在NBA赛场，每当比赛进行到读秒阶段行将结束时，交战双方紧咬比分，胜负难料，暂停间歇就会播放这首歌曲，象征最终决战时刻的来临。

Europe乐队1981年成立于瑞典.起初乐队名字叫"Force"(力量).由核心成员Joey Tempest(主唱)、John Norum(吉他) 和John Leven(贝斯)组成.在一次瑞典全国业余摇滚乐团大赛中获得冠军并得到一纸唱片合约.之后将乐队名 更改为Europe并在瑞典发行了两张专辑"Europe"和"Wings of Tomorrow".

中英双语歌词：

We're leaving together,

But still it's farewell

And maybe we'll come back,

To earth, who can tell?

I guess there is no one to blame

We're leaving ground

Will things ever be the same again

It's the final countdown...

We're heading for Venus and still we stand tall

Cause maybe they've seen us and welcome us all

With so many light years to go and things to be found

I'm sure that we'll all miss her so.

It's the final countdown...

(solo)

The final countdown

It's the final countdown...

It's the final countdown

We're leaving together

The final countdown

We'll all miss her so

It's cthe final countdown...

It's The final countdown

我们将一起离去

但仍须告别

也许我们还会回来

回到地球，谁能预料

我想不该怪任何人

我们将离开地面

日后景色是否依旧

开始最后的倒数了

我们正向着金星前进

我们依然昂首挺立

因为他们也许已看见了我们

而且欢迎我们莅临

尽管仍有好几光年的路程

很多事物有待发现

我相信我们都会想念地球

开始最后的倒数了