The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not held because of the Second World War.
Since 1962, every tournament has its own theme songs and anthem.
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.
Here the list of FIFA World Cup official songs.
| Series | Country | Anthem / Song | Language | Performer(s) | Writer(s) /
Producer(s) |
|---|
| 1962 | Chile | "El Rock del Mundial" | Spanish | Los Ramblers | |
| 1966 | England | "World Cup Willie (Where in this World are We Going)" | English | Lonnie Donegan | |
| 1970 | Mexico | | | | |
| 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 | "A Special Kind of Hero" | English | Stephanie Lawrence | |
| 1990 | Italy | "Un'estate italiana (To Be Number One)" | English, Italian | Edoardo Bennato
and Gianna Nannini | Edoardo Bennato
Giorgio Moroder
Gianna Nannini
Tom Whitlock |
| 1994 | United States | "Gloryland" | English | Daryl Hall and Sounds of Blackness | Charlie Skarbek
Rick Blaskey |
| 1998 | France | "La Cour des Grands (Do You Mind If I Play)" (Official Anthem) | English, French | Youssou N'Dour & Axelle Red | |
| "La Copa de la Vida (The Cup of Life)" (Official Song) | English, Spanish | Ricky Martin | Desmond Child,
Robi Rosa |
| "Together Now" | English, Spanish | Jean Michel Jarre and
Tetsuya Komuro | Jean Michel Jarre (music)
Tetsuya Komuro (music)
Olivia Lufkin (lyrics and vocal) |
| 2002 | Korea,Japan | "Anthem" (Official Anthem) | | Vangelis | Vangelis /
Takkyu Ishino |
| "Boom" (Official Song) | English | Anastacia | Anastacia, Glen Ballard |
| "Let's Get Together Now" | Japanese, Korean | Voices of KOREA/JAPAN | |
| 2006 | Germany | "Zeit Dass Sich Was Dreht (Celebrate The Day)(Official Anthem)" | Bambara, English, French,German | Herbert Grönemeyer withAmadou & Mariam | |
| "The Time of Our Lives" (Official Song) | English, Spanish | Il Divo with Toni Braxton | Jörgen Elofsson, Steve Mac |
| 2010 | South Africa | "Sign of a Victory" (Official Anthem) | English | R. Kelly with Soweto Spiritual Singers | R. Kelly |
| "Waka Waka" (Official Song) | English, Spanish, Fang | Shakira with Freshlyground | Shakira, Freshlyground, John Hill andGolden Sounds |
source: wikipedia.com
I have some favorite songs from that list. The first is La Copa de la Vida by Ricky Martin. This songs is rocks and published in the right time at event of 1998 World Cup in France. The second is the 2002 official anthem by Vangelis, and the third is Waka Waka by Shakira for 2010 World Cup. What about you?
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