MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:
As in every recent World Cup, this year's tournament has an official anthem, featuring opera singer Andrea Bocelli and K-pop star EJAE. It's called "DNA."
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "DNA")
EJAE AND ANDREA BOCELLI: (Singing) So we say, hey, we're not going to break. Yeah, we're standing here today because it's more than just a game - it's our DNA.
MARTIN: But fans from all over the world are creating their own songs. One track is titled - this is really it - "Very Unofficial Scotland World Cup Song." Internet celebrity JJ Bull celebrates some of the famous goals from Scotland's last qualification game with his unique offering set to Euro dance music.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "VERY UNOFFICIAL SCOTLAND WORLD CUP SONG")
JJ BULL: (Singing) Scott McTominay with a bicycle kick. I know he's going to score, he's Scott McTominay, Scott McTominay Ballon d'Or.
MARTIN: Ballon d'Or, of course, is the prize given to the year's best soccer player.
A MARTÍNEZ, HOST:
An ocean away, 11 Colombian artists, including Jessi Uribe and Paola Jara, collaborated on this upbeat track in support of their team.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "TE QUIERO VER CAMPEÓN")
UNIDENTIFIED MUSICAL ARTISTS: (Singing in Spanish).
MARTÍNEZ: That is "Te Quiero Ver Campeon" - "I Want To See You Become Champions."
MARTIN: When Bosnia and Herzegovina qualified for the World Cup, their fans unveiled a huge banner reading, I am from Bosnia, take me to America. Those are lines from the track "U.S.A." by Bosnian band Dubioza kolektiv.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "U.S.A.")
DUBIOZA KOLEKTIV: (Singing) I'm from Bosnia, take me to America. I really want to see Statue of Liberty.
MARTÍNEZ: The song was originally about the frustrations of being an immigrant in America, but now the band's rewritten it for the World Cup. Brano Jakubovic plays the keyboard in the band.
BRANO JAKUBOVIC: We kind of decided to keep the chorus in English, that everybody obviously now know, but to make changes and make lyrics into Bosnian and more into football team kind of.
MARTÍNEZ: Those lyrics include a complaint that a disallowed Bosnian goal at a previous tournament wasn't offside.
MARTIN: Keyboardist Vedran Mujagić says part of the song's new popularity is due to the music video. It shows people gathered in a shabby courtyard grilling food and playing soccer.
VEDRAN MUJAGIC: Showing the typical Bosnian neighborhood and this romantic side of old-fashion street football was something that a lot of people recognized.
MARTÍNEZ: He says it's a contrast to the game we're seeing on our screens today, with multimillion-dollar soccer stars playing huge stadiums.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "U.S.A.")
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