Tv viewers of Friday’s Premier League opener between Liverpool and Bournemouth can be handled to a brand new title observe on Sky Sports activities Soccer’s protection.
The identical burst of Celeste’s ‘Cease This Flame’ has been piercing the tranquillity of houses up and down the nation for 5 years, following in a wealthy historical past of stings that features Labrinth, Tom Grennan, Sigma, Tinie Tempah and Moloko.
Now, Sky Sports activities’ soccer protection can be decked out in a number of seconds of a reworked model of ‘G.O.A.T.’ by Kasabian, which initially featured on their primary ‘Happenings’ album and has been rewritten and remixed for Sky Sports activities by frontman Serge Pizzorno.
‘This one’s for everybody on the market reaching for extra’: Sky Sports activities return to Kasabian
The remixed model of the brand new title observe is a collaboration with up-and-coming London artist Cristale.
“It was electrical teaming up with the extremely proficient Cristale on this observe,” stated Leicester supporter Pizzorno. “[It’s] all about self-belief and chasing your desires with every little thing you’ve bought.
“We’re happy with what this tune stands for. This one’s for everybody on the market reaching for extra, on and off the pitch.”
Kasabian have had a tune chosen because the title observe for Sky Sports activities Soccer earlier than. After the long-lasting ‘The Time is Now’ by Moloko, Kasabian’s ‘Membership Foot’ was featured for 2 seasons between 2009 and 2011 and has turn into the de facto theme tune of the Premier League.
“Music has performed a significant half in Sky’s soccer protection because the very begin,” stated Sky Sports activities Director of Soccer Gary Hughes. “It units the tone and welcomes followers in. We now have a long-standing relationship with the band and ‘Membership Foot’ is among the most recognisable tracks we’ve used.
“So to be working with Kasabian once more is incredible.”
The unique model of the brand new title observe is the fifth tune on Kasabian’s 2024 UK primary album, ‘Happenings’, and hasn’t beforehand been launched as a full single. The reworked model is ‘an upbeat, anthemic new observe’ destined to resume the band’s reference to the soccer trade.
Kasabian’s eighth studio album obtained 4/5 evaluations from The Unbiased, NME and The Telegraph.
‘G.O.A.T. ft. Cristale’ can be out there on Spotify from midnight on Thursday, August 14 earlier than showing on Sky’s protection from Anfield on Friday, the primary of a minimal of 215 matches to be proven completely reside on Sky.
