List of UEFA European Championship songs and anthems

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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 souvenir reminder of the events as well as for advertising campaigns leading for the European Championship, giving the singers exceptional universal world coverage and notoriety.[1]

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 songs and anthems[edit]

Championship Host country Title Language Performer(s) Writer(s) & producer(s) Audios & Videos Live Performance
1992  Sweden "More Than a Game" English Towe Jaarnek & Peter Jöback Peter Jöback and Lasse Holm Music Video
1996  England "We're in This Together" English Simply Red Mick Hucknall and Stewart Levine Official Music Video
2000  Netherlands
 Belgium 		"Campione 2000" English E-Type E-Type, Rick Blaskey, Kent Brainerd Official Music Video
2004  Portugal "Força" English
Portuguese 		Nelly Furtado Nelly Furtado, Gerald Eaton, Brian West Official Audio
2008  Austria
  Switzerland 		"Can You Hear Me" English Enrique Iglesias Enrique Iglesias, Steve Morales, Frankie Storm
Big Ben Diehl, Carlos Paucar 		Official Music Video
2012  Poland
 Ukraine 		"Endless Summer" English Oceana Oceana Mahlmann, Marc F. Jackson
Andreas Litterscheid, Blair Mackichan, Hugo Oscar
Reinhard Raith, Mense Reents, Jakobus Siebels 		Official Music Video
2016  France "This One's for You"[2] English David Guetta featuring Zara Larsson David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Afrojack, Ester Dean Official Music Video Closing Ceremony
2020  Europe "We Are the People" English Martin Garrix featuring Bono and the Edge Martin Garrix, Albin Nedler, Kristoffer Fogelmark
Bono, the Edge, Giorgio Tuinfort, Simon Edmund Carmody 		Official Music Video Opening Ceremony
2024  Germany "Fire" English Meduza, OneRepublic & Leony Mattia Vitale, Simon de Jano, Luca De Gregorio, Ryan Tedder, Kim Petras, Leony, Brent Kutzle, Josh Varnadore, VitaliZe & Tyler Spry
2028  United Kingdom
 Ireland 		TBD TBD TBD TBD
2032  Italy
 Turkey 		TBD TBD TBD TBD

Broadcast Theme Music[edit]

While usually most music used is UEFA Euro oficial theme songs, sometimes broadcasters tend to use other songs in some cases. Following is a list of when those cases happened.

Edition Host Country Broadcaster Song Title Languages/Instrumental Peformers Writing and Producing
2012  Poland
 Ukraine 		ESPN Untitled or Unknown[3][4] Instrumental
BBC Escape Instrumental Craig Armstrong Craig Armstrong
ITV Peter and the Wolf Instrumental
2016  France ESPN Untitled or Unknown[5][6] Instrumental
BBC La Foule French Izzy Bizu

& the BBC Concert Orchestra

Ben Foster
ITV La Mer French Charles Trenet
2020  Europe ESPN Untitled or Unknown[7] Instrumental
BBC Force Majeure [8] Instrumental Gaspard Auge Gaspard Auge

Victor Le Masne

Michael Declerck

ITV You Ain't The Problem English Michael Kiwanuka Brian Burton

Dean Josiah Cover Michael Kiwanuka

2024  Germany Fox Sports "FOX Sports FIFA World Cup Theme"[9] Instrumental Pete Calandra Pete Calandra


Entrance music[edit]

Championship Host country Music Notes
1992  Sweden
1996  England
2000  Netherlands
 Belgium
2004  Portugal
2008  Austria
  Switzerland 		"Seven Nation Army"
2012  Poland
 Ukraine 		"Heart of Courage"
2016  France "This One's for You (Orchestral Version)"
2020  Europe "We Are the People (Orchestral Version)"
2024  Germany (to be decided)
2028  United Kingdom
 Ireland 		(to be decided)
2032  Italy
 Turkey 		(to be decided)

Official albums[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Enrique Iglesias, David Guetta, Martin Garrix: all the EURO finals' songs". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 18 December 2019. Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Swedish star Zara Larsson sings summer football hit". 11 May 2016. Archived from the original on 12 May 2016.
  3. ^ "ESPN: UEFA EURO 2012". Prologue. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
  4. ^ ESPN UEFA Euro 2012 Intro Logos Edition 720p. 2012-06-18. Retrieved 2024-05-22 – via YouTube.
  5. ^ "ESPN UEFA Euro 2016 Motion Graphics Gallery". NewscastStudio. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
  6. ^ ESPN EURO 2016 INTRO. 2016-06-16. Retrieved 2024-05-22 – via YouTube.
  7. ^ UEFA EURO 2020 on ESPN - Intro. 2021-06-09. Retrieved 2024-05-22 – via YouTube.
  8. ^ "Gaspard Auge's Force Majeure to soundtrack BBC's UEFA Euro 2020 coverage". www.musicweek.com. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
  9. ^ UEFA EURO 2024 Intro FS1. 2023-12-03. Retrieved 2024-05-22 – via YouTube.
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