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]
| Edition | Host country | width=200 | Title | Language(s) | width=300 | Performer(s) | width=300 | Writer(s) and producer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Un'estate italiana" – Official Song (Italian Version) | Italian | Edoardo Bennato and Gianna Nannini | ||||||
| "To Be Number One" – Official Song (English Version) | English | Giorgio Moroder Project | ||||||
| "Gloryland" – Official Song | English | Charlie Skarbek and Rick Blaskey | ||||||
| "La Copa de la Vida (The Cup of Life)" – Official Song | English Spanish | |||||||
| "La Cour des Grands (Do You Mind If I Play)" – Official Anthem | French English | |||||||
 Japan | "Boom" – Official Song | English | ||||||
| "Let's Get Together Now" – Official Local Song | Korean Japanese | Daisuke Kawaguchi, Kim Hyung-Suk, Yoshimitsu Sawamoto, Kiyoshi Matsuo and Lena Park | ||||||
| "Anthem" – Official Anthem | None (Instrumental) | |||||||
| "The Time of Our Lives" – Official Song | English Spanish | |||||||
| "Zeit dass sich was dreht (Celebrate The Day)" – Official Anthem | English German French Bambara | |||||||
| "Waka Waka" – Official Song | 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 | |||||||
| "We Are One (Ole Ola)" – Official Song[4] | English Portuguese Spanish | |||||||
| "Tatu Bom de Bola" – Official Mascot Song | Portuguese | Arlindo Cruz | ||||||
| "Dar um Jeito (We Will Find a Way)" – Official Anthem | English Portuguese Spanish | Carlos Santana featuring Wyclef Jean, Avicii, and Alexandre Pires | ||||||
| "Live It Up" – Official Song[5] | English | Nicky Jam, Will Smith, Era Istrefi and Diplo | ||||||
 Qatar[6] | "Hayya Hayya (Better Together)" – Track from Official Soundtrack[7] | English | Trinidad Cardona, Davido and AISHA | Davido, Trinidad Cardona RedOne | ||||
| "Arhbo" – Track from Official Soundtrack[8] | Spanish French | Ozuna, GIMS and RedOne | RedOne, Ozuna and GIMS | |||||
| "Arhbo (Arabic version)" – Ooredoo Promotional Version[9] | Arabic | Nasser Al-Kubaisi, Ayed, and Haneen Hussein | Hameed Al-Bloushi and RedOne | |||||
| "The World Is Yours To Take" – Track from Official Soundtrack and Budweiser Anthem[10] | 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[11] | 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 Official FIFA Fan Festival Anthem[12] | English Spanish Arabic | Nicki Minaj, Maluma and Myriam Fares | ||||||
| "Dreamers" – Track from Official Soundtrack[13] | English Arabic | Jung Kook (featuring Fahad Al Kubaisi in the official music video version) | Jung Kook, Mustapha El Ouardi, Pat Devine and RedOne | |||||
| Edition | Host country | Title | Language(s) | width=300 | Performer(s) | width=300 | Writer(s) and producer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "El Rock del Mundial" | Spanish | Los Ramblers | Jorge Rojas Astorga | ||||
| "World Cup Willie (Where in this World are We Going)" | English | ||||||
| "Fútbol México 70" | Spanish | Los Hermanos Zavala | Roberto do Nascimento | ||||
| "Fussball Ist Unser Leben" | |||||||
| "Futbol" | English German Russian Spanish Polish | Jonasz Kofta, Leszek Bogdanowicz | |||||
| "El Mundial" – Known for Official Song | None (Instrumental) | ||||||
| "El Mundial" – Known for Official Song | Spanish | ||||||
| "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 | ||||||
| "Hot Hot Hot"[15] | English | Alphonsus Cassell and Leston Paul[16] | |||||
| "Za Ayi Neyi" – Official Film Soundtrack | Les Têtes Brulées | ||||||
| "We Are the Champions" – Track from Official Album | English | Queen | |||||
| "Two Billion Hearts" – Official Film Soundtrack | English | Gary Stockdale | Lalo Schifrin, Marie Cain, and Gary Stockdale | ||||
| "Carnaval de Paris" | None (Instrumental) | Dario G | |||||
| "Together Now" | English Spanish | Jean Michel Jarre, Tetsuya Komuro and Olivia Lufkin | |||||
| Japan | "Live For Love United" – Track from Official Album | English French | |||||
| "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 | 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 | ||||||
| "Wavin' Flag" – Coca-Cola Promotional Anthem | English | 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 | |||||
| "La La La (Brasil 2014)" – Track from Official album | English Portuguese Spanish | 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 | |||||
| "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 | ||||
| "Ramenez la coupe à la maison"– French Team Song [25] | French | Vegedream | Vegedream,Ken "Evasion" Bora | ||||
| 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 | |||||
| "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 | ||||
