List of FIFA World Cup anthems and songs

FIFA World Cup anthems and songs^[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.

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 or by local artists.^[3]

Anthems and songs

World Cup	Host(s)	Title	Language(s)	Performer(s)	Writer(s) and producer(s)	Official Audio and 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	FR Germany	"Futbol"	Polish, English, German, Russian, and Spanish	Maryla Rodowicz	Jonasz Kofta, Leszek Bogdanowicz	Audio	Live Performance - Opening Ceremony
1978	Argentina	"El Mundial"	None (instrumental)	Buenos Aires Municipal Symphony	Ennio Morricone	Audio
1982	Spain	"Mundial '82"	Spanish		Plácido Domingo	Audio
1986	Mexico	"A Special Kind of Hero"^[4]	English	Stephanie Lawrence	Rick Wakeman	1986 World Cup Official Film
		"Hot Hot Hot"^[5]	English	Arrow	Alphonsus Cassell and Leston Paul^[6]	Music video
		"El mundo unido por un balón" (Official Song)	Spanish	Juan Carlos Abara	Spanish	Audio Audio
1990	Italy	"Un'estate italiana (To Be Number One)"	Italian and 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, 480p) Live Performance - Opening Ceremony (720p, English)
1994	United States	"Gloryland" (Official Song)	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
1994	United States	"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 and English	Youssou N'Dour and Axelle Red		Official Music Video	Live Performance - Opening Ceremony
		"La Copa de la Vida (The Cup of Life)" (Official Song)	English and 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 and 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)	None (instrumental)	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 and Korean	Voices of KOREA/JAPAN			Live Performance - Opening Ceremony Live Performance - Closing Ceremony
		"Vamos Al Mundial" (Univision Broadcast Theme)	Spanish	Jennifer Peña	Claudia Garcia	Official Music Video
2006	Germany	"Zeit dass sich was dreht (Celebrate The Day)" (Official Anthem)	German, French, Bambara, and English	Herbert Grönemeyer featuring Amadou & Mariam	Herbert Grönemeyer	Official Music Video	Live Performance - Opening Ceremony
		"The Time of Our Lives" (Official Song)	English and Spanish	Il Divo, featuring Toni Braxton	Jörgen Elofsson and Steve Mac	Official Music Video
		"Hips Don't Lie (Bamboo Mix)"	English and Spanish	Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean	Jerry Duplessis, Omar Alfanno, and LaTavia Parker	Official Music Video
		Love Generation	English	Bob Sinclar featuring Gary Pine	Duane Harden, Christophe le Friant, Gary Pine, Jay Woodhouse, JG Schreiner, and Alain Wisniak	Official Music Video
		"Arriba, Arriba"	Spanish	Ana Bárbara, Mariana Seoane, Anaís Martínez, Pablo Montero		Music video
2010	South Africa	"Sign of a Victory" (Official Anthem)	English	R. Kelly, featuring the Soweto Spiritual Singers	R. Kelly	Official Music Video	Live Performance
		"Waka Waka"(Official Song) (Spanish Version)	English, Spanish, and 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, Ebrahim Dhooma, Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, and Jean Daval	Official Music Video
		"Wavin' Flag" (Spanish celebration mix)	English and Spanish	K'Naan, David Bisbal		Official Music Video
2014	Brazil	"Dar um Jeito (We Will Find a Way)" (Official Anthem)	English, Portuguese, and Spanish	Carlos Santana featuring Wyclef, Avicii, and 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)^[7]	English, Portuguese, Spanish	Pitbull featuring Jennifer Lopez and 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, and 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, and Tino), RedOne, and Alex PChawki	Official Music Video
		"Adrenalina" (Univision BroadcastTheme)	Spanish	Wisin, Ricky Martin, and J-LO	Juan Luis Morera, José Torres, and Carlos E. Ortiz	Official Music Video
		"Time of Our Lives" (BeIN Sports Broadcast Theme)	Arabic, French, and English	Ahmed Chawki	RedOne	Official Music Video
		"NIPPON" (NHK BroadcastTheme)	Japanese	Ringo Sheena	Ringo Sheena	Official Music Video
		"The World Is Ours"^[8] (Coca-Cola Official Promotional Anthem)	English	David Correy, Monobloco		Official Music Video
		"La Copa de Todos" (Coca-Cola Promotional Anthem Spanish Mix)	Spanish and English	David Correy, Paty Cantú, Wisin, Monobloco		Official Music Video
2018	Russia	"Live It Up" (Official Song)	English and Spanish	Nicky Jam featuring Will Smith and Era Istrefi	Nicky Jam, Will Smith, Era Istrefi, and Diplo	Official Audio Official Music Video	Live Performance
		"Living Football" (New Fifa Anthem, used as ceremony opening and TV Intro)	None (instrumental)	Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe	Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe	Official FIFA international TV Intro Official Audio
		"Komanda 2018" (Команда 2018, Team 2018) ^[9]	Russian	DJ Smash featuring Egor Kreed and Polina Gagarina	DJ Smash	Official Music Video
		"Colors" (Coca-Cola Promotional Anthem) and also (Spanglish Version) & (Pakistani Version)	English, Spanish, and Urdu	Jason Derulo, Maluma, Qurat-ul-Ain Balouch	Jason Derulo, Jamie Sanderson, Nija Charles, Ishmael Sadiq Montague, Geoffrey Earley, and Diamond Platnumz Sermstyle, ISM	Official Music Video Official Spanish music video Official Pakistani music video Official Swahili music video
		"VOLT-AGE" (NHK Broadcast Theme)	Japanese & English	Suchmos	YONCE、Suchmos	NHK TV Intro Official Audio
		"Positivo" (Telemundo Broadcast Theme)	Spanish	J Balvin and Michael Brun	J Balvin, Michael Brun, and Fernando Lugo	Official promo Official Music Video
2022	Qatar	Hayya Hayya (Better Together)	English	Trinidad Cardona, Davido and AISHA	Davido, Trinidad Cardona	Official Music Video
2022		"MLK É LUZ, AL RIHLA" (Adidas Al Rihla Theme)	Portuguese	MC Kekel	MC Kekel DJ Luck Muzic	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
2018 – The Official Album of the 2018 FIFA World Cup
2022 – FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Official Soundtrack^[10]

