Best year of my life. 12 years old and loving life. This takes me right back.

That tune brings me back to the glory days

It's 'Aztec Lightning' by Heads (which was Paul Hart and Helmut Zacharius). The extended version is worth looking out for. The official Mexico 86 theme (music that was played in the stadiums before and after games) was also fantastic but as it was before FIFA started keeping proper records of these things they have no record of what it was called. It was very synthy and had a latin drums bit in the middle. World Cup Grandstand used it for a few montages during these tournament.

All time classic opening

I remember how high tech the vid montage was back then. The full version used that epic Tardelli celebration.

My first world cup as an 8 year old in 1986

I got this on vinyl singles record when it came out, I was 12 and loved it.

Crap??? This is a master piece, my friend.

Amazing memories of my youth to this pannini world cup stickers and chewing on a wham bar watching England against Poland!!!!!

That's it!!!Thank you. I've been looking for this for 21 years. I just found an audio tape of this as well yesterday when they used it for a montage on World Cup Grandstand. Cheers

Really don't understand why people are criticising this theme as it is among the best. ITV's 1986 was great too, but I prefer this one.

casao86 you are so right. i bought all games of the old world cups to bring back the memories. right now i am looking the games of the world cup 1982. and there for i can say, that the guy at 0:19 is from el salvador celebrating the 1-5 at their 1-10 record loss against hungary. funny how intense he is enjoying the goal.

thanks for the info

ITV's was so much better and memorable and with a better commentry team ⚽

i agree, the best ITV world cup theme ever. Cannot find it anywhere. SOMEONE UPLOAD IT PLEASE!!!!!

Fantastic tune, but gotta love the classic BBC English bias with the English pictures only, considering there were three home nations at the tournament

I found Aztec Gold by Silsoe, uploaded to my playlists, but it won't play (poss as it sin MP3 format?). Its a brilliant tune!!

@capricious71 YES the shorts were shorter hehehehe.

Got to say the on a par with each other but this one more enjoyable full length than the ITV one.

Not a patch on the itv theme tune to world cup 86.

O.K. Graphics are not so good, right. But this was the best they could do to remember the 1986 world cup.

This was the last awesome world cup.94 was a good world cup also.

This was the first World Cup I remember and my intro to watching footie. For that reason these credits are special but I don't think Mexico 86 was better than Italia 90. Don't forget the hand of god and telephone line commentary

since that was broadcast, you are 16 years closer to the end. Just to depress u more!

BBC has a better intro

Itv won this battle

1986 was the only time when ITV's World Cup music was better than BBC's. This music was called "Aztec Lightning" and wasn't very good at all, whereas ITV's "Aztec Gold" went on to become the theme to "The Big Match" and later "Saint and Greavsie".

Good track but I think ITV won it that year..

i was 10 for this world cup i thought england would win easy ah 2 b young and optamistic again As ive now come 2 the conclusion that platini and blatter tell refs at any cost england must not win

haha this is the most epic awfulness but it sure brings back memories

Itv 86 miles better

looks cheasy now lol

crap