List of AFC Asian Cup songs and anthems

AFC Asian Cup 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 Asian Cup, giving the singers exceptional universal world coverage and notoriety. However, Asian Cup only started to practice using official songs since 21st century, started in 2004 edition,

Most of the songs representing each Asian Cup tournaments are mainly in English even it can be also multilingual, while some native languages are also used for the song. The official versions also results in cover versions in many other languages by the original artist or by local artists.

Unlike some continental football tournaments such as Copa América or UEFA European Championship, several songs in the Asian Cup might not be official but popular voted and listened, de facto make it official song.

Official songs and anthems

Edition Host Country Title Language Performer(s) Writer(s) & Producer(s) Audios & Videos Live Performance
2004  China "宣言"[1] (Translated: Declaration)
- Chinese version 		Chinese Tiger Hu Audio
"Take Me To The Sky"[2]
- English version 		English Music Video
2007  Indonesia
 Malaysia
 Thailand
 Vietnam 		"I Believe"[3] English Tata Young Official Music Video
2011  Qatar "Yalla Asia"[4] English Jay Sean
Karl Wolf
Radhika Vekaria 		Radhika Vekaria
Max Herman
Zoulikha El Fassi 		Official Music Video
Official Song Arabic,
Asian Languages 		Group Abdullah
Al-Mana'ei,
Serous 		Official Song
Official Music Video
2015  Australia "Warrior"[5] English Havana Brown Jonas Saeed, Niclas Kings
Luciana Caporaso
Nick Clow and Sabi 		Official Music Video Opening Ceremony
2019  United Arab Emirates "Zanaha Zayed"[6]
(Roughly translated: Bringing Asia Together) 		Arabic
English 		Hussain Al Jassmi
Balqees Ahmed Fathi
Eida Al Menhali 		Opening Ceremony
2023  Qatar "Hadaf"[7]
(English: A Goal)		 Arabic Humood AlKhudher
Fahad Al Hajjaji 		Official Music Video
2027  Saudi Arabia

Entrance music

Edition Host Country Music Notes
2015  Australia "AFC Anthem" Prior to 2015, "FIFA Anthem" was used.
2019  United Arab Emirates
2023  Qatar "Hadaf" (instrumental)

See also

References

  1. ^ 宣言――2004亚洲杯歌曲合辑（单碟装CD
  2. ^ 胡彦斌唱出2004亚洲杯“宣言"
  3. ^ "The chronic official song of the Asian Cup: I Believe by Tata Young | Who Ate all the Pies". Archived from the original on January 20, 2021. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
  4. ^ Daniel, Chris Punnakkattu. "AFC Asian Cup 2011: The Official Song By Jay Sean". Sports Keeda. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  5. ^ "Havana Brown faz performance de "Warrior" na Austrália | Portal Ômega Hitz Brasil". Archived from the original on March 19, 2015. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  6. ^ "Top UAE singers to open AFC Asian Cup in Abu Dhabi". Arabian Business. Archived from the original on February 12, 2019. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
  7. ^ "Official song for Asian Cup Qatar 2023 released". The Peninsula. January 1, 2024. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
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