FIFA World Cup official songs
FIFA World Cup championship theme songs are songs 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 World Cup, giving the singers exceptional universal world coverage and notoriety.
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 anthems and songs
World Cup |
Country | Official Anthem / Song | Language | Performer(s) | Writer(s) / Producer(s) |
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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 | Germany | "Futbol" | Polish | Maryla Rodowicz | |
1978 | Argentina | "Anthem" (Official Anthem) | Buenos Aires Municipal Symphony | Ennio Morricone | |
1982 | Spain | "Mundial '82" | Spanish | Plácido Domingo | |
1986 | Mexico | "Hot Hot Hot"[1] | English | Arrow | Alphonsus Cassell and Leston Paul[2] |
"A Special Kind of Hero"[3] | English | Stephanie Lawrence | Rick Wakeman | ||
"El mundo unido por un balón" | Spanish | Juan Carlos Abara | Spanish | ||
1990 | Italy | "Un'estate italiana (To Be Number One)" | Italian, English | Edoardo Bennato and Gianna Nannini | Edoardo Bennato, Giorgio Moroder, Gianna Nannini and Tom Whitlock |
1994 | United States | "Gloryland" | English | Daryl Hall and Sounds of Blackness | Charlie Skarbek and Rick Blaskey |
1998 | France | "La Cour des Grands (Do You Mind If I Play)" (Official Anthem) | French, English | Youssou N'Dour & Axelle Red | |
"La Copa de la Vida (The Cup of Life)" (Official Song) | English, Spanish | Ricky Martin | Desmond Child and Robi Rosa | ||
"Together Now" | English, Spanish | Jean Michel Jarre and Tetsuya Komuro | Jean Michel Jarre, Tetsuya Komuro and Olivia Lufkin | ||
2002 | South Korea Japan (Jointly Hosted) | "Anthem" (Official Anthem) | Vangelis | Vangelis / Takkyu Ishino | |
"Boom" (Official Song) | English | Anastacia | Anastacia, Glen Ballard | ||
"Vamos Al Mundial" (Univision Version) | Spanish | Jennifer Peña | Claudia Garcia | ||
"Let's Get Together Now" | Japanese, Korean | Voices of KOREA/JAPAN | |||
2006 | Germany | "The Time of Our Lives" (Official Song) | English, Spanish | Il Divo featuring Toni Braxton | Jörgen Elofsson & Steve Mac |
"Arriba, Arriba" | Spanish | Ana Barbara , Mariana Seoane, Anaís Martínez, Pablo Montero | |||
"Zeit dass sich was dreht (Celebrate The Day)" (Official Anthem) | German, French, Bambara, English | Herbert Grönemeyer featuring Amadou & Mariam | Herbert Grönemeyer | ||
"Hips Don't Lie (Bamboo mix)" | English, Spanish | Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean | Jerry Duplessis, Omar Alfanno & LaTavia Parker | ||
2010 | South Africa | "Sign of a Victory" (Official Anthem) | English | R. Kelly featuring Soweto Spiritual Singers | R. Kelly |
"Waka Waka" (Official Song) | English, Spanish, Fang | Shakira featuring Freshlyground | Shakira, Freshlyground | ||
"Wavin' Flag" (Coca-Cola promotional anthem) | English | K'Naan | |||
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 |
"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 | ||
"Tatu Bom de Bola" (The Official Mascot Song) | Portuguese | Arlindo Cruz | Arlindo Cruz | ||
"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. | ||
"Adrenalina" (Univision version) | Spanish | Wisin, Ricky Martin and J-LO | Juan Luis Morera, José Torres, Carlos E. Ortiz | ||
"Time of Our Lives (Chawki song)" (The Official BeIN Sports Song) | Arabic, French | Ahmed Chawki | RedOne |
Official albums
- 1994 – Gloryland
- 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
References
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- ↑ Catalina Uribe. "Soccer songs: A look at all the World Cup anthems". Terra Networks.
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