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FIFAWorld Cup songs and anthems[1] are tunes and songs adopted officially by FIFA (or by official broadcasters and partners selected by FIFA), to be used prior to the World Cup event and to accompany the championships during the event.[2] They are also used in advertising campaigns for the World Cup. They are used astheme music in TVbroadcast and also used in advertising campaigns for the World Cup. Some songs and anthems are more popular and famous than official songs and anthems.
The chosen songs are usually multilingual and include English, the official language of the organizing country, languages of certain FIFA Partners regions and/or other languages. The main versions also result in cover versions in many other languages performed by the original or by local artists.[3]
| Edition | Host country | Title | Language(s) | Performer(s) | Writer(s) and producer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Italy | "Un'estate italiana" – Official Song (Italian Version) | Italian | Edoardo Bennato andGianna Nannini | Giorgio Moroder,Edoardo Bennato Gianna Nannini andTom Whitlock | |
| "To Be Number One" – Official Song (English Version) | English | Giorgio Moroder Project | |||
 United States | "Gloryland" – Official Song | English | Daryl Hall andSounds of Blackness | Charlie Skarbek and Rick Blaskey | |
 France | "La Copa de la Vida (The Cup of Life)" – Official Song | English Spanish | Ricky Martin | Desmond Child, Luis Gómez-Escolar andRobi Rosa | |
| "La Cour des Grands (Do You Mind If I Play)" – Official Anthem | French English | Youssou N'Dour andAxelle Red | |||
 South Korea Japan | "Boom" – Official Song | English | Anastacia | Anastacia andGlen Ballard | |
| "Let's Get Together Now" – Official Local Song | Korean Japanese | Voices of KOREA/JAPAN | Daisuke Kawaguchi, Kim Hyung-Suk, Yoshimitsu Sawamoto, Kiyoshi Matsuo andLena Park | ||
| "Anthem" – Official Anthem | None (Instrumental) | Vangelis | Vangelis /Takkyu Ishino | ||
 Germany | "The Time of Our Lives" – Official Song | English Spanish | Il Divo featuringToni Braxton | Jörgen Elofsson andSteve Mac | |
| "Zeit dass sich was dreht (Celebrate The Day)" – Official Anthem | English German French Bambara | Herbert Grönemeyer featuringAmadou & Mariam | Herbert Grönemeyer | ||
 South Africa | "Waka Waka" – Official Song | English Spanish isiXhosa Fang | Shakira featuringFreshlyground | Shakira,J. hill, Kojidie and Ze Bell Jean Paul | |
| "Game On" –Official Mascot Song | English | Pitbull,TKZee andDario G | |||
| "Sign of a Victory" – Official Anthem | English | R. Kelly featuring theSowetoSpiritual Singers | R. Kelly | ||
 Brazil | "We Are One (Ole Ola)" – Official Song[4] | English Portuguese Spanish | Pitbull featuringJennifer Lopez andClaudia Leitte | Jennifer Lopez,Claudia Leitte,Pitbull Thomas Troelsen,Danny Mercer,Sia Furler Lukasz Gottwald,Henry Walter andRedOne | |
| "Tatu Bom de Bola" –Official Mascot Song | Portuguese | Arlindo Cruz | Arlindo Cruz | ||
| "Dar um Jeito (We Will Find a Way)" – Official Anthem | English Portuguese Spanish | Carlos Santana featuringWyclef Jean,Avicii, andAlexandre Pires | Alexandre Pires,Arash Pournouri Rami Yacoub, Carl Falk,Tim Bergling Arnon Woolfson, Diogo Vianna andWyclef Jean | ||
 Russia | "Live It Up" – Official Song[5] | English | Nicky Jam featuringWill Smith andEra Istrefi | Nicky Jam,Will Smith,Era Istrefi,Diplo, Jean-Baptiste,Quavious Marshall, Jocelyn Donald, The Picard Brothers, Juan Diego Medina Vélez and Michael McHenry | |
 Qatar[note 1] | "Hayya Hayya (Better Together)" – Track from Official Soundtrack[6] | English | Trinidad Cardona,Davido and AISHA | Davido,Trinidad Cardona RedOne | |