| Edition | Host country | Broadcaster | Title | Language(s) | width=300 | Performer(s) | width=300 | Writer(s) and producer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBC | "Mexico Grandstand"[27] | Syd Lawrence | Syd Lawrence | |||||
| ITV | "The World at their Feet"[28] | John Shakespeare | John Shakespeare | |||||
| BBC | "Striker"[29] | The Anthony King Orchestra | Benson and Lewis | |||||
| ITV | "Lap of Honour"[30] | London Stadium Orchestra | ||||||
| BBC | "Argentine Melody (Cancion de Argentina)"[31] | Andrew Lloyd Webber | ||||||
| ITV | "Action Argentina"[32] | South Bank Team | ||||||
| BBC | "Jellicle Ball"[33] | Andrew Lloyd Webber | ||||||
| ITV | "Matador"[34] | Jeff Wayne | Jeff Wayne | |||||
| BBC | "Aztec Lightning"[35] | Heads | ||||||
| ITV | "Aztec Gold"[36] | Silsoe | Rod Argent | |||||
| Global | "Un'estate italiana (To Be Number One)" – Official Song | Italian English | Edoardo Bennato and Gianna Nannini (Italian) Giorgio Moroder Project (English) | |||||
| BBC | "Nessun dorma"[37] | Giacomo Puccini | ||||||
| ITV | "Tutti al Mondo"[38] | Rod Argent and Peter Van Hooke | ||||||
| Global | "Gloryland" – Official Song | English | Charlie Skarbek and Rick Blaskey | |||||
| BBC | "America"[39] | Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim | ||||||
| ITV | "Gloryland" (instrumental)[40] | Instrumental | Glory (featuring Snake Davis) | Charlie Skarbek and Rick Blaskey | ||||
| Global | Untitled or Unknown | |||||||
| BBC | "Pavane"[41] | Fauré | ||||||
| ITV | "Rendez-Vous"[42] | Jean-Michel Jarre and Apollo 440 | ||||||
| Japan | Global | "Anthem" – Official Anthem | None (Instrumental) | |||||
| BBC | "Tarantula"[43] | Faithless | Maxi Jazz, Sister Bliss and Rollo | |||||
| ITV | "One Fine Day"[44] | Italian | Opera Babes | |||||
| Univision | "Vamos Al Mundial" | Spanish | Claudia Garcia | |||||
| Sat.1 | "This Is My Time"[45] | English | 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"[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 | David Bowie & Brian Eno | |||||
 South Africa | Global | Untitled or Unknown | ||||||
| ARD | "Come Back As Heroes"[49] | English | The Parlotones | |||||
| BBC | "Rainbow Nation"[50] | English | The Dallas Guild | |||||
| 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 | ||||
 Brazil | Global | Untitled or Unknown | ||||||
| ARD | "Auf uns"[54] | 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 | ||||||
| Hub Network | "All Night" | English | Aino Jawo & Caroline Hjelt | |||||
| ITV | "Brazil" | Portuguese | Thiago Thomé | |||||
| NHK | "NIPPON" | Japanese | Ringo Sheena | Ringo Sheena | ||||
| Univision | "Adrenalina" | Spanish | Juan Luis Morera, José Torres and Carlos E. Ortiz | |||||
| ZDF | "Love Runs Out"[55] | English | OneRepublic | Ryan Tedder, Brent Kutzle, Drew Brown, Zach Filkins, Eddie Fisher | ||||
| Global | "Living Football" – New FIFA Anthem | None (Instrumental) | Hans Zimmer & Lorne Balfe | Hans Zimmer & Lorne Balfe | ||||
| ARD | "Zusammen"[56] | 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 | ||||
| “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"[57] | English | Sir Rosevelt | |||||
| Qatar | Global | "Qatar 2022 Theme" | Instrumental | Zachary Aaron Golden | Zachary Aaron Golden | |||
| Abema TV TV Asahi | "Isseino Kassai"[58] | Japanese | LiSA | Halle/Haneru Takeuch,[59] LiSA | ||||
| ARD | "One"[60] | 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 | Behind the Sun – Opeing Montage | English | Odesza | |||||
| "The Power of Love – Closing Montage | English | Frankie Goes to Hollywood | FGtH | |||||
| FOX Sports | "FOX Sports FIFA World Cup Theme" | Instrumental | Pete Calandra | Pete Calandra | ||||
| "Olé" | English Spanish | ENISA | ||||||
| Fuji TV | "Jump"[61] | Japanese | Lilas Ikuta | |||||
| ITV | "Around the World in 80 Days OST Main Theme" | Instrumental | City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra | |||||
| NHK | "Stardom"[62] | Japanese | King Gnu | King Gnu | ||||
| RTVE | "Toke"[63] | 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"[64] | English | George Ezra | George Ezra, Joel Pott |
| Edition | Host country | Music | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | "FIFA Anthem" | ||
| 1998 | |||
| 2002 | Japan | "2002 FIFA World Cup Anthem" | |
| 2006 | Germany | "FIFA Anthem" | |
| 2010 | |||
| 2014 | |||
| 2018 | "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 | "It's Time-Pierre Caillot""Qatar 2022 Concept K (Opening Flags)" | When both teams' national flags enter the pitch | |
| "Arhbo (FIFA Walkout Anthem)" | When players and officials enter the pitch |