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“Theme From Sparta F.C.” by The Fall
Released 2003
“Theme From Sparta F.C.” by The Fall appears on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station between 2003 and 2004. It was first released in 2003. Its best result is #1 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 2004. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #196 alternative song of 2004.
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The Fall put "Theme from Sparta F.C." on The Real New Fall LP (Formerly Country on the Click) in 2003, with Mark E. Smith taking on the voice of a Greek football fan and sneering at Galatasaray and Chelsea like a man with a season ticket and a grudge. Smith wrote it with Ben Pritchard and Jim Watts; Elena Poulou supplied some of the words, Smith stitched on his own read of how Greek supporters see the game, then set a Greek motif on the guitar and called it done.
A first version went down for a John Peel session on Radio 1 before the band cut it properly at Gracielands in Rochdale, with Grant "Showbiz" Cunliffe producing alongside Smith. Pritchard plays guitar, Watts bass, guitar and computers, Dave Milner drums and keyboards, and Poulou keyboards, with nearly everyone chipping in vocals.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 2 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 2003 | 50 |
| 2004 | 1 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 2004 | 50 |
Also listed as: Theme From Sparta FC #2.
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