Ranking The Top Ten Madden Soundtracks Of All Time

3. Madden NFL 2003

Certified Bangers: “Party Hard,” by Andrew W.K. and “The Anthem,” by Good Charlotte.

Other Phat Tracks: “Get Over It,” by OK Go

Damn, Son. Where’d You Find This?: “Awnaw (Rock Remix ft. Marcos Curiel of P.O.D.)

The game that brought Good Charlotte to the masses has to be pretty high up the list, right? Even if the answer is no,Madden NFL 2003 was historic in that it marked the first installment of the Madden Series to include EA Trax, which inserted real songs by real artists into the game.

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Besides giving us Good Charlotte, the 2003 version brought Andrew W.K.’s raucous “Party Hard” into countless homes across the globe and gave us the unlikely pairing of Nappy Roots and P.O.D. on “Awnaw (Rock Remix),” making this Marshall Faulk-adorning edition number three on the list.

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