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List of UEFA European Championship songs and anthems

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UEFA European Championship songs and anthems are songs and tunes 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 European Championship, giving the singers exceptional universal world coverage and notoriety.[1]

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 songs and anthems

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Championship Host country Title Language Performer(s) Writer(s) & producer(s) Audios & Videos Live Performance
1992  Sweden "More Than a Game" English Towe Jaarnek & Peter Jöback Peter Jöback and Lasse Holm Music Video
1996  England "We're in This Together" English Simply Red Mick Hucknall and Stewart Levine Official Music Video
2000  Netherlands
 Belgium 		"Campione 2000" English E-Type E-Type, Rick Blaskey, Kent Brainerd Official Music Video
2004  Portugal "Força" English
Portuguese 		Nelly Furtado Nelly Furtado, Gerald Eaton, Brian West Official Music Video
2008  Austria
  Switzerland 		"Can You Hear Me" English Enrique Iglesias Enrique Iglesias, Steve Morales, Frankie Storm
Big Ben Diehl, Carlos Paucar 		Official Music Video
2012  Poland
 Ukraine 		"Endless Summer" English Oceana Oceana Mahlmann, Marc F. Jackson
Andreas Litterscheid, Blair Mackichan, Hugo Oscar
Reinhard Raith, Mense Reents, Jakobus Siebels 		Official Music Video
2016  France "This One's for You"[2] English David Guetta featuring Zara Larsson David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Afrojack, Ester Dean Official Music Video Closing Ceremony
2020  Europe "We Are the People" English Martin Garrix featuring Bono and the Edge Martin Garrix, Albin Nedler, Kristoffer Fogelmark
Bono, the Edge, Giorgio Tuinfort, Simon Edmund Carmody 		Official Music Video Opening Ceremony
2024  Germany "Fire" English Meduza, OneRepublic & Leony Mattia Vitale, Simon de Jano, Luca De Gregorio, Ryan Tedder, Kim Petras, Leonie Burger, Brent Kutzle, Josh Varnadore, VitaliZe & Tyler Spry Official Music Video Closing Ceremony
2028  United Kingdom
 Ireland 		TBD TBD TBD TBD
2032  Italy
 Turkey 		TBD TBD TBD TBD

Broadcast theme music

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While usually most music used at the tournament is a UEFA Euro official theme song, in some cases broadcasters will use other songs. The following is a list of these aforementioned songs.

Edition Host country Broadcaster Song title Languages/instrumental Performers Writing and producing
2012  Poland
 Ukraine 		ESPN ESPN Soccer Theme[3][4] Instrumental Lisle Moore
Judd Maher
BBC Escape Instrumental Craig Armstrong
ITV Peter and the Wolf Instrumental Sergei Prokofiev
2016  France ESPN ESPN Soccer Theme[5][6] Instrumental Lisle Moore
Judd Maher
BBC La Foule French Izzy Bizu
BBC Concert Orchestra 		Angel Cabral
Ben Foster
ITV La Mer French Charles Trenet Charles Trenet
Albert Lasry
2020  Europe ESPN ESPN Soccer Theme[7] Instrumental Lisle Moore
Judd Maher
BBC Force Majeure [8] Instrumental Gaspard Auge Gaspard Auge
Victor Le Masne
Michael Declerck
ITV You Ain't The Problem English Michael Kiwanuka Brian Burton
Dean Josiah Cover
Michael Kiwanuka
2024  Germany BBC "Welcome to the DCC" (instrumental)[9][10] Instrumental Dominic Craik
Jonathan Gilmore
ITV "The NeverEnding Story"[11] Instrumental Giorgio Moroder
Keith Forsey
Fox Sports "FOX Sports FIFA World Cup Theme"[12] Instrumental Pete Calandra

Entrance music

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Championship Host country Music Notes
1992  Sweden
1996  England
2000  Netherlands
 Belgium
2004  Portugal
2008  Austria
  Switzerland 		"Seven Nation Army"
2012  Poland
 Ukraine 		"Heart of Courage"
2016  France "This One's for You (Orchestral Version)"
2020  Europe "We Are the People (Orchestral Version)"
2024  Germany "Fire (Orchestral Version)"
2028  United Kingdom
 Ireland 		(to be decided)
2032  Italy
 Turkey 		(to be decided)

Official albums

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Enrique Iglesias, David Guetta, Martin Garrix: all the EURO finals' songs". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 18 December 2019. Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Swedish star Zara Larsson sings summer football hit". 11 May 2016. Archived from the original on 12 May 2016.
  3. ^ "ESPN: UEFA EURO 2012". Prologue. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  4. ^ ESPN UEFA Euro 2012 Intro Logos Edition 720p. 18 June 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2024 – via YouTube.
  5. ^ "ESPN UEFA Euro 2016 Motion Graphics Gallery". NewscastStudio. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  6. ^ ESPN EURO 2016 INTRO. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2024 – via YouTube.
  7. ^ UEFA EURO 2020 on ESPN - Intro. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2024 – via YouTube.
  8. ^ "Gaspard Auge's Force Majeure to soundtrack BBC's UEFA Euro 2020 coverage". Music Week. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Euros 2024: Sound designers make BBC trailer 'big and powerful'". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
  10. ^ BBC (UK) UEFA Euro 2024 Intro. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024 – via YouTube.
  11. ^ ITV (UK) UEFA Euro 2024 Intro. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024 – via YouTube.
  12. ^ UEFA EURO 2024 Intro FS1. 3 December 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2024 – via YouTube.
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