Three Lions tops Big Top 40 chart after England's World Cup win against Sweden

The track climbed 32 places in the chart to surpass last week's number one, Solo by Clean Bandit and Demi Lovato

"Three Lions" has topped the Official Vodafone Big Top 40 chart following England's win against Sweden in the World Cup.

The song was written for Euro 96, held in England, by comedians Frank Skinner and David Baddiel - hosts of the BBC’s lads’ mag comedy show Fantasy Football (1994-96) - alongside Ian Broudie of Britpop outfit The Lightning Seeds.

The track climbed 32 places in the chart to surpass last week's number one, Solo by Clean Bandit and Demi Lovato, in the Vodafone-sponsored rundown, which is separate from the Official Charts Company's weekly chart and, furthermore, claims to reflect the consumption of music in the UK in real time.

England's victory over Sweden in the quarter-final game on Saturday afternoon now sees them advance to the semi-finals, where they'll play Croatia on Wednesday.

"Three Lions" transformed into a national phenomenon when England beat Scotland 2-0 at Wembley on 15 June 1996 and continued to ring amongst chanting fans, though recent disappointments against Uruguay and Iceland had seen it fall somewhat out of favour.

Until now, as the track entered the chart last week at number 33.

"What an incredible day! It's only right that Three Lions is number one on the chart," Marvin Humes, Big Top 40 presenter said. "Our boys in Russia are doing us so proud. The nation has come together and hopefully this is only the beginning of the celebrations."

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