List of AFC Asian Cup anthems and songs

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AFC Asian Cup anthems and songs are tunes and 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 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, although the first choice of song for 2004 edition was relatively controversial due to the song was a winning song from 2000 Eurovision Song Contest.

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.

Anthems and songs[]

Asian
Cup 		Country Title Language Performer(s) Writer(s) & Producer(s) Official
Audios & Videos
2004
  China "Fly on the Wings of Love" English Linda Andrews Olsen Brothers Audio
2007
  Indonesia
 Malaysia
 Thailand
 Vietnam		 "I Believe"[1] English Tata Young Official Music Video
2011
  Qatar "Yalla Asia"[2] English Jay Sean
Karl Wolf
Radhika Vekaria 		Radhika Vekaria
Max Herman
Zoulikha El Fassi 		Official Music Video
2015
  Australia "Warrior"[3] English Havana Brown Jonas Saeed, Niclas Kings
Luciana Caporaso
Nick Clow and Sabi 		Live Performance - Opening Ceremony
Official Music Video
2019
  United Arab Emirates "Zanaha Zayed"[4] Arabic
English 		Hussain Al Jassmi
Balqees Ahmed Fathi
Eida Al Menhali 		Zanaha Zayed Live Performance - Opening Ceremony
2023
  China

See also[]

  • FIFA World Cup anthems and songs
  • UEFA European Championship anthems and songs

References[]

  1. ^ "The chronic official song of the Asian Cup: I Believe by Tata Young | Who Ate all the Pies". Archived from the original on 2021-01-20. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  2. ^ Daniel, Chris Punnakkattu. "AFC Asian Cup 2011: The Official Song By Jay Sean". www.sportskeeda.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-03-19. Retrieved 2018-06-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-02-12. Retrieved 2019-02-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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