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 "宣言"宣言――2004亚洲杯歌曲合辑（单碟装CD - Chinese version ChineseTiger Hu Audio"Take Me To The Sky"胡彦斌唱出2004亚洲杯“宣言"- English version EnglishMusic Video 2007 "I Believe" English Tata Young Official Music Video 2011 "Yalla Asia" English Jay SeanKarl WolfRadhika Vekaria Radhika VekariaMax HermanZoulikha El Fassi Official Music VideoOfficial SongArabic,Asian LanguagesGroupAbdullahAl-Mana'ei,SerousOfficial SongOfficial Music Video 2015 "Warrior" English Havana Brown Jonas Saeed, Niclas KingsLuciana CaporasoNick Clow and Sabi Official Music Video Opening Ceremony 2019 "Zanaha Zayed" ArabicEnglish Hussain Al JassmiBalqees Ahmed FathiEida Al Menhali Opening Ceremony 2023 "Hadaf" Arabic Humood AlKhudher Fahad Al Hajjaji Official Music Video 2027
Entrance music Edition Host country Music Notes 2015 "AFC Anthem" Prior to 2015, "FIFA Anthem" was used. 2019 2023 "Hadaf" (instrumental)
See also List of FIFA World Cup songs and anthems List of UEFA European Championship songs and anthems List of Copa América songs and anthems List of Africa Cup of Nations songs and anthems
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