List of UEFA European Championship songs and anthems

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.^[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

Championship	Host country	Title	Language	Performer(s)	Writer(s) & producer(s)	Audios & videos	Live performance
1980	Italy	"Goal"	English	Eurokids	Gordon Faggetter, Paolo Dossena, Luigi Lopez, Italo Greco	Music Video
1984	France	"En avant le foot"	French	Yves de Roubaix	Christian Blachas, Patrick Joly, Paroles Claude Michel	Audio
1988	West Germany	"Das Tor"	German	Peter Behrens	Tom Dokoupil	Music Video
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 Music Video
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, Leonie Burger, Brent Kutzle, Josh Varnadore, VitaliZe & Tyler Spry	Official Music Video	Closing Ceremony
2028	United Kingdom Ireland	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
2032	Italy Turkey	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.


Edition	Host country	Broadcaster	Song title	Languages/instrumental	Performers	Writing and producing
2008	Austria Switzerland	NOS	"Wänn nit jetzt wänn dä"	Swiss German	Sina	Sina, Pele Loriano
2008	Austria Switzerland	NOS	"Just For Tonight"	English	One Night Only	George Craig, Daniel Parkin, Jack Sails, Sam Ford, Mark Hayton
2012	Poland Ukraine	ESPN	"ESPN Soccer Theme"^[3]^[4]	Instrumental		Lisle Moore, Judd Maher
		BBC	"Escape"	Instrumental		Craig Armstrong
		ITV	"Peter and the Wolf"	Instrumental		Sergei Prokofiev
		NOS	"Happy Jack"	English	Rilan & the Bombardiers	R. Ramhane, M. van der Winkel, N. Broos
		NOS	"Feel the Love"	English	Rudimental ft. John Newman	John Newman, Piers Aggett, Amir Amor, Kesi Dryden
2016	France	ESPN	"ESPN Soccer Theme"^[5]^[6]	Instrumental		Lisle Moore, Judd Maher
		BBC	"La Foule"	French	Izzy Bizu, BBC Concert Orchestra	Angel Cabral, Ben Foster
		ITV	"La Mer"	French	Charles Trenet	Charles Trenet, Albert Lasry
2020	Europe	ESPN	"ESPN Soccer Theme"^[7]	Instrumental		Lisle Moore Judd Maher
		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

NOS	"The Moment"	English	Remme	Christiaan van der Laan, Gary Go, Isa Azier, Remme ter Haar
2024	Germany	BBC	"Welcome to the DCC" (instrumental)^[9]^[10]	Instrumental		Dominic Craik, Jonathan Gilmore
		ITV	"The NeverEnding Story"^[11]	Instrumental		Giorgio Moroder, Keith Forsey
		Fox Sports	"FOX Sports FIFA World Cup Theme"^[12]	Instrumental		Pete Calandra
		NOS	"Mehr davon"	German	Lotte	Charlotte Rezbach, Jens Schneider, Jules Kalmbacher, Philipp Klemz, Joe Walter
		RTVE	"Brillos Platino"^[13]	Spanish	Almácor	Arturo Almarcha, Alejandro Capdevila

Entrance music

Championship	Host country	Music
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	"Fire (Orchestral Version)"
2028	United Kingdom Ireland	(to be decided)
2032	Italy Turkey	(to be decided)

Official albums

1996 – The Beautiful Game
2000 – Euro 2000: The Official Album
2004 – Vive O 2004!

References

↑ "Enrique Iglesias, David Guetta, Martin Garrix: all the EURO finals' songs". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 18 December 2019. Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
↑ "Swedish star Zara Larsson sings summer football hit". 11 May 2016. Archived from the original on 12 May 2016.
↑ "ESPN: UEFA EURO 2012". Prologue. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
↑ ESPN UEFA Euro 2012 Intro Logos Edition 720p. 18 June 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2024 – via YouTube.
↑ "ESPN UEFA Euro 2016 Motion Graphics Gallery". NewscastStudio. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
↑ ESPN EURO 2016 INTRO. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2024 – via YouTube.
↑ UEFA EURO 2020 on ESPN - Intro. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2024 – via YouTube.
↑ "Gaspard Auge's Force Majeure to soundtrack BBC's UEFA Euro 2020 coverage". Music Week. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
↑ "Euros 2024: Sound designers make BBC trailer 'big and powerful'". www.bbc.com. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
↑ BBC (UK) UEFA Euro 2024 Intro. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024 – via YouTube.
↑ ITV (UK) UEFA Euro 2024 Intro. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024 – via YouTube.
↑ UEFA EURO 2024 Intro FS1. 3 December 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2024 – via YouTube.
↑ AlmacorVEVO (2023-12-14). Brillos Platino (Video Oficial) [Canción Oficial RTVE Eurocopa 2024] [Benidorm Fest 2024]. Retrieved 2026-04-13 – via YouTube.

[1] "Enrique Iglesias, David Guetta, Martin Garrix: all the EURO finals' songs". UEFA. 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 22 May 2024.

[4] ESPN UEFA Euro 2012 Intro Logos Edition 720p. 18 June 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2024 – via YouTube.

[5] "ESPN UEFA Euro 2016 Motion Graphics Gallery". NewscastStudio. Retrieved 22 May 2024.

[6] ESPN EURO 2016 INTRO. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2024 – via YouTube.

[7] UEFA EURO 2020 on ESPN - Intro. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2024 – via YouTube.

[8] "Gaspard Auge's Force Majeure to soundtrack BBC's UEFA Euro 2020 coverage". Music Week. Retrieved 22 May 2024.

[9] "Euros 2024: Sound designers make BBC trailer 'big and powerful'". www.bbc.com. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 2024-06-18.

[10] BBC (UK) UEFA Euro 2024 Intro. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024 – via YouTube.

[11] ITV (UK) UEFA Euro 2024 Intro. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024 – via YouTube.

[12] UEFA EURO 2024 Intro FS1. 3 December 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2024 – via YouTube.

[13] AlmacorVEVO (2023-12-14). Brillos Platino (Video Oficial) [Canción Oficial RTVE Eurocopa 2024] [Benidorm Fest 2024]. Retrieved 2026-04-13 – via YouTube.

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