"We're on the Ball" is a single by British pop duo Ant & Dec, released in 2002. Their second of three comeback performances since their musical career ended in 1997, and their only studio recording since, "We're on the Ball" is a football song. The song was adapted from a song written by Harold Spiro and was produced and arranged by Mike Hedges.

The song is the England football team's "Official Song" of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. It features on the album The Official Album of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, released by Epic Records. The song's lyrics are about the England football team of the time, featuring references to their victory at the World Cup 1966 at their attempts to repeat that success since. It also namechecks the 2002 England football team by surname. The single was re-released digitally in May 2010 to coincide with the World Cup 2010.

It was the duo's first single since their 1997 single "Falling", after which they decided to call time on their pop career and move into television presenting. They resurrected their musical career for CD:UK in 2000 for a one-off performance of "Let's Get Ready to Rhumble". Their success with that performance led to "We're on the Ball".

The song entered the UK Singles chart at Number 3, beaten by the "Light My Fire" cover version by Will Young, who was the winner of the reality show Pop Idol, which Ant & Dec presented, and also by the previous week's number 1 single, Eminem's "Without Me". Thus, it became their highest peaking single at the time, beating 1994's "Let's Get Ready to Rhumble" which only at the time reached Number 9.

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