List of UEFA European Championship songs and anthems

UEFA European Championship songs and anthems are songs and tunes adopted officially to be used as warm-ups to the event, to accompany the championships during the event and as a souvenir reminder of the events as well as for advertising campaigns leading for the European Championship, giving the singers exceptional universal world coverage and notoriety.^[1]

The songs chosen are usually multilingual using English, the language of the official language of the organising country as well as other world languages, most notably Spanish. The official versions also results in cover versions in many other languages by the original artist or by local artists.

Official songs and anthems edit

Championship	Host country	Title	Language	Performer(s)	Writer(s) & producer(s)	Audios & Videos	Live Performance
1992	Sweden	"More Than a Game"	English	Towe Jaarnek & Peter Jöback	Peter Jöback and Lasse Holm	Music Video
1996	England	"We're in This Together"	English	Simply Red	Mick Hucknall and Stewart Levine	Official Music Video
2000	Netherlands Belgium	"Campione 2000"	English	E-Type	E-Type, Rick Blaskey, Kent Brainerd	Official Music Video
2004	Portugal	"Força"	English Portuguese	Nelly Furtado	Nelly Furtado, Gerald Eaton, Brian West	Official Audio
2008	Austria Switzerland	"Can You Hear Me"	English	Enrique Iglesias	Enrique Iglesias, Steve Morales, Frankie Storm Big Ben Diehl, Carlos Paucar	Official Music Video
2012	Poland Ukraine	"Endless Summer"	English	Oceana	Oceana Mahlmann, Marc F. Jackson Andreas Litterscheid, Blair Mackichan, Hugo Oscar Reinhard Raith, Mense Reents, Jakobus Siebels	Official Music Video
2016	France	"This One's for You"^[2]	English	David Guetta featuring Zara Larsson	David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Afrojack, Ester Dean	Official Music Video	Closing Ceremony
2020	Europe	"We Are the People"	English	Martin Garrix featuring Bono and the Edge	Martin Garrix, Albin Nedler, Kristoffer Fogelmark Bono, the Edge, Giorgio Tuinfort, Simon Edmund Carmody	Official Music Video	Opening Ceremony
2024	Germany	"Fire"	English	Meduza, OneRepublic & Leony	Mattia Vitale, Simon de Jano, Luca De Gregorio, Ryan Tedder, Kim Petras, Leony, Brent Kutzle, Josh Varnadore, VitaliZe & Tyler Spry
2028	United Kingdom Ireland	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
2032	Italy Turkey	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

Broadcast Theme Music edit

While usually most music used is UEFA Euro oficial theme songs, sometimes broadcasters tend to use other songs in some cases. Following is a list of when those cases happened.


Edition	Host Country	Broadcaster	Song Title	Languages/Instrumental	Peformers	Writing and Producing
2012	Poland Ukraine	ESPN	Untitled or Unknown^[3]^[4]	Instrumental
		BBC	Escape	Instrumental	Craig Armstrong	Craig Armstrong
		ITV	Peter and the Wolf	Instrumental
2016	France	ESPN	Untitled or Unknown^[5]^[6]	Instrumental
		BBC	La Foule	French	Izzy Bizu & the BBC Concert Orchestra	Ben Foster
		ITV	La Mer	French	Charles Trenet
2020	Europe	ESPN	Untitled or Unknown^[7]	Instrumental
		BBC	Force Majeure ^[8]	Instrumental	Gaspard Auge	Gaspard Auge Victor Le Masne Michael Declerck
		ITV	You Ain't The Problem	English	Michael Kiwanuka	Brian Burton Dean Josiah Cover Michael Kiwanuka
2024	Germany	Fox Sports	"FOX Sports FIFA World Cup Theme"^[9]	Instrumental	Pete Calandra	Pete Calandra
2024	Germany

Entrance music edit

Championship	Host country	Music
1992	Sweden
1996	England
2000	Netherlands Belgium
2004	Portugal
2008	Austria Switzerland	"Seven Nation Army"
2012	Poland Ukraine	"Heart of Courage"
2016	France	"This One's for You (Orchestral Version)"
2020	Europe	"We Are the People (Orchestral Version)"
2024	Germany	(to be decided)
2028	United Kingdom Ireland	(to be decided)
2032	Italy Turkey	(to be decided)

Official albums edit

1996 – The Beautiful Game
2000 – Euro 2000: The Official Album
2004 – Vive O 2004!

References edit

^ "Enrique Iglesias, David Guetta, Martin Garrix: all the EURO finals' songs". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 18 December 2019. Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
^ "Swedish star Zara Larsson sings summer football hit". 11 May 2016. Archived from the original on 12 May 2016.
^ "ESPN: UEFA EURO 2012". Prologue. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
^ ESPN UEFA Euro 2012 Intro Logos Edition 720p. 2012-06-18. Retrieved 2024-05-22 – via YouTube.
^ "ESPN UEFA Euro 2016 Motion Graphics Gallery". NewscastStudio. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
^ ESPN EURO 2016 INTRO. 2016-06-16. Retrieved 2024-05-22 – via YouTube.
^ UEFA EURO 2020 on ESPN - Intro. 2021-06-09. Retrieved 2024-05-22 – via YouTube.
^ "Gaspard Auge's Force Majeure to soundtrack BBC's UEFA Euro 2020 coverage". www.musicweek.com. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
^ UEFA EURO 2024 Intro FS1. 2023-12-03. Retrieved 2024-05-22 – via YouTube.

[1] "Enrique Iglesias, David Guetta, Martin Garrix: all the EURO finals' songs". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 18 December 2019. Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2020.

[2] "Swedish star Zara Larsson sings summer football hit". 11 May 2016. Archived from the original on 12 May 2016.

[3] "ESPN: UEFA EURO 2012". Prologue. Retrieved 2024-05-22.

[4] ESPN UEFA Euro 2012 Intro Logos Edition 720p. 2012-06-18. Retrieved 2024-05-22 – via YouTube.

[5] "ESPN UEFA Euro 2016 Motion Graphics Gallery". NewscastStudio. Retrieved 2024-05-22.

[6] ESPN EURO 2016 INTRO. 2016-06-16. Retrieved 2024-05-22 – via YouTube.

[7] UEFA EURO 2020 on ESPN - Intro. 2021-06-09. Retrieved 2024-05-22 – via YouTube.

[8] "Gaspard Auge's Force Majeure to soundtrack BBC's UEFA Euro 2020 coverage". www.musicweek.com. Retrieved 2024-05-22.

[9] UEFA EURO 2024 Intro FS1. 2023-12-03. Retrieved 2024-05-22 – via YouTube.

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