''Chak De! India'' (English: ''Go For it! India'' or ''Go! India'') is the title song of the 2007 Hindi sports film ''

Chak De! India ''Chak De! India'' () is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language sports drama film directed by Shimit Amin and produced by Aditya Chopra under the banner of Yash Raj Films, with a script written by Jaideep Sahni. The film stars Shah Rukh Khan as Kabir Kh ...

''. It is sung by

Sukhwinder Singh Sukhwinder Singh (born 18 July 1971) is an internationally acclaimed Indian playback singer who primarily sings Bollywood songs. He is famous internationally for singing " Jai Ho" from the film ''Slumdog Millionaire'' which won an Academy Awa ...

, Salim Merchant, Marianne D'Cruz and was composed by the duo Salim–Sulaiman and lyrics penned by Jaideep Sahni. The soundtrack for ''Chak De! India'' was released on 1 August 2007 and was composed by Salim–Sulaiman with lyrics by Jaideep Sahni. Since the release of the film, the title track song, "Chak De! India" became a frequently-played sports anthem. Salim Merchant has stated in this regard that "

," "almost became the sports anthem of the country, especially after India won the 2011 Cricket World Cup. It was no longer our song but the country's song." Indeed, after winning the

2011 Cricket World Cup The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup was the tenth Cricket World Cup. It was played in India, Sri Lanka, and for the first time in Bangladesh. India won the tournament, defeating Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in the final at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, thus ...

, India's team player Virat Kohli "sang Chak de India to the crowd." A few years later, after India beat South Africa at the

2015 Cricket World Cup The 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup was the 11th Cricket World Cup, a quadrennial One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament contested by men's national teams and organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was jointly hosted by Aust ...

, Nitin Srivastava of the BBC noted that: " MCG has erupted with Vande Mataram (the national song of India) and ''Chak De India'' (Go India!) slogans in the air! And there's no age barrier for cricket fans who came and enjoyed the match."

Awards

NDTV Poll *Won: Best Song (''Chak De! India'')CDI title track is song of year: NDTV poll
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Lyrics of this song
2007 songs Hindi film songs Indian songs Songs about India Sukhwinder Singh songs Songs with music by Salim–Sulaiman Songs with lyrics by Jaideep Sahni {{2000s-song-stub