern soccer culture and modernity in general. But both reflect the particular talents of one man: English hip-hop artist Jim Burke, or as he is now better known, Mr. B the Gentleman Rhymer. Read more about A Gentleman's Game