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] |
"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 |
"We Are the Champions" |
English |
Queen |
|
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 |
All Night (The Official Hub Network Song) |
English |
Icona Pop |
Aino Jawo & Caroline Hjelt |
"Time of Our Lives (Chawki song)" (The Official BeIN Sports Song) |
Arabic, French |
Ahmed Chawki |
RedOne |