AFC Asian Cup 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 Asian Cup, giving the singers exceptional universal world coverage and notoriety. However, Asian Cup only started to practice using official songs since 21st century, started in 2004 edition,
Most of the songs representing each Asian Cup tournaments are mainly in English even it can be also multilingual, while some native languages are also used for the song. The official versions also results in cover versions in many other languages by the original artist or by local artists.
Unlike some continental football tournaments such as Copa América or UEFA European Championship, several songs in the Asian Cup might not be official but popular voted and listened, de facto make it official song.
Edition | Host Country | Title | Language | Performer(s) | Writer(s) & Producer(s) | Audios & Videos | Live Performance | |
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"宣言"[1] - Chinese version | Chinese | Tiger Hu | Audio | |||||
"Take Me To The Sky"[2] - English version | English | Music Video | ||||||
Indonesia Malaysia Thailand | "I Believe"[3] | English | Tata Young | Official Music Video | ||||
"Yalla Asia"[4] | English | Jay Sean Karl Wolf Radhika Vekaria | Radhika Vekaria Max Herman Zoulikha El Fassi | Official Music Video | ||||
Official Song | Arabic, Asian Languages | Group | Abdullah Al-Mana'ei, Serous | Official Song Official Music Video | ||||
"Warrior"[5] | English | Havana Brown | Jonas Saeed, Niclas Kings Luciana Caporaso Nick Clow and Sabi | Official Music Video | Opening Ceremony | |||
"Zanaha Zayed"[6] | Arabic English | Hussain Al Jassmi Balqees Ahmed Fathi Eida Al Menhali | Opening Ceremony | |||||
"Hadaf"[7] | Arabic | Humood AlKhudher Fahad Al Hajjaji | Official Music Video | |||||
Edition | Host Country | Music | Notes |
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2015 | "AFC Anthem" | Prior to 2015, "FIFA Anthem" was used. | |
2019 | United Arab Emirates | ||
2023 | "Hadaf" (instrumental) |