Frank Skinner reveals exactly how much Three Lions anthem made him over four years

Three Lions co-writer Frank Skinner has spoken about the profits from the football anthem following the Lionesses' victory in the Euro 2025 final last week. He's dismissed the "myth" that he has made "loads of money" from the song.

Frank, 68, and David Baddiel, 61, released the song with the Lightning Seeds in 1996 in celebrate England's participation in the UEFA European Championship that year. The two comedians, who hosted Fantasy Football League together, co-wrote the song, which has since been re-released.

Although it's topped the Official Singles Chart in the UK four times since its first release almost 30 years ago, Frank has said it hasn't made him as much money as some people may suspect. It comes after England's Euro 2025 winners to lose major chunk of prize money after return home.

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Frank was asked about Three Lions, which is known for the "it's coming home" chant, on an episode of the podcast Frank Off the Radio released yesterday. It came after a fan submitted a question about royalties from the song.

Reading out the question submitted by a listener, his co-host Emily Dean asked: "Has David Baddiel made enquiries regarding any recent uptick in royalties?" Whilst addressing the question, Frank gave an insight into the situation.

Responding, Frank said: "Um ... I ... no ... I don't know what's happening about the ..." Without finishing his previous comment, he told Emily instead: "As I always say, it's a myth that we made loads of money out of Three Lions."

Emily said: "You once told me how much you made." Frank went on to say that the profits were worth an estimated £38,000 from Three Lions over a four year period, though he didn't specify when and if that was just his share.

He said: "I think in total it was about ... I think it came out ... it was about 38 grand. Over four years." Frank continued by saying: "That's a lot of money, don't get me wrong! But, y'know, you imagine people get four Number 1s ..."

His co-star Emily however shared that she had expected him to have made much more from the track. Comedian Sara Barron, who was a guest on the episode, suggested similarly and questioned why that hadn't been the case.

Emily said: "I'll be honest, I thought it was about £4 million." Amid the discussion on the podcast, Sara then asked: "Yeah, why is it not £4 million?" Frank went on to tease: "Have you met my manager?"

It isn't the first time that Frank has spoken about the financial impact of Three Lions. Asked about it on Radio X last year, he told Chris Moyles: "Honestly, I would say I made about £50,000 out of Three Lions." He added: "Seriously."

Frank said at the time that he had a quarter of the profits from it. He also shared that he still gets a "kick" out of it when football fans sing Three Lions now, saying: "I do, yeah. They don't sing it as much on the terraces as they did [though]!"

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