Every four years, it happens. It’s a single celebration (FIFA World Cup) that brings cultures, nations, people together. Every four years, football (a.k.a. soccer) is the sport that lifts people off their seats and has them standing with their hands in prayer position. It has fans hugging complete strangers after a goal and makes football addicts scream just a couple of feet away from their flat screens when a ref makes a bad call. Sometimes it leads to sentimental, crying moments of disappointment. If you still haven’t gotten into the sport, now is the time to feel the passion, the vigor, the uplift of what O Rei do Futebol Pelé calls “the beautiful game.”

To help you get into el fútbol, here’s a worldly playlist. Download the songs, build a playlist and call it the South Africa World Cup 2010 soundtrack. It just might be the trick to get you running miles while kicking a ball, joining in on pick-up matches, waking up early in the morning to watch the best in the world go head-to-head live on the pitch and/or even lead you to start thinking, “Brazil. 2014. I. Am. There.”

1) Pooh – “Cuore Azzurro”

2) Johnny Clegg & Juluka – “Scatterlings of Africa”

3) K’naan feat. David Bisbal – “Wavin’ Flag”

4) Akon feat. Keri Hilson – “Oh Africa”

5) The Very Best – “Yalira”

6) Haitiando – “Pa Koute Konsèy”

7) Juanes – “Yerbatero”

8) Parov Stelar – “Libella Swing”

9) The Hundreds & Thousands – “Here We Go”

10) Shakira – “Waka Waka”

11) Meleze – “100%/Mr. Flash”

12) Paul Oakenfold – “Beautiful Goal”

13) Eagles of Death Metal – “Don’t Speak (I Came to Make a Bang)”

14) R. Kelly – “Sign of a Victory”