List of FIFA World Cup songs and anthems

For the corporate anthem of FIFA itself, see FIFA Anthem.

FIFA World 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 as theme music in TV broadcast 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]

Official songs and anthems by FIFA

Edition	Host country	Title	Language(s)	Performer(s)	Writer(s) and producer(s)
1990	Italy	"Un'estate italiana" – Official Song (Italian Version)	Italian	Edoardo Bennato and Gianna Nannini	Giorgio Moroder, Edoardo Bennato Gianna Nannini and Tom Whitlock
		"To Be Number One" – Official Song (English Version)	English	Giorgio Moroder Project
1994	United States	"Gloryland" – Official Song	English	Daryl Hall and Sounds of Blackness	Charlie Skarbek and Rick Blaskey
1998	France	"La Copa de la Vida (The Cup of Life)" – Official Song	English Spanish	Ricky Martin	Desmond Child, Luis Gómez-Escolar and Robi Rosa
		"La Cour des Grands (Do You Mind If I Play)" – Official Anthem	French English	Youssou N'Dour and Axelle Red
2002	South Korea Japan	"Boom" – Official Song	English	Anastacia	Anastacia and Glen Ballard
		"Let's Get Together Now" – Official Local Song	Korean Japanese	Voices of KOREA/JAPAN	Daisuke Kawaguchi, Kim Hyung-Suk, Yoshimitsu Sawamoto, Kiyoshi Matsuo and Lena Park
		"Anthem" – Official Anthem	None (Instrumental)	Vangelis	Vangelis / Takkyu Ishino
2006	Germany	"The Time of Our Lives" – Official Song	English Spanish	Il Divo featuring Toni Braxton	Jörgen Elofsson and Steve Mac
		"Zeit dass sich was dreht (Celebrate The Day)" – Official Anthem	English German French Bambara	Herbert Grönemeyer featuring Amadou & Mariam	Herbert Grönemeyer
2010	South Africa	"Waka Waka" – Official Song	English Spanish isiXhosa Fang	Shakira featuring Freshlyground	Shakira, J. hill, Kojidie and Ze Bell Jean Paul
		"Game On" – Official Mascot Song	English	Pitbull, TKZee and Dario G
		"Sign of a Victory" – Official Anthem	English	R. Kelly featuring the Soweto Spiritual Singers	R. Kelly
2014	Brazil	"We Are One (Ole Ola)" – Official Song[4]	English Portuguese Spanish	Pitbull featuring Jennifer Lopez and Claudia Leitte	Jennifer Lopez, Claudia Leitte, Pitbull Thomas Troelsen, Danny Mercer, Sia Furler Lukasz Gottwald, Henry Walter and RedOne
		"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 featuring Wyclef Jean, Avicii, and Alexandre Pires	Alexandre Pires, Arash Pournouri Rami Yacoub, Carl Falk, Tim Bergling Arnon Woolfson, Diogo Vianna and Wyclef Jean
2018	Russia	"Live It Up" – Official Song[5]	English	Nicky Jam featuring Will Smith and Era Istrefi	Nicky Jam, Will Smith, Era Istrefi, Diplo, Jean-Baptiste, Quavious Marshall, Jocelyn Donald, The Picard Brothers, Juan Diego Medina Vélez and Michael McHenry
2022	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]	Spanish French	Ozuna, GIMS and RedOne	RedOne, Ozuna and GIMS
		"Arhbo (Arabic version)" – Ooredoo Promotional Version[8]	Arabic	Nasser Al-Kubaisi, Ayed, and Haneen Hussein	Hameed Al-Bloushi and RedOne
		"The World Is Yours To Take" – Track from Official Soundtrack and 00Budweiser Anthem[9]	English	Tears for Fears featuring Lil 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 and RedOne	RedOne, Pat Devine, Adil Khayat, Kamikaz, Steph and Aditya Prateek Singh Sisodia
		"Tukoh Taka" – Track from Official Soundtrack and 00Official FIFA Fan Festival Anthem[11]	English Spanish Arabic	Nicki Minaj, Maluma and Myriam Fares
		"Dreamers" – Track from Official Soundtrack[12]	English Arabic	Jung Kook (featuring Fahad Al Kubaisi in the official music video version)[13]	Jung Kook, Mustapha El Ouardi, Pat Devine and RedOne
2026	Canada Mexico United States	"FIFA World Cup 26 Theme Song"	None (Instrumental)		Zachary Aaron Golden

