List of FIFA World Cup anthems and songs

FIFA World Cup anthems and songs are tunes and songs adopted officially by FIFA to be used prior to the World Cup event and to accompany the championships during the event. They are also used in advertising campaigns for the World Cup.

The chosen songs are usually multilingual and include English, the official language of the organising country, Spanish and other languages. The official versions also result in cover versions in many other languages performed by the original artist or by local artists.

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Anthems and Songs

World Cup	Country	Title	Language	Performer(s)	Writer(s) & Producer(s)	Official Audios & Videos	Live Performance
1962	Chile	"El Rock del Mundial"	Spanish	Los Ramblers	Jorge Rojas Astorga	Audio
1966	England	"World Cup Willie (Where in this World are We Going)"	English	Lonnie Donegan		Audio
1970	Mexico	"Fútbol México 70"	Spanish	Los Hermanos Zavala	Roberto do Nascimento	Audio
1974	West Germany	"Futbol"	Polish, English, German Russian, Spanish	Maryla Rodowicz	Jonasz Kofta, Leszek Bogdanowicz	Audio	Live Performance - Opening Ceremony
1978	Argentina	"El Mundial"		Buenos Aires Municipal Symphony	Ennio Morricone	Audio
1982	Spain	"Mundial '82"	Spanish		Plácido Domingo	Audio
1986	Mexico	"A Special Kind of Hero"	English	Stephanie Lawrence	Rick Wakeman	1986 World Cup Official Film
		"Hot Hot Hot"	English	Arrow	Alphonsus Cassell and Leston Paul	Music Video
		"El mundo unido por un balón" (Official Song)	Spanish	Juan Carlos Abara	Spanish	Audio
1990	Italy	"Un'estate italiana (To Be Number One)"	Italian, English	Edoardo Bennato and Gianna Nannini (Italian) Giorgio Moroder Project (English)	Edoardo Bennato, Giorgio Moroder, Gianna Nannini and Tom Whitlock	Official Music Video (Italian-1) Official Music Video (Italian-2) Official Music Video (English-1) Official Music Video (English-2)	Live Performance - Opening Ceremony (Italian) Live Performance - Opening Ceremony (English)
1994	United States	"Gloryland"	English	Daryl Hall and Sounds of Blackness	Charlie Skarbek and Rick Blaskey	Official Music Video-1 Official Music Video-2 Music Video (Instrumental-1) Music Video (Instrumental-2) Audio	Live Performance - Opening Ceremony
		"We Are the Champions"	English	Queen		Official Music Video Official Lyric Video
1998	France	"La Cour des Grands (Do You Mind If I Play)" (Official Anthem)	French, English	Youssou N'Dour & Axelle Red		Official Music Video	Live Performance - Opening Ceremony
		"La Copa de la Vida (The Cup of Life)" (Official Song)	English, Spanish	Ricky Martin	Desmond Child and Robi Rosa	Official Music Video (English) Official Music Video (Spanish)
		"Carnaval de Paris"		Dario G	Dario G	Official Music Video
		"Together Now"	English, Spanish	Jean Michel Jarre and Tetsuya Komuro	Jean Michel Jarre, Tetsuya Komuro and Olivia Lufkin	Official Music Video
2002	South Korea Japan (Jointly Hosted)	"Anthem" (Official Anthem)		Vangelis	Vangelis / Takkyu Ishino	Music Video Audio (Synthesized) Music Video (Remixed)
		"Boom" (Official Song)	English	Anastacia	Anastacia, Glen Ballard	Official Music Video
		"Let's Get Together Now" (Official Local Song)	Japanese, Korean	Voices of KOREA/JAPAN			Live Performance - Opening Ceremony Live Performance - Closing Ceremony
		"Vamos Al Mundial" (Univision Version)	Spanish	Jennifer Peña	Claudia Garcia	Official Music Video
2006	Germany	"Zeit dass sich was dreht (Celebrate The Day)" (Official Anthem)	German, French, Bambara English	Herbert Grönemeyer featuring Amadou & Mariam	Herbert Grönemeyer	Official Music Video	Live Performance - Opening Ceremony
		"The Time of Our Lives" (Official Song)	English, Spanish	Il Divo featuring Toni Braxton	Jörgen Elofsson & Steve Mac	Official Music Video
