A new FIFA World Cup 2026 playlist assembled by uDiscover draws on more than seven decades of pop history to soundtrack what is, by any measure, the largest recurring sporting event on the planet. Released on Spotify, the ‘World Cup Songs: All World Cup Anthems’ playlist promises, in its own description, ‘the ultimate FIFA World Cup songs playlist from 2010 to 2026, featuring the best football anthems, World Cup vibes, Qatar 2022 hits, United 2026 energy’ and more.
The selection is deliberately genre-agnostic. Evelyn Knight and The Stardusters’ ‘Lucky, Lucky, Lucky’ rubs up against Black Eyed Peas’ ‘Pump It’ and Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers’ ‘Learning to Fly’. OneRepublic’s ‘I Lived’ and The Beatles’ ‘Come Together’ are both present, the latter arriving with some fresh currency: it recently served as the soundtrack to England’s squad announcement for the tournament.
The FIFA World Cup 2026 Playlist Opens With a Three-Continent Collaboration
The playlist’s opening track, ‘Goals’, is the most direct link to the tournament itself. A collaboration between BLACKPINK’s Lisa, Nigerian Afrobeats star Rema, and Brazilian pop star Anitta, it was produced by GRAMMY Award-winning producer Cirkut and released alongside an official music video. The track carries a weight of expectation that goes beyond the playlist: according to FIFA, ‘Goals’ will be performed live for the first time during the opening ceremony at Los Angeles Stadium on 12 June.
Anitta spoke about the personal resonance of the project: ‘My connection to the World Cup is deeply emotional. I’m Brazilian, after all, of course I have wonderful memories tied to the tournament. It’s incredibly special to now contribute to its history, collaborating with LISA and Rema on “Goals”! I’m very grateful for this opportunity.’ Rema described the logic of the collaboration in plainer terms: ‘Three continents, one track, bringing all our sounds together like this is a big moment for music on the world stage.’
There is something genuinely considered in that framing. The playlist draws on broadly populist choices, the sort of tracks that feel enormous in a stadium or a fan zone, but the album project behind ‘Goals’ has more structural ambition than the average tournament tie-in suggests.
An Official Album Built Around Regional Voices
‘Goals’ is the fourth single from the Official FIFA World Cup 2026 Album, following ‘Por Ella’ by Los Ángeles Azules and Belinda, ‘Echo’ by Daddy Yankee and Shenseea, and ‘Illuminate’ by Jessie Reyez and Elyanna. Each release has incorporated regional sounds from a different part of the world, a rolling sequence of drops that has used the months before kick-off to build anticipation across separate fan bases rather than targeting one monolithic global audience.
The full scope of the project is considerable. The Peach Review reports that the Official FIFA World Cup 2026 Album spans 18 tracks and is the most extensive multi-track music and culture project ever created for the showpiece event. The album was expected to arrive on 5 June, just days before the tournament opens on Thursday 11 June.
That ambition in scale separates it from earlier World Cup musical efforts, which tended to hinge on a single anthem: Shakira’s ‘Waka (Waka)’ in 2010, Pitbull and Jennifer Lopez in 2014. Eighteen tracks structured around geography and genre represent a fundamentally different approach, one that acknowledges how fractured and pluralistic the global music audience now is.
The uDiscover playlist sits alongside that album project as a broader companion piece, mixing the official 2026 material with decades of football-adjacent pop. Whether it becomes the soundtrack to the tournament in any meaningful sense will be tested first on 12 June, when Lisa, Anitta, and Rema perform ‘Goals’ live at Los Angeles Stadium in front of a worldwide audience.
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