Other songs and anthems

Edition	Host country	Title	Language(s)	Performer(s)	Writer(s) and producer(s)
1958	Sweden	"VM Marsch"	None (Instrumental)	Radioorkestern and the Royal Swedish Army Band
1962	Chile	"El Rock del Mundial"	Spanish	Los Ramblers	Jorge Rojas Astorga
1966	England	"World Cup Willie (Where in this World are We Going)"	English	Lonnie Donegan
1970	Mexico	"Fútbol México 70"	Spanish	Los Hermanos Zavala	Roberto do Nascimento
1974	West Germany	"Fussball Ist Unser Leben"	German	Germany national football team
		"Futbol"	English German Russian Spanish Polish	Maryla Rodowicz	Jonasz Kofta, Leszek Bogdanowicz
1978	Argentina	"El Mundial" – Known for Official Song	None (Instrumental)	Buenos Aires Municipal Symphony	Ennio Morricone
1982	Spain	"El Mundial" – Known for Official Song	Spanish	Plácido Domingo
1986	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[14]	English	Stephanie Lawrence	Rick Wakeman
		"Hot Hot Hot"[15]	English	Arrow	Alphonsus Cassell and Leston Paul[16]
1990	Italy	"Za Ayi Neyi" – Official Film Soundtrack		Les Têtes Brulées
1994	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
1998	France	"Carnaval de Paris"	None (Instrumental)	Dario G	Dario G
		"Together Now"	English Spanish	Jean Michel Jarre and Tetsuya Komuro	Jean Michel Jarre, Tetsuya Komuro and Olivia Lufkin
2002	South Korea Japan	"Live For Love United" – Track from Official Album	English French	Peabo Bryson	Peabo Bryson
2006	Germany	"Hips Don't Lie" (Bamboo Mix) – Track from Official Album	English Spanish	Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean	Jerry Duplessis, Omar Alfanno and LaTavia Parker
		"Love Generation" – Known for Official Mascot Song	English	Bob Sinclar featuring Gary 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
2010	South Africa	"Wavin' Flag" – Coca-Cola Promotional Anthem	English	K'Naan	K'naan, Ebrahim Dhooma, Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence and Jean 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
2014	Brazil	"La La La (Brasil 2014)" – Track from Official album	English Portuguese Spanish	Shakira featuring Carlinhos 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"[17] – 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
2018	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) [18]	Russian	DJ Smash featuring Egor Kreed and Polina Gagarina	DJ Smash
		"United by Love" [19][20][21][22][23][24]	English, Spanish, Russian	Natalia Oreiro	Ettore Grenci, Sonia Molina, Diego Córdoba
		"I'm the One"	English	DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper, and Lil 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 and Sebastián Yatra	Gianluca Vacchi, Sebastián Yatra
		"Ramenez la coupe à la maison" – French Team Song [25]	French	Vegedream	Vegedream, Ken "Evasion" Bora
2022	Qatar	"MLK É LUZ, AL RIHLA" – Adidas Official 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 and Suga
		"C.H.A.M.P.I.O.N.S" – Qatar Airways Promotional Anthem	Arabic French English	DJ Rodge, Cheb Khaled
		"Tahayya"	Arabic English	Humood and Maher 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	Darren Watkins Jr. Joe Grasso Ryan Wage
		"Muchachos, ahora nos volvimos a ilusionar" – Argentina Team Song[26]	Spanish	La Mosca Tsé - Tsé
		"The Business"	English	Tiësto	Used pre-game, between the end of national anthems and kickoff