| "Arhbo" – Track from Official Soundtrack[7] | Arabic Spanish French | Ozuna,GIMS andRedOne | RedOne,Ozuna andGIMS | ||
| "Arhbo (Arabic version)" –Ooredoo Promotional Version[8] | Arabic | Nasser Al-Kubaisi, Ayed, and Haneen Hussein | Hameed Al-Bloushi andRedOne | ||
| "The World Is Yours To Take" – Track from Official Soundtrack and Budweiser Anthem[9] | English | Tears for Fears featuringLil Baby | Roland Orzabal,Ian Stanley, Chris Hughes,Dominique Jones, Kevin Andre Price, Jacquez Lowe, Jordan Holt-May and Joshua I. Parker | ||
| "Light The Sky" – Track from Official Soundtrack[10] | English | Nora Fatehi,Balqees,Rahma Riad,Manal andRedOne | RedOne, Pat Devine, Adil Khayat, Kamikaz, Steph andAditya Prateek Singh Sisodia | ||
| "Tukoh Taka" – Track from Official Soundtrack and OfficialFIFA Fan Festival Anthem[11] | English Spanish Arabic | Nicki Minaj,Maluma andMyriam Fares | |||
| "Dreamers" – Track from Official Soundtrack[12] | English Arabic | Jung Kook (featuringFahad Al Kubaisi in the official music video version)[13] | Jung Kook, Mustapha El Ouardi, Pat Devine andRedOne | ||
 Canada MexicoUnited States | "FIFA World Cup 26 Theme Song" | None (Instrumental) | Zachary Aaron Golden | ||
| "(Host City) Theme x FIFA World Cup 26" - Official FIFA World Cup 26 Sonic IDs ("FIFA World Cup 26 Theme Song" remixes by producers selected by each host city)[14][15] | Kansas City – English Others – None (Instrumental) | (Credited to producer) |
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| Edition | Host country | Title | Language(s) | Performer(s) | Writer(s) and producer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sweden | "VM Marsch" | None (Instrumental) | Radioorkestern and theRoyal Swedish Army Band | ||
 Chile | "El Rock del Mundial" | Spanish | Los Ramblers | Jorge Rojas Astorga | |
 England | "World Cup Willie (Where in this World are We Going)" | English | Lonnie Donegan | ||
| Mexico | "Fútbol México 70" | Spanish | Los Hermanos Zavala | Roberto do Nascimento | |
| West Germany | "Fussball Ist Unser Leben" | German | Germany national football team | ||
| "Futbol" | English German Russian Spanish Polish | Maryla Rodowicz | Jonasz Kofta, Leszek Bogdanowicz | ||
 Argentina | "El Mundial" – Known for Official Song | None (Instrumental) | Buenos Aires Municipal Symphony | Ennio Morricone | |
 Spain | "El Mundial" – Known for Official Song | Spanish | Plácido Domingo | ||
| Mexico | "El mundo unido por un balón" – Known for Official Song | Spanish | Juan Carlos Abara | Juan Carlos Abara | |
| "A Special Kind of Hero" –Official Film Soundtrack[16] | English | Stephanie Lawrence | Rick Wakeman | ||
| "Hot Hot Hot"[17] | English | Arrow | Alphonsus Cassell and Leston Paul[18] | ||
| Italy | "Za Ayi Neyi" –Official Film Soundtrack | Les Têtes Brulées | |||
| United States | "We Are the Champions" –Track from Official Album | English | Queen | Freddie Mercury | |
| "Two Billion Hearts" –Official Film Soundtrack | English | Gary Stockdale | Lalo Schifrin, Marie Cain, and Gary Stockdale | ||
| France | "Carnaval de Paris" | None (Instrumental) | Dario G | Dario G | |
| "Together Now" | English Spanish | Jean Michel Jarre andTetsuya Komuro | Jean Michel Jarre,Tetsuya Komuro andOlivia Lufkin | ||
| South KoreaJapan | "Live For Love United" –Track from Official Album | English French | Peabo Bryson | Peabo Bryson | |
| Germany | "Hips Don't Lie" (Bamboo Mix) –Track from Official Album | English Spanish | Shakira featuringWyclef Jean | Jerry Duplessis,Omar Alfanno and LaTavia Parker | |
| "Love Generation" –Known for Official Mascot Song | English | Bob Sinclar featuringGary Pine | Duane Harden, Christophe le Friant, Gary Pine, Jay Woodhouse, JG Schreiner and Alain Wisniak | ||
