Are you ready for some football? It's getting awfully close to FIFA 08 time, and EA has gone ahead and dropped the soundtrack list for it's annual footie outing. This year the game will feature tracks from 50 artists from 27 different countries, including Algeria, Ethiopia, and Ghana. Looking over the list, which is posted in its entirety after the jump, I don't recognize a single song or artist, which is just all sorts of pathetic I'm sure. I only know that Wayne Rooney, pictured above with UK band The Hoosiers because I looked him up on Google. I can't wait for the comments section to fill up with, "WTF Fahey!? You haven't heard Cheb i Sebbah's Toura Toura: Nav Deep Remix? What the hell is wrong with you?"

EA SPORTS' FIFA 08 MUSIC SOUNDTRACK SETS THE STAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL GLORY The Hoosiers Kick Off The New Season With Second Single, Goodbye Mr A

Chertsey, UK., September 11, 2007 - International football and music fans are about to score like never before! Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) will kick off the new international football season with the incredible FIFA 08 soundtrack - one of its largest soundtracks ever with 50 artists representing 27 countries. Set to launch in 16 languages and 37 nations, EA SPORTSâ„¢ FIFA 08 creates a football experience that matches the complexity, finesse and excitement of the real-world game.

Every year, FIFA boasts an extraordinary mix of music gathered from around the globe, hand picked to represent each country and its passion for the game. This year, the soundtrack will mark the debuts of new artists like The Hoosiers (UK), Babamars (France), Bodyrox (UK), Junkie XL (Holland), and Santogold (USA), each of whom will be discovered by football fans worldwide as their songs become the soundtrack for the 2008 football season.

The FIFA 08 soundtrack is highlighted by songs from Simian Mobile Disco (UK), CSS (Brazil), Datarock (Norway), Dover (Spain), Ivy Queen (Puerto Rico), Junkie XL (Holland), Maximo Park (UK), Mexican Institute of Sound (Mexico), Peter Bjorn And John (Sweden), Planet Funk (Italy), Superbus (France), The Cat Empire (Australia), and Wir Sind Helden (Germany).

Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music at EA commented, "We've been working for nearly a year to deliver what we believe is the ultimate FIFA 08 soundtrack. These are the most songs ever in a FIFA edition representing the most countries in the history of the videogame. In addition to an unprecedented mix of great global artists and some killer debut acts, we're also proud to showcase our premiere Artwerk signings Junkie XL, Jupiter One and Datarock. And as in seasons past, we know that some of the hottest new artists of the coming year will emerge from our soundtrack. This is the true spirit of the EA SPORTS FIFA games: An unparalleled experience where one-of-a-kind action goes head-to-head with the thrill of the unexpected. It's the only way to play what has become one of the most popular and only truly international sports videogame in our world today."

Through mass exposure to football fans, the following 50 songs will define the sound of the coming international season. To listen to streaming music clips, learn more about the bands and get details about the videogame visit www.FIFA08.ea.com.

ARTIST	SONG	ALBUM	COUNTRY
!!!	All My Heroes Are Weirdos	Myth Takes	USA
Apartment	Fall Into Place	The Dreamer Evasive	UK
Art Brut	Direct Hit	It's A Bit Complicated	UK
Aterciopelados	Paces	Oye	Columbia
Babamars	The Core	Surprising Twists	France
Bodyrox feat. Luciana	What Planet You On?		UK
Bonde do Role	Solta O Frango	With Lasers	Brazil
CAMP	From Extremely Far Away	Taking Cure	Switzerland
Carpark North	Human	All Things To All People	Denmark
CeU	Malemolencia	CeU	Brazil
Cheb i Sebbah	Toura Toura: Nav Deep Remix	La Ghriba: La Kahena Remix	Algeria
CSS	Off The Hook	Cansei De Ser Sexy	Brazil
Datarock	Fa-Fa-Fa	Datarock Datarock	Norway
Digitalism	Pogo	Idealism	Germany
Disco Esemble	We Might Fall Apart	First Aid Kit	Finland
Dover	Do Ya	Follow The City Lights	Spain
Heroes & Zeroes	Into The Light	Strange Constellations	Norway
Ivy Queen	Que Lloren	Sentimiento	Puerto Rico
Junkie XL	Clash	Felt EP	Holland
Jupiter One	Unglued	Jupiter One	USA
Kenna	Out of Control (State of Emotion)	Make Sure They See My Face	Ethiopia
K-Os	Born To Run	Atlantis: Hymns for Disco	Canada
La Rocca	Sketches (20 Something Life)	The Truth	Ireland
Lukas Kasha	Love Abuse	Animated People's Republic	Norway
Madness feat. Sway and Baby Blue	I'm Sorry	I'm Sorry	UK
Maximo Park	The Unshockable	Our Earthly Pleasure	UK
Melody Club	Fever Fever	Scream	Sweden
Mexican Institute of Sound (MIS)	El Microfono	Pinata	Mexico
Modeselektor feat. Sasha Perera	Silikon	Hello Mom!	Germany
Noisettes	Don't Give Up	What's The Time Mr. Wolf?	UK
Pacha Massive	Don't Let Go	All Good Things	USA
Peter Bjorn and John	Young Folks	Writer's Block	Sweden
Planet Funk	Static	Static	Italy
Robyn	Bum Like You	Robyn	Sweden
Rocky Dawuni	Wake Up The Town	Book Of Changes	Ghana
Santogold	You Will Find A Way	Santogold	USA
Simian Mobile Disco	I Believe	Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release	UK
Superbus	Butterfly	Wow	France
Switches	Drama Queen	Heart Tuned to D.E.A.D	UK
The Automatic Automatic	Monster	Not Accepted Anywhere	Wales
The Cat Empire	Sly	Two Shoes	Australia
The Hoosiers	Goodbye Mr. A	The Trick To Life	UK
The Hours	Ali In The Jungle	Narcissus Road	UK
The Tellers	More	The Tellers	Belgium
Tigarah	Culture, Color, Money, Beauty	Revolution	Japan
Travis	Closer	The Boy With No Name	UK
Tumi And The Volume	Afrique	Tumi And The Volume	South Africa
Vassy	Wanna Fly	My Affection	Australia
Wir Sind Helden	Endlich Ein Grund Zur Panik	Soundso	Germany
Yonderboi	Were You Thinking Of Me?	Slendid Isolation	Hungary