Moving hips with Shakira's Waka Waka to Dancing with Ricky Martin's "La Copa De La Vida"- Collection of songs that moved the soccer fraternity

FIFA ALWAYS HAS TAKEN A KEEN  INTEREST TO BRING IN THE BEST NAMES FOR THE OPENING CEREMONY SONG AND DELIVER A BEAUTIFUL ENCORE PERFORMANCES FROM THE ARTISTS DURING THE LIVE CEREMONY. SOME OF THE TRACKS RELEASED AS THE OFFICIAL FIFA SONG ARE EVEN NOW AMONG THE TOP PLAYLISTS AND CELEBRATED ALL OVER THE WORLD. THE CONCEPT OF BRINGING TOGETHER NATIONS THROUGH SUCH CELEBRATIONS ARE TIMELESS. 

 2010 - Shakira and Freshly ground 'Waka Waka'

On Jan. 26, the song — recorded as the official song of the 2010 World Cup and produced by John Hill and Shakira 'Waka Waka' reached the 1 billion mark and kept right on climbing. The video features Shakira shimmying alongside South African band Freshlyground.

Ricky Martin's "La Copa De La Vida" - 1998

Martin gave his first live performance of "La Copa de la Vida" for Hey Hey It's Saturday on June 4, 1998. On July 12, 1998, he performed it as the official anthem at the 1998 FIFA World Cup Final in France, in front of more than a billion TV viewers around the world.

1978 Argentina - Buenos Aires - 'El Mundial'

Ennio Morricone doing a World Cup Anthem song might surprise you but the Italian musician and renowned composer of Westerns, was responsible for composing the official song of the 78 World Cup.

1994 USA- Daryl Hall and Sound of Blackness 'GloryLand'

Originally an instrumental and an unofficial US anthem for the 1994 soccer World Cup which was held in the US, most patriotic Americans will recognize the song and also Daryl Hall and Sounds of Blackness also sang it at the opening ceremonies of the FIFA World Cup.

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