List of AFC Asian Cup songs and anthems

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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,

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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

EditionHost CountryTitleLanguagePerformer(s)Writer(s) & Producer(s)Audios & VideosLive Performance
2004 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China "宣言" [1] (Translated: Declaration)
- Chinese version		Chinese Tiger Hu Audio
"Take Me To The Sky" [2]
- English version		English Music Video
2007 Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 		"I Believe" [3] English Tata Young Official Music Video
2011 Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar "Yalla Asia" [4] English Jay Sean
Karl Wolf
Radhika Vekaria		Radhika Vekaria
Max Herman
Zoulikha El Fassi		 Official Music Video
Official SongArabic,
Asian Languages		GroupAbdullah
Al-Mana'ei,
Serous		 Official Song
Official Music Video
2015 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia "Warrior" [5] English Havana Brown Jonas Saeed, Niclas Kings
Luciana Caporaso
Nick Clow and Sabi		 Official Music Video Opening Ceremony
2019 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  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 Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar "Hadaf" [7]
(English: A Goal)		Arabic Humood AlKhudher
Fahad Al Hajjaji		 Official Music Video
2027 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia

Entrance music

EditionHost CountryMusicNotes
2015 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia "AFC Anthem"Prior to 2015, "FIFA Anthem" was used.
2019 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
2023 Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar "Hadaf" (instrumental)

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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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