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
[edit]Broadcast theme music
[edit]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
[edit]Championship | Host country | Music | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1992 | Sweden | ||
1996 | England | ||
2000 | Netherlands Belgium |
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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
[edit]- 1996 – The Beautiful Game
- 2000 – Euro 2000: The Official Album
- 2004 – Vive O 2004!
See also
[edit]- List of FIFA World Cup songs and anthems
- List of Copa América songs and anthems
- List of Africa Cup of Nations songs and anthems
- List of AFC Asian Cup songs and anthems
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "Swedish star Zara Larsson sings summer football hit". 11 May 2016. Archived from the original on 12 May 2016.
- ^ "ESPN: UEFA EURO 2012". Prologue. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ ESPN UEFA Euro 2012 Intro Logos Edition 720p. 18 June 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2024 – via YouTube.
- ^ "ESPN UEFA Euro 2016 Motion Graphics Gallery". NewscastStudio. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ ESPN EURO 2016 INTRO. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2024 – via YouTube.
- ^ UEFA EURO 2020 on ESPN - Intro. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2024 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Gaspard Auge's Force Majeure to soundtrack BBC's UEFA Euro 2020 coverage". Music Week. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ "Euros 2024: Sound designers make BBC trailer 'big and powerful'". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
- ^ BBC (UK) UEFA Euro 2024 Intro. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024 – via YouTube.
- ^ ITV (UK) UEFA Euro 2024 Intro. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024 – via YouTube.
- ^ UEFA EURO 2024 Intro FS1. 3 December 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2024 – via YouTube.