# It's Coming Home "It's Coming Home" is a chant drawn from the 1996 song "Three Lions" that England football fans sing to voice optimism their team will win a major tournament. During the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the phrase spread across Twitter in image macros of Harry Kane and Gareth Southgate before flipping into "They're going home" jokes after England lost the semifinal to Croatia on July 11, 2018. ## Origin "Three Lions" was recorded by The Lightning Seeds in 1996, with lyrics by comedians David Baddiel and Frank Skinner from the Fantasy Football League TV show[1]. The song was commissioned for the European Championships that England hosted that summer, and its lyrics cover both the 1966 World Cup win and decades of near-misses that followed[3]. A rewritten version arrived for the 1998 France World Cup and outsold the official England team song[1]. Through the 2000s and 2010s the chorus returned as a stadium chant whenever England did well in a tournament[1]. - **Platform:** Song / Twitter (viral spread) - **Creator:** David Baddiel and Frank Skinner (songwriters) - **Date:** 1996 ## Overview Fans sing "It's Coming Home" both earnestly, claiming the World Cup trophy will come back to England, and ironically to mock their own optimism after decades without a title[1]. During the 2018 FIFA World Cup the chant moved online as a running joke about English delusion, with accounts posting it after even minor wins or random coincidences[7]. Image macros of captain Harry Kane and manager Gareth Southgate circulated on Twitter, including an edit of Southgate onto the cover of Drake's "Nothing Was The Same," a nod to the Drake song "Hold On, We're Going Home"[7]. Video edits splice the Three Lions chorus into unrelated scenes from The Wolf of Wall Street[5] and Friends[6]. Separate threads strung together coincidences between 1966, the year England last won the World Cup, and 2018, with each tweet closing on the slogan[2]. ## How to Use Fans typically post "It's coming home" under any news about England football progress or any coincidence that could flatter English hopes[7]. Variations include captioning images of Harry Kane or Gareth Southgate and cutting the Three Lions chorus into unrelated video scenes like The Wolf of Wall Street[5] or Friends[6]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is It's Coming Home? A chant from the 1996 Lightning Seeds song "Three Lions" that England football fans use to voice optimism about winning a tournament, and a self-mocking Twitter meme during the 2018 FIFA World Cup[7]. ### Where did It's Coming Home come from? The phrase is a lyric from "Three Lions," written by David Baddiel and Frank Skinner and recorded by The Lightning Seeds in 1996 for the European Championships hosted by England[1]. ### What does It's Coming Home mean? Literally that England will bring the World Cup trophy "home" to the country that codified modern football; online, it works as a self-aware joke about English football optimism[7]. ### How do you use It's Coming Home? Post the phrase under any sign of England football progress or any random coincidence, or caption an image of Harry Kane or Gareth Southgate with it[5]. ### Is It's Coming Home still popular? The chant returns each time England plays a major tournament; the 2018 run on Twitter flipped to "They're going home" after the Croatia semifinal defeat on July 11, 2018[2]. ## References 1. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Lions]() 2. [http://time.com/5336308/world-cup-2018-england-theyre-going-home-memes/]() 3. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJqimlFcJsM]() 4. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsrGajtU8tw]() 5. [https://x.com/i/status/1014427386723565569]() 6. [https://x.com/i/status/1013863941322072068]() 7. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/its-coming-home-three-lions]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/its-coming-home-three-lions Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library