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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 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)
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]
"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 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 featuring Ricky Martin and Jennifer Lopez Juan Luis Morera, José Torres, Carlos E. Ortiz
2018  Russia "Nowhere to hide"(Official Song) English Toni Halliday Toni Halliday
"Let's Go English Icona Pop and Tiësto Tiësto

Official albums

References

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Notes: There was no qualification for the 1930 World Cup as places were given by invitation only. In 1950, there was no final; the article is about the decisive match of the final group stage.
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