Olympic songs and anthems are adopted officially by International Olympic Committee (or by official broadcasters and partners selected by IOC), to be used prior to the Olympic Games and to accompany the games during the event.
They are used as theme music in TV broadcast and also used in advertising campaigns for the Olympic Games. Some songs and anthems are more popular and famous than official songs and anthems.
Summer Olympics
Official theme songs and anthems
Other songs and anthems
| Games | Host City |
Title | Language(s) | Performer(s) | Writer(s) and producer(s) | Audio and Videos | Live Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seoul | "
One Moment in Time" - NBC Sports Broadcast Theme Song |
English | Whitney Houston | Albert Hammond | Official Music Video | ||
| "
You're Not Alone" - Australian Official Olympic Team Song |
English | Official Music Video | |||||
| Barcelona | "
Barcelona" - Official Theme Song Candidate - BBC Grandstand Theme Song |
Freddie Mercury, Mike Moran | |||||
| Atlanta | " The Power of the Dream" | Celine Dion | Opening Ceremony | ||||
| "
Return to Innocence" - Promotional Video Theme Song |
Enigma | Music Video | |||||
| Sydney | N/A | ||||||
| Athens | " Oceania" | Björk | Opening Ceremony | ||||
| Beijing | " Forever Friends" | Sun Nan, A-Mei, Coco Lee | Giorgio Moroder | Official Music Video | |||
| London | N/A | ||||||
| Rio de Janeiro | "
Rise" - NBC Sports Broadcast Theme Song |
Katy Perry | |||||
| Tokyo |
Winter Olympics
Official theme songs and anthems
| Games | Host City |
Title | Language(s) | Performer(s) | Writer(s) and producer(s) | Audio and Videos | Live Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calgary | "
Winter Games" - Instrumental Version |
None (Instrumental) |
David Foster | David Foster | Official Music Video |
Opening Ceremony Closing Ceremony | |
| "
Can't You Feel It" - Vocal Version |
English | Audio | |||||
| Albertville | |||||||
| Lillehammer | |||||||
| Nagano | |||||||
| Salt Lake City | |||||||
| Turin | "
Because We Believe (Ama Credi E Vai)" [3] |
Andrea Bocelli | Closing Ceremony | ||||
| Vancouver | " I Believe" | Nikki Yanofsky |
Stephan Moccio Alan Frew Phil Ramone Jesse Harris |
||||
| Sochi | |||||||
| Pyeongchang | None [4] | ||||||
| Beijing |
Other songs and anthems
| Games | Host City |
Title | Language(s) | Performer(s) | Writer(s) and producer(s) | Audio and Videos | Live Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyeongchang | "Let Everyone Shine" - Torch Relay Promotional Song |
Korean | Insooni | Official Music Video | |||
| Beijing |
Albums
- Summer Olympics
- Winter Olympics
