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 reminder of the events as well as for advertising campaigns leading the European Championship, giving the singers world coverage.
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, opening and closing ceremony songs and anthems ChampionshipHost country Title Language Performer(s) Writer(s) & producer(s) Audios & videos Live performance 1980 "Goal" English Eurokids Gordon Faggetter, Paolo Dossena,Luigi Lopez, Italo Greco Music Video 1984 "En avant le foot" French Yves de Roubaix Christian Blachas, Patrick Joly, Paroles Claude Michel Audio 1988 "Das Tor" German Peter Behrens Tom Dokoupil Music Video 1992 "More Than a Game" English Towe Jaarnek & Peter Jöback Peter Jöback and Lasse Holm Music Video 1996 "We're in This Together" English Simply Red Mick Hucknall and Stewart Levine Official Music Video 2000 "Campione 2000" English E-Type E-Type, Rick Blaskey, Kent Brainerd Official Music Video 2004 "Força" EnglishPortuguese Nelly Furtado Nelly Furtado, Gerald Eaton, Brian West Official Music Video 2008 "Can You Hear Me" English Enrique Iglesias Enrique Iglesias, Steve Morales, Frankie StormBig Ben Diehl, Carlos Paucar Official Music Video 2012 "Endless Summer" English Oceana Oceana Mahlmann, Marc F. JacksonAndreas Litterscheid, Blair Mackichan, Hugo OscarReinhard Raith, Mense Reents, Jakobus Siebels Official Music Video 2016 "This One's for You" English David Guetta featuring Zara Larsson David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Afrojack, Ester Dean Official Music Video Opening Ceremony Closing Ceremony 2020 "We Are the People" English Martin Garrix featuring Bono and the Edge Martin Garrix, Albin Nedler, Kristoffer FogelmarkBono, the Edge, Giorgio Tuinfort, Simon Edmund Carmody Official Music Video Opening Ceremony 2024 "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 TBD TBD TBD TBD 2032 TBD TBD TBD TBD
Broadcast theme music
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. +EditionHost countryBroadcasterSong titleLanguages/instrumentalPerformersWriting and producing2008 NOS "Wänn nit jetzt wänn dä" Swiss German Sina Sina, Pele Loriano "Just For Tonight" English One Night Only George Craig, Daniel Parkin, Jack Sails, Sam Ford, Mark Hayton2012ESPN"ESPN Soccer Theme"InstrumentalLisle Moore, Judd MaherBBC"Escape"InstrumentalCraig ArmstrongITV"Peter and the Wolf"InstrumentalSergei Prokofiev NOS "Happy Jack" English Rilan & the Bombardiers R. Ramhane, M. van der Winkel, N. Broos "Feel the Love" English Rudimental ft. John Newman John Newman, Piers Aggett, Amir Amor, Kesi Dryden2016ESPN"ESPN Soccer Theme"InstrumentalLisle Moore, Judd MaherBBC"La Foule"FrenchIzzy Bizu, BBC Concert OrchestraAngel Cabral, Ben FosterITV"La Mer"FrenchCharles TrenetCharles Trenet, Albert Lasry2020ESPN"ESPN Soccer Theme"InstrumentalLisle MooreJudd MaherBBC"Force Majeure"InstrumentalGaspard Auge Gaspard Auge, Victor Le Masne, Michael DeclerckITV"You Ain't The Problem"EnglishMichael KiwanukaBrian Burton, Dean Josiah Cover, Michael KiwanukaNOS"The Moment"EnglishRemmeChristiaan van der Laan, Gary Go, Isa Azier, Remme ter Haar2024BBC"Welcome to the DCC" (instrumental)InstrumentalDominic Craik, Jonathan GilmoreITV"The NeverEnding Story"InstrumentalGiorgio Moroder, Keith ForseyFox Sports"FOX Sports FIFA World Cup Theme"InstrumentalPete CalandraNOS"Mehr davon"GermanLotteCharlotte Rezbach, Jens Schneider, Jules Kalmbacher, Philipp Klemz, Joe WalterRTVE "Brillos Platino"SpanishAlmácorArturo Almarcha, Alejandro Capdevila
Entrance music
ChampionshipHost country Music Notes 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 "Seven Nation Army" 2012 "Heart of Courage" 2016 "This One's for You (Orchestral Version)" 2020 "We Are the People (Orchestral Version)" 2024 "Fire (Orchestral Version)" 2028 (to be decided) 2032 (to be decided)
Official albums 1996 – The Beautiful Game 2000 – Euro 2000: The Official Album 2004 – Vive O 2004!
See also 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
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