AFC Asian Cup anthems and songs

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) 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

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/games/2929/the_chronic_off.html
  2. ↑ https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/afc-asian-cup-2011-the-official-song-by-jay-sean
  3. ↑ http://omegahitz.com.br/havana-brown-faz-performance-de-warrior-na-australia/
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