Almost 30 years after its release, Oasis‘s iconic song «Wonderwall» has once again entered the Billboard Hot 100. Fans of England’s national football team gave the hit a second life by making it the team’s unofficial anthem during the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Kursiv LifeStyle shares the details.
On the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated July 25, «Wonderwall» ranked No. 27. The song logged 8.7 million U.S. streams during the week, up 73% from the previous week. Its sales and radio airplay also increased.
During the World Cup, England fans regularly sang «Wonderwall» after their team’s victories. The song echoed through the stands and the team’s changing room, quickly becoming one of the tournament’s signature songs. The surge in popularity helped it reenter the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time since 1996.
The song’s success was even more evident on the global charts. «Wonderwall» rose from No. 26 to No. 4 on the Billboard Global 200 and from No. 21 to No. 4 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. The track logged around 35 million streams worldwide during the week.
«Wonderwall» first entered the Billboard Hot 100 in 1996, reaching No. 8. The song is considered Oasis’s signature hit and one of the most recognizable songs of the 1990s. To date, it has logged about 1.5 billion official streams in the U.S. alone.
