LCD Soundsystems song tonite begins with a lyric that could be applicable to every UEFA European Championship anthem ever written. Everybodys singing the same song, James Murphy laments. It goes tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight. I never realized these artists thought so much about dying.

Each official track dating back to 1992 is laced with the idea of seizing the moment, living it to the fullest and coming together RIGHT NOW because tomorrow, the bomb will drop. You put every songs lyrics into a word cloud generator (I did) and you get the boldfaced centerpieces of heart, love, time, people, drum, way, sun.

Its time to love, with all your heart, the sound of the drum and the way the people move under the sun. Eh, eh, yeah, yeah. Put a Martin Solveig beat on that and thats the Euro 2024 anthem done and dusted. Credit me.

The official Euro 2020 song dropped last month after being kept secret for two years. Its by 25-year-old DJ Martin Garrix (shit, I remember when he was 17-year-old Animals Martin Garrix), who, according to Rolling Stone, noticed the guitar intro had somewhat of a U2 vibe to it and duly got the Edge to play that part while Bono came around to say I feel your heart beatin in my chest. If you come with me tonight is gonna be the one.

It's always gotta be tonight.

Its about what youd expect. I dont like it as much as 2016s This Ones for You by David The Vanquisher Of Racism Guetta. But I dont like that one or any other official anthem as much as Euro 2004s Fora" by Nelly Furtado.

Maybe it was the beauty of sun-washed matches in the Algarve, the stunning architecture of The Quarry in Braga, the cinematic final four in Lisbon and Porto or maybe it was just the Euro 2004 video game that made it a major chore trying to score against even the minnows but Nelly Furtados anthem didnt just talk about hedonism, it made it normative. Of course were going buck wild for a month straight; its an unstoppable force!

Como uma fora, como uma fora

Como uma fora que ningum parar

Pauleta just dicing Pavel Nedved.

I petition that this should be the official anthem of every European Championship. It could be like the UEFA Champions League Anthem, except we get Nelly Furtado to come out instead of British composer Tony Britten.

Euro 2020: We Are The People | Martin Garrix featuring Bono & The Edge

Euro 2016: This Ones for You | David Guetta featuring Zara Larsson

Euro 2012: Endless Summer | Oceana

Euro 2008: Can You Hear Me | Enrique Iglesias

Euro 2004: Fora" | Nelly Furtado

Euro 2000: Campione 2000 | E-Type

Euro 1996: Were in This Together | Simply Red

Euro 1992: More Than a Game | Towe Jaarnek & Peter Jback

The rest is here:

Petition To Make Nelly Furtados 2004 Fora The Official Song Of Every Euro - The18