# 3 Lions 98 | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/3-lions-98
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/3-lions-98/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-18 04:05 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/3-lions-98
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/3-lions-98/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/3-lions-98/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: 3 Lions 98
- Visible lyric pages: 1

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `3-lions-98`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-18 04:05 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-7f1ebeca11b601f7
- Visible lyric pages: 1
- Pages with stored lyric text: 1
- Video-backed song pages: 1
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 933
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 3
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 3
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Footballs Coming Home
- Current-month titles with activity: Footballs Coming Home
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

3 Lions 98 was a one-off project by comedians Frank Skinner and David Baddiel, who wrote the lyrics to what became England's unofficial football anthem. They worked with Ian Broudie's band The Lightning Seeds, who provided the music. The song 'Footballs Coming Home' started as a satirical take on England's World Cup disappointments but caught on with the public during the 1998 tournament. The track appeared on a 1998 album...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. Footballs Coming Home — https://lyroverse.com/3-lions-98/footballs-coming-home