​ATLANTA — England and Argentina are two fanbases that, maybe more than any other, love to sing.They sing about their history, past legends, and current superstars. They sing about other fanbases, including one another. They belt out popular songs that they have claimed as their own and make up songs in the moment. They occasionally sing songs that are undeniably offensive.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementWednesday’s match in Atlanta reignites one of the fiercest rivalries in sports, one where both sides feel slighted for past wrongs incurred on and off the pitch.Already on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, songs from both fanbases filled the streets, bars, and hotels of Atlanta.Both countries’ fan sections take popular melodies and give them new lyrics about soccer, history, and their rivals. Argentina has many lengthy songs forming a large canon that gets updated for every World Cup, where England stitches together short chants, or simply claims a pop song.The players love it.After England’s quarterfinal win, players put their arms around each other and sang “Wonderwall” with supporters in Miami.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementArgentine players often go viral at major tournaments for singing popular songs after World Cup wins in the locker room, and those songs often include racist or controversial lyrics.After winning the Copa América last summer, Argentina’s players sang, “They play for France, but their parents are from Angola. Their mother is from Cameroon, while their father is from Nigeria. But their passport says French.” France’s soccer federation called the song “racist and discriminatory.” (English soccer fandom has its own extensive history of racist abuse.)While slightly more benign, the Argentine players avoided sanctions for singing a song that contained a “for the Malvinas” line after beating Egypt. The Malvinas are the Argentine name for the Falkland Islands, the site of an England-Argentina war that looms over Wednesday’s game. References to the islands are common in Argentine supporters’ songs.Here’s a quick breakdown of each side’s musical prowess:AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe shorter tunes are the most distinctive part of English soccer singing.English supporters sing chants constantly for their local clubs, and that tradition seamlessly comes with them when rooting for the national team. Set to common melodies and easy rhythms, the lyrics aren’t hard to pick up.Sometimes the lines repeat between matches, for example: “Football’s coming home again with Thomas Tuchel!” Other times the lyrics are made up on the fly, like a diss to Norway after knocking them out in the quaterfinal: “They’ll be no fucking rowing in New York!” One of the most famous chants is “Don’t Take Me Home,” which repeats the same five lines over and over.The songs are not always cordial, and are at times uncouth toward women in particular. Wherever I’ve encountered Eng