Broadcaster theme music

Edition	Host country	Broadcaster	Title	Language(s)	Performer(s)	Writer(s) and producer(s)
1970	Mexico	BBC	"Mexico Grandstand"[27]		Syd Lawrence	Syd Lawrence
		ITV	"The World at their Feet"[28]		John Shakespeare	John Shakespeare
1974	West Germany	BBC	"Striker"[29]		The Anthony King Orchestra	Benson and Lewis
		ITV	"Lap of Honour"[30]		London Stadium Orchestra
1978	Argentina	BBC	"Argentine Melody (Cancion de Argentina)"[31]		San Jose featuring Rodriguez Argentina	Andrew Lloyd Webber
		ITV	"Action Argentina"[32]		South Bank Team
1982	Spain	BBC	"Jellicle Ball"[33]		Royal Philharmonic Orchestra	Andrew Lloyd Webber
		ITV	"Matador"[34]		Jeff Wayne	Jeff Wayne
1986	Mexico	BBC	"Aztec Lightning"[35]		Heads
		ITV	"Aztec Gold"[36]		Silsoe	Rod Argent
1990	Italy	Global	"Un'estate italiana (To Be Number One)" – Official Song	Italian English	Edoardo Bennato and Gianna Nannini (Italian) Giorgio Moroder Project (English)	Edoardo Bennato, Giorgio Moroder, Gianna Nannini and Tom Whitlock
		BBC	"Nessun dorma"[37]		Luciano Pavarotti	Giacomo Puccini
		ITV	"Tutti al Mondo"[38]		Rod Argent and Peter Van Hooke
1994	United States	Global	"Gloryland" – Official Song	English	Daryl Hall and Sounds of Blackness	Charlie Skarbek and Rick Blaskey
		BBC	"America"[39]			Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim
		ITV	"Gloryland" [40]	English	Daryl Hall and Sounds of Blackness	Charlie Skarbek and Rick Blaskey
1998	France	Global	Untitled or Unknown
		BBC	"Pavane"[41]		Fauré
		ITV	"Rendez-Vous"[42]		Jean-Michel Jarre and Apollo 440
2002	South Korea Japan	Global	"Anthem" – Official Anthem	None (Instrumental)	Vangelis	Vangelis / Takkyu Ishino
		BBC	"Tarantula"[43]		Faithless	Maxi Jazz, Sister Bliss and Rollo
		ITV	"One Fine Day"[44]	Italian	Opera Babes
		Univision	"Vamos Al Mundial"	Spanish	Jennifer Peña	Claudia Garcia
		Sat.1	"This Is My Time"[45]	English	Sasha	Grant Michael B., Cosmo Klein, Kai Kumpann, Pomez di Lorenzo, Pete Boyd Smith, Sascha Schmitz, Grant Michael B.
2006	Germany	Global	Untitled or Unknown
		ARD	"A Place to Crash"[46]	English	Robbie Williams
		BBC	"Sports Prepare"[47]	English	BBC Concert Orchestra & BBC Singers	Carl Davis, adapted from George Frideric Handel's "See the Conquering Hero Comes"
		ITV	"Heroes"[48]	English	Kasabian	David Bowie & Brian Eno
2010	South Africa	Global	Untitled or Unknown
		ARD	"Come Back As Heroes"[49]	English	The Parlotones
		BBC	"Rainbow Nation"[50]	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"[51]	English	Vusi Mahlasela
		NHK	"Tamashii Revolution"	Japanese	Superfly	Superfly
		RTL	"Helele"[52]	Zulu	Velile & Safri Duo	Jean Kluger, Daniel Vangarde, Velile Mchunu, Hardy Krech, Mark Nissen, Tonekind
		ZDF	"Marchin On"[53]	English	OneRepublic & Timbaland	Ryan Tedder
2014	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)[54][55][56]
		ARD	"Auf uns"[57]	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 and Jennifer Lopez	Juan Luis Morera, José Torres and Carlos E. Ortiz
		ZDF	"Love Runs Out"[58]	English	OneRepublic	Ryan Tedder, Brent Kutzle, Drew Brown, Zach Filkins, Eddie Fisher
2018	Russia	Global	"Living Football" – New FIFA Anthem	None (Instrumental)	Hans Zimmer & Lorne Balfe	Hans Zimmer & Lorne Balfe
		ARD	"Zusammen"[59]	German	Die Fantastischen Vier featuring Clueso	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 and Now 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"[60]	English	Sir Rosevelt
2022	Qatar	Global	"Qatar 2022 Theme"	Instrumental	Zachary Aaron Golden	Zachary Aaron Golden
		Abema/TV Asahi	"Isseino Kassai"[61]	Japanese	LiSA	Halle/Haneru Takeuch,[note 2] LiSA
		ARD	"One"[62]	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[63]
		FOX Sports	"FOX Sports FIFA World Cup Theme"	Instrumental	Pete Calandra	Pete Calandra
			"Olé"	English Spanish	ENISA
		Fuji TV	"Jump"[64]	Japanese	Lilas Ikuta
		ITV	"Around the World in 80 Days OST Main Theme"	Instrumental	City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
		NHK	"Stardom"[65]	Japanese	King Gnu	King Gnu
		RTVE	"Toke"[66]	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"[67]	English	George Ezra	George Ezra, Joel Pott

Entrance music

Edition	Host country	Music	Notes
1994	United States	"FIFA Anthem"
1998	France
2002	South Korea Japan	"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 the pitch
		"Seven Nation Army (Instrumental)"	When players and officials enter the pitch
2022	Qatar	"It's Time-Pierre Caillot"[68] "Qatar 2022 Concept K (Opening Flags)"[69]	When both teams' national flags enter the pitch[70]
		"Arhbo (FIFA Walkout Anthem)"	When players and officials enter the pitch

Official albums

• 1994 – Gloryland World Cup USA 94
• 1998 – Music of the World Cup: Allez! Ola! Ole!
• 2002 – The Official Album of the 2002 FIFA World Cup
• 2006 – Voices from the FIFA World Cup
• 2010 – Listen Up! The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Album
• 2014 – One Love, One Rhythm – The 2014 FIFA World Cup Official Album
• 2018 – No album, but an official playlist: FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 Official Playlist^[71]
• 2022 – FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Official Soundtrack^[72]
• 2026 – The Official FIFA World Cup 26 Host City Themes ^[73][74]

See also

• List of FIFA Women's World Cup songs and anthems
• List of UEFA European Championship songs and anthems
• List of Copa América songs and anthems
• List of Africa Cup of Nations songs and anthems
• List of AFC Asian Cup songs and anthems
• List of Olympic songs and anthems

Notes

1. In 2022 FIFA World Cup, for the first time ever, instead of one official song, a full FIFA World Cup official soundtrack has been released. Refer to 2022 FIFA World Cup Official Website Archived 2022-12-05 at the Wayback Machine
2. Credited in Japanese as 竹内羽瑠