		"Hips Don't Lie (Bamboo mix)"	English, Spanish	Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean	Jerry Duplessis, Omar Alfanno & LaTavia Parker	Official Music Video
		Love Generation (song)	English	Bob Sinclar featuring Gary Pine	Duane Harden, Christophe le Friant, Gary Pine, Jay Woodhouse, JG Schreiner, Alain Wisniak	Official Music Video
		"Arriba, Arriba"	Spanish	Ana Barbara, Mariana Seoane, Anaís Martínez, Pablo Montero		Music Video
2010	South Africa	"Sign of a Victory" (Official Anthem)	English	R. Kelly featuring Soweto Spiritual Singers	R. Kelly	Official Music Video	Live Performance
		"Waka Waka"(official song)	English, Spanish, Fang	Shakira featuring Freshlyground	Shakira, Freshlyground	Official Music Video	Live Performance - Closing Ceremony
		"Wavin' Flag" (Coca-Cola official promotional anthem)	English	K'Naan	K'naan, Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Jean Daval	Official Music Video
		"Wavin' Flag" (Spanish Celebration Mix)	English, Spanish	K'Naan, David Bisbal		Official Music Video
2014	Brazil	"Dar um Jeito (We Will Find a Way)" (Official Anthem)	English, Portuguese, Spanish	Carlos Santana featuring Wyclef & Avicii & Alexandre Pires	Alexandre Pires, Arash Pournouri, Rami Yacoub, Carl Falk Tim Bergling, Arnon Woolfson, Diogo Vianna, Wyclef Jean	Official Music Video
		"We Are One (Ole Ola)" (Official Song)	English, Portuguese, Spanish	Pitbull featuring Jennifer Lopez & Claudia Leitte	Jennifer Lopez, Claudia Leitte, Pitbull, Thomas Troelsen Danny Mercer, Sia Furler, Lukasz Gottwald, Henry Walter, Nadir Khayat	Official Music Video	Live Performance-Closing Ceremony
		"Tatu Bom de Bola" (Official Mascot Song)	Portuguese	Arlindo Cruz	Arlindo Cruz	Official Music Video
		"La La La (Brasil 2014)"	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.	Official Music Video
		"Magic in the Air"	French	Magic System and Chawki	Magic System (A'Salfo, Manadja,Goudé, Tino), RedOne, Alex PChawki	Official Music Video
		"Adrenalina" (Univision version)	Spanish	Wisin, Ricky Martin and J-LO	Juan Luis Morera, José Torres, Carlos E. Ortiz	Official Music Video
		"Time of Our Lives" (The Official BeIN Sports Song)	Arabic, French, English	Ahmed Chawki	RedOne	Official Music Video
		"The World Is Ours" (Coca-Cola official promotional anthem)	English	David Correy, Monobloco		Official Music Video
		"La Copa de Todos" (Coca-Cola promotional anthem Spanish mix)	Spanish, English	David Correy, Paty Cantú, Wisin, Monobloco		Official Music Video
2018	Russia	"Live It Up" (Official Song)	English, Spanish	Nicky Jam featuring Will Smith and Era Istrefi	Nicky Jam, Will Smith, Era Istrefi Diplo	Official Audio Official Music Video	Live Performance
		"Komanda 2018" (Команда 2018, Team 2018)	Russian	Polina Gagarina featuring Egor Kreed and DJ Smash	DJ Smash	Official Music Video
		"Colors" (Coca-Cola promotional anthem) and also (Spanglish version) & (Pakistani version)	English, Spanish, Urdu	Jason Derulo, Maluma, Qurat-ul-Ain Balouch	Jason Derulo, Jamie Sanderson, Nija Charles, Ishmael Sadiq Montague, Geoffrey Earley, Diamond Platnumz Sermstyle, ISM	Official Music Video Official Spanish Music Video Official Pakistani Music Video Official Swahili Music Video
		"Positivo" (Telemundo Version)	Spanish	J Balvin and Michael Brun	J Balvin, Michael Brun, Fernando Lugo	Official Promo Official Music Video
		"United by Love"	English, Russian, Spanish	Natalia Oreiro	Ettore Grenci, Sonia Molina, Diego Córdoba	Official Lyrics Video Official Music Video

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

See also

• UEFA European Championship anthems and songs
• AFC Asian Cup anthems and songs