| "Stand Up!" – Official Champions' Theme | English | Patrizio Buanne | Jacques Morali, Henri Belolo, Wolfgang Boss, Nicole Tyler | ||
| "Arriba, Arriba" | Spanish | Ana Bárbara,Mariana Seoane,Anaís Martínez,Pablo Montero | |||
| South Africa | "Wavin' Flag" –Coca-Cola Promotional Anthem | English | K'Naan | K'naan,Ebrahim Dhooma,Bruno Mars,Philip Lawrence andJean Daval | |
| "Wavin' Flag" – Spanish Celebration Mix Version | English Spanish | K'Naan, David Bisbal | |||
| "Wavin' Flag" – Arabic Celebration Mix Version | English Arabic | K'Naan, Nancy Ajram | |||
| "Oh Africa" –Track from Official Album –Pepsi Promotional Anthem | English | Akon, Keri Hilson | |||
| Brazil | "La La La (Brasil 2014)" –Track from Official album | English Portuguese Spanish | Shakira featuringCarlinhos Brown | Shakira,Carlinhos Brown, Jay Singh,Lukasz Gottwald Mathieu Jomphe-Lepine,Max Martin Henry Walter, Raelene Arreguin, John J Conte Jr. | |
| "The World Is Ours"[19] –Coca-Cola Promotional Anthem | English | David Correy, Aloe Blacc, Ira Losco, Monobloco | |||
| "The World Is Ours" – Arabic Version | Arabic | Nancy Ajram, Cheb Khaled | |||
| "La Copa de Todos" –Coca-Cola Promotional Anthem Spanish Mix | Spanish English | David Correy,Paty Cantú,Wisin, Monobloco | |||
| "Magic in the Air" | French | Magic System, Chawki | Magic System (A'Salfo, Manadja, Goudé and Tino), RedOne, Ahmed Chawki | ||
| "Assaf 360" | Arabic English | Mohammed Assaf | |||
| Russia | "Colors" –Coca-Cola Promotional Anthem | English Spanish Arabic:- (Saudi Ver.) (Egyptian Ver.) (Moroccan Ver.) Urdu | Jason Derulo, Maluma, Aseel, Lil Eazy, Tamer Hosny, Douzi, Qurat-ul-Ain Balouch | Jason Derulo, Jamie Sanderson, Nija Charles, Ishmael Sadiq Montague, Geoffrey Earley, Diamond Platnumz, Sermstyle, ISM | |
| "Komanda 2018" (Команда 2018, Team 2018)[20] | Russian | DJ Smash featuringEgor Kreed andPolina Gagarina | DJ Smash | ||
| "United by Love"[21][22][23][24][25][26] | English, Spanish, Russian | Natalia Oreiro | Ettore Grenci, Sonia Molina, Diego Córdoba | ||
| "I'm the One" | English | DJ Khaled featuringJustin Bieber,Quavo,Chance the Rapper, andLil Wayne | DJ Khaled, Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper, Lil Wayne,Nic Nac,Poo Bear,Bobby Brackins, David Park,August 08 | ||
| "Love" | English, Spanish | Gianluca Vacchi andSebastián Yatra | Gianluca Vacchi,Sebastián Yatra | ||
| "Ramenez la coupe à la maison" –French Team Song[27] | French | Vegedream | Vegedream, Ken "Evasion" Bora | ||
| Qatar | "MLK É LUZ, AL RIHLA" –AdidasOfficial Match Ball 'Al Rihla' Song | Portuguese | MC Kekel | MC Kekel DJ Luck Muzic | |
| "A Kind of Magic" –Coca-Cola Promotional Anthem | English Arabic | Danna Paola,Felukah, Tamtam | Roger Taylor,David Richards | ||
| "Yet to Come" –Hyundai Promotional Version | Korean English | BTS | Dan Gleyzer,J-Hope,Max,Pdogg,RM andSuga | ||
| "C.H.A.M.P.I.O.N.S" –Qatar Airways Promotional Anthem | Arabic French English | DJ Rodge,Cheb Khaled | |||
| "Tahayya" | Arabic English | Humood andMaher Zain | Humood Maher Zain Hamzah Jamjoom Ahmed AlYafie Talal | ||
| "Be Like Him" | Chinese | Namewee Priscilla Abby | |||
| "Ya Gamila" | Arabic English Chinese | Namewee Yasin Sulaiman | |||
| "Ezz Al Arab" | Arabic English | Wegz | |||
| "World Cup" | English | IShowSpeed |
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| "Muchachos, ahora nos volvimos a ilusionar" –Argentina Team Song[28] | Spanish | La Mosca Tsé - Tsé | |||
| "The Business" | English | Tiësto | Used pre-game, between the end of national anthems and kickoff |
| Edition | Host country | Broadcaster | Title | Language(s) | Performer(s) | Writer(s) and producer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | BBC | "Mexico Grandstand"[29] | Syd Lawrence | Syd Lawrence | ||
