One of the reasons the World Cup is so exciting is not only football (which is the main reason) and the fact that the best teams are competing, it’s the other things as well: the crowd, people from all over the world, new stadiums, atmosphere…and music. The opening ceremony will start on Sunday, November 20th at 17h, and the first game between Qatar and Ecuador will be played afterward. Considering the situation around the host’s human rights and workers’ rights issues, many famous stars have refused to participate in the opening ceremony, but BTS’s Jung Kook confirmed he will be on stage in Doha, among others. He also confirmed his contribution to the tournament’s official soundtrack.방탄소년단 ‘정국’이 2022 FIFA 카타르 월드컵 공식 사운드트랙과 월드컵 개막식 공연에 참여합니다. 많은 기대 부탁드립니다!Proud to announce that Jung Kook is part of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Soundtrack & will perform at the World Cup opening ceremony. Stay tuned!#FIFAWorldCup pic.twitter.com/MwJ2kdNRBp— BTS_official (@bts_bighit) November 12, 2022 The official World Cup song has become a tradition and some of them have been massive hits ever since. For this tournament, FIFA decided to put a multi-song collection, featuring international artists across a variety of musical genres instead of just one song. So, for Qatar 2022, we have three official anthems: Hayya Hayya (Better Together) – Trinidad Cardona, Davido, and Aisha, Arhbo – Ozuna featuring GIMS and Light the Sky – by Rahma, Balqees, Nora, and Manal.Over the decades, World Cup tournaments had official anthems and some of them were very popular. The World Cup was inaugurated in 1930, but it wasn’t until 1990 that FIFA began to adopt songs that would become the official soundtrack of the biggest football tournament. World Cup-inspired songs have been released since 1962, but not all have been adopted by FIFA.Certainly most popular since 1990 was Ricky Martin’s “La Copa De La Vida”, made for the France 1998 World Cup, and Shakira’s “Waka Waka” for South Africa 2010. The famous singer, recently divorced from the former Barcelona defender Gerrard Pique had a massive hit, which has over 3.2 billion views on YouTube in the past 12 years and peaked at No. 38 on the famous Bilbord’s Hot 100 chart when she recorded it. Ricky Martin also had a big hit 12 years before her, at the World Cup 1998 in France, with a “La Copa De La Vida” song. While he was a popular singer before, after that song, he really became a global worldwide phenomenon. “La Copa De La Vida” originally peaked at No. 60 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1998 and re-entered the chart at No. 45 in August 1999.WORLD CUP’S SONGS AND ANTHEMS1990 Italy “Un’estate italiana” – Official Song “To Be Number One” – Official Song (English)1994 United States “Gloryland”– Official Song 1998 France “La Copa de la Vida (The Cup of Life)””La Cour des Grands (Do You Mind If I Play)” – Official Anthem 2002 South Korea/Japan “Boom”– Official Song “Let’s Get Together Now” – Official Local Song “Anthem” – Official Anthem2006 Germany “The Time of Our Lives” – Official Song”Zeit dass sich was dreht (Celebrate The Day)” – Official Anthem 2010 South Africa “Waka Waka” – Official Song “Game On”– Official Mascot Song “Sign of a Victory” – Official Anthem 2014 Brazil “We Are One (Ole Ola)” – Official Song”Tatu Bom de Bola” – Official Mascot Song Portuguese “Dar um Jeito (We Will Find a Way)” – Official Anthem 2018 Russia “Live It Up” – Official Song2022 Qatar “Hayya Hayya (Better Together)””Arhbo” “Light The Sky”##NAJAVA_MECA_6824777##