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Qualification	1930¹ 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026
Finals	1930 1934 1938 1950² 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Squads	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Final draw	1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Broadcasters	1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Bids	2014 2018 2022 2026 2030
Officials	2010 2014 2018 2022
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Overall records	Player records winners top appearances red cards Goalscorer records top finals hat-tricks own goals Manager records winners all appearances Match records opening penalty shoot-outs
Miscellaneous	Awards Balls Controversies Economics Fan Festival Films History Mascots Music Notable matches qualifying Referees Stadiums finals Trophy Video games World Champions Cup
¹ There was no qualification for the 1930 World Cup as places were given by invitation only. ² No final held; the article is about the decisive match of the final group stage. Category Commons

v t e FIFA World Cup music
Official albums	Gloryland World Cup USA 94 (1994) Music of the World Cup: Allez! Ola! Ole! (1998) The Official Album of the 2002 FIFA World Cup (2002) Voices from the FIFA World Cup (2006) Listen Up! The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Album (2010) One Love, One Rhythm – The 2014 FIFA World Cup Official Album (2014)
Official songs	"A Special Kind of Hero" (1986) "Un'estate italiana" (1990) "Gloryland" (1994) "The Cup of Life (La Copa de la Vida)" (1998) "Boom" (2002) "The Time of Our Lives" (2006) "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)" (2010) "We Are One (Ole Ola)" (2014) "Live It Up" (2018) "Hayya Hayya (Better Together)" (2022)
Official anthems	"La Cour des Grands (Do You Mind If I Play)" (1998) "Anthem" (2002) "Celebrate the Day" (2006) "Sign of a Victory" (2010) "Dar um Jeito (We Will Find a Way)" (2014)
Other official songs	"Hot Hot Hot" "World in Motion" "Put 'Em Under Pressure" "We Are the Champions" "Together Now" "Let's Get Together Now" "We're on the Ball" "World at Your Feet" "Oh Africa" "Vida" "Olé" "La La La" (Brazil 2014)
Other songs / non-official songs	"Back Home" "Argentine Melody (Cancion de Argentina)" "Nessun dorma" "Give It a Lash Jack" "Put 'Em Under Pressure" "Shibobo" "Top of the World (Olé, Olé, Olé)" "World In Motion" "Watch Your House for Ireland" "Here Come the Good Times" "Vindaloo" "Carnaval de Paris" "Tema da Vitória" "3 Lions '98" "Three Little Birds" "A Little Less Conversation (JXL version)" "Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Jurgen Klinsmann?" "Zidane y va marquer" "Coup de Boule" "We Are the Champions (Ding a Dang Dong)" "Allez Ola Olé" "Everywhere You Go" "Wavin' Flag (Coca-Cola Celebration Mix) (2010)" "Shout for England" "Stan's World Cup Song" "(Is This the Way to) The World Cup" "Hurry Up England" "Adrenalina (Univision version)" "Ko Ko Bop" "Ramenez la coupe à la maison"

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