| ITV | "The World at their Feet"[30] | John Shakespeare | John Shakespeare | |||
| West Germany | BBC | "Striker"[31] | The Anthony King Orchestra | Benson and Lewis | ||
| ITV | "Lap of Honour"[32] | London Stadium Orchestra | ||||
| Argentina | BBC | "Argentine Melody (Cancion de Argentina)"[33] | San Jose featuringRodriguez Argentina | Andrew Lloyd Webber | ||
| ITV | "Action Argentina"[34] | South Bank Team | ||||
| Spain | BBC | "Jellicle Ball"[35] | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Andrew Lloyd Webber | ||
| ITV | "Matador"[36] | Jeff Wayne | Jeff Wayne | |||
| Mexico | BBC | "Aztec Lightning"[37] | Heads | |||
| ITV | "Aztec Gold"[38] | Silsoe | Rod Argent | |||
| Italy | Global | "Un'estate italiana (To Be Number One)" – Official Song | Italian English | Edoardo Bennato andGianna Nannini (Italian) Giorgio Moroder Project (English) | Edoardo Bennato,Giorgio Moroder,Gianna Nannini andTom Whitlock | |
| BBC | "Nessun dorma"[39] | Luciano Pavarotti | Giacomo Puccini | |||
| ITV | "Tutti al Mondo"[40] | Rod Argent andPeter Van Hooke | ||||
| United States | Global | "Gloryland" – Official Song | English | Daryl Hall andSounds of Blackness | Charlie Skarbek and Rick Blaskey | |
| BBC | "America"[41] | Leonard Bernstein &Stephen Sondheim | ||||
| ITV | "Gloryland"[42] | English | Daryl Hall andSounds of Blackness | Charlie Skarbek and Rick Blaskey | ||
 France | Global | Untitled or Unknown | ||||
| BBC | "Pavane"[43] | Fauré | ||||
| ITV | "Rendez-Vous"[44] | Jean-Michel Jarre andApollo 440 | ||||
| South KoreaJapan | Global | "Anthem" – Official Anthem | None (Instrumental) | Vangelis | Vangelis /Takkyu Ishino | |
| BBC | "Tarantula"[45] | Faithless | Maxi Jazz,Sister Bliss andRollo | |||
| ITV | "One Fine Day"[46] | Italian | Opera Babes | |||
| Univision | "Vamos Al Mundial" | Spanish | Jennifer Peña | Claudia Garcia | ||
| Sat.1 | "This Is My Time"[47] | English | Sasha | Grant Michael B.,Cosmo Klein, Kai Kumpann, Pomez di Lorenzo, Pete Boyd Smith,Sascha Schmitz, Grant Michael B. | ||
| Germany | Global | Untitled or Unknown | ||||
| ARD | "A Place to Crash"[48] | English | Robbie Williams | |||
| BBC | "Sports Prepare"[49] | English | BBC Concert Orchestra &BBC Singers | Carl Davis, adapted fromGeorge Frideric Handel's "See the Conquering Hero Comes" | ||
| ITV | "Heroes"[50] | English | Kasabian | David Bowie &Brian Eno | ||
| South Africa | Global | Untitled or Unknown | ||||
| ARD | "Come Back As Heroes"[51] | English | The Parlotones | |||
| BBC | "Rainbow Nation"[52] | English | The Dallas Guild | |||
| ESPN ABC | ESPN World Cup/Euros Theme | Instrumental | Joel Stevenett | Lisle Moore Judd Maher | ||
| France Télévisions | Allez Ola Olé | French | Jessy Matador | Hugues Ducamin Jacques Ballue | ||
| ITV | "When You Come Back"[53] | English | Vusi Mahlasela | |||
| NHK | "Tamashii Revolution" | Japanese | Superfly | Superfly | ||
| RTL | "Helele"[54] | Zulu | Velile &Safri Duo | Jean Kluger,Daniel Vangarde, Velile Mchunu, Hardy Krech, Mark Nissen, Tonekind | ||
| ZDF | "Marchin On"[55] | English | OneRepublic &Timbaland | Ryan Tedder | ||
| Brazil | Global | Untitled or Unknown, (Althogout is known by the public as "Oea Song" due the proeminency of a woman singing "OEA" on the song)[56][57][58] | ||||
| ARD | "Auf uns"[59] | German | Andreas Bourani | Andreas Bourani, Tom Olbrich, Julius Hartog, Peter "Jem" Seifert | ||
| BBC | "Another Star" | Stevie Wonder | Stevie Wonder | |||
| beIN Sports | "Time of Our Lives" | Arabic French English | Ahmed Chawki | RedOne | ||
| ESPN ABC | ESPN World Cup/Euros Theme | Instrumental | Joel Stevenett | Lisle Moore Judd Maher | ||
| Hub Network | "All Night" | English | Icona Pop | Aino Jawo & Caroline Hjelt | ||
| ITV | "Brazil" | Portuguese | Thiago Thomé | |||
| NHK | "NIPPON" | Japanese | Ringo Sheena | Ringo Sheena | ||
| Univision | "Adrenalina" | Spanish | Wisin,Ricky Martin andJennifer Lopez | Juan Luis Morera, José Torres and Carlos E. Ortiz | ||
| ZDF | "Love Runs Out"[60] | English | OneRepublic | Ryan Tedder,Brent Kutzle, Drew Brown,Zach Filkins,Eddie Fisher | ||
| Russia | Global | "Living Football" – New FIFA Anthem | None (Instrumental) | Hans Zimmer &Lorne Balfe | Hans Zimmer & Lorne Balfe | |
| ARD | "Zusammen"[61] | German | Die Fantastischen Vier featuringClueso | Andreas Rieke, Michael B. Schmidt, Thomas Dürr, Michael DJ Beck, Thomas Burchia, Samy Sorge, Michael Kurth, Conrad Hensel, Florian Renner, Ricco Schoenebeck, Toni Oliver Schoenebeck DJ Thomilla, Conrad Hensel, Hitnapperz | ||
| BBC | "BBC World Cup Theme 2018" – BBC Self-produced Theme | |||||
| beIN Sports | "One World" | English | RedOne, Adelina andNow United | RedOne | ||
| Fox Sports | “Where Angels Fear to Tread” | Instrumental | Kirill Richter | |||
| "FOX Sports FIFA World Cup Theme" | Instrumental | Pete Calandra | Pete Calandra | |||
| ITV | "Swan Lake" | Instrumental | Julius Reisinger | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | ||
| NHK | "VOLT-AGE" | Japanese English | Suchmos | YONCE,Suchmos | ||
| Telemundo | "Positivo" | Spanish | J Balvin | Michael Brun | ||
| "Sueño de Campeones" | Instrumental w/ Spanish Choir | Yoav Goren | Yoav Goren | |||
| ZDF | "The Bravest"[62] | English | Sir Rosevelt | |||
| Qatar | Global | "Qatar 2022 Theme" | Instrumental | Zachary Aaron Golden | Zachary Aaron Golden | |
| Abema/TV Asahi | "Isseino Kassai"[63] | Japanese | LiSA | Halle/Haneru Takeuch,[note 2]LiSA | ||
| ARD | "One"[64] | English | U2 | Bono,Daniel Lanois,Brian Eno | ||
| Azteca | Ulayeh | Spanish Arabic | Sebastián Yatra | RedOne, Sebastián Yatra, Nouamane Belaiachi, Hector Caleb Lopez, Manuel Lorente Freire | ||
| BBC | Untitled | English | Callum Rankine[65] | |||
| FOX Sports | "FOX Sports FIFA World Cup Theme" | Instrumental | Pete Calandra | Pete Calandra | ||
| "Olé" | English Spanish | ENISA | ||||
| Fuji TV | "Jump"[66] | Japanese | Lilas Ikuta | |||
| ITV | "Around the World in 80 Days OST Main Theme" | Instrumental | City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra | |||
| NHK | "Stardom"[67] | Japanese | King Gnu | King Gnu | ||
| RTVE | "Toke"[68] | Spanish | Chanel | |||
| Telemundo | "Aeropuerto" | Spanish | Camilo | |||
| "Sueño de Campeones" | Instrumental w/ Spanish Choir | Yoav Goren | Yoav Goren | |||
| Televen | "Vamos al Mundial" | Spanish | Juan Miguel, Victor Muñoz, Luis Leal | |||
| TUDN | "Vamos a Qatar" | Spanish | Los Bukis | |||
| ZDF | "Dance All Over Me"[69] | English | George Ezra | George Ezra,Joel Pott | ||
| CanadaMexicoUnited States | Telemundo | "Somos Más"[70] | Spanish | Carlos Vives,Emilia Mernes,Wisin, andXavi |
| Edition | Host country | Music | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | United States | "FIFA Anthem" | |
| 1998 | France | ||
| 2002 | South KoreaJapan | "2002 FIFA World Cup Anthem" | |
| 2006 | Germany | "FIFA Anthem" | |
| 2010 | South Africa | ||
| 2014 | Brazil | ||
| 2018 | Russia | "Living Football" (New FIFA Anthem) | When both teams' national flags and FIFA flag enter thepitch |
| "Seven Nation Army (Instrumental)" | When players and officials enter thepitch | ||
| 2022 | Qatar | "It's Time-Pierre Caillot"[71] "Qatar 2022 Concept K (Opening Flags)"[72] | When both teams' national flags enter thepitch[73] |
| "Arhbo (FIFA Walkout Anthem)" | When players and officials enter thepitch |
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