Explained: Lyrics & Meaning of Liverpool ‘Allez, Allez, Allez’ Chant

It’s likely that if you’ve recently seen a Liverpool game, Reds supporters will have been yelling the choruses of the well-known Anfield song.

Liverpool is one of the few English clubs that truly embodies both music and sport. Merseyside is home to the Anfield club and the birthplace of all four Beatles, so it makes sense that the Reds and their supporters would integrate song into the culture of their team.

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The song “You’ll Never Walk Alone” has been Liverpool’s official anthem, motto, and rallying chant for a long time. It is sung by the team’s scarf-wearing fans before every kickoff at Anfield and around the globe.

But from the late 2010s, Liverpool supporters have also been enthralled with a different song, primarily performed during European matches, whose chorus consists of just three French words: “Allez, Allez, Allez!”

However, who wrote the well-known chant, how did it become well-known, and how did it come about? THEEAGLE takes a look.

What are the Allez Allez Allez lyrics?

We conquered all of Europe,
And we will never stop,
From Paris on to Turkey,
We’ve won the f*cking lot!

Bob Paisley and Bill Shankly,
The Fields of Anfield Road,
We are the supporters,
We come from Liverpool!

Allez, allez, allez!
Allez, allez, allez!
Allez, allez, allez!
Allez, allez, allez!
We conquered all of Europe,
And we will never stop,
From Paris on to Turkey,
We’ve won the f*cking lot!

Bob Paisley and Bill Shankly,
The Fields of Anfield Road,
We are the supporters,
We come from Liverpool!

Allez, allez, allez!
Allez, allez, allez!
Allez, allez, allez!
Allez, allez, allez!

What is Allez Allez Allez’s backstory?

Despite its fame and popularity, “Allez Allez Allez” is a relatively new Liverpool chant. The Reds’ signature song served as their theme music as they advanced to their first Champions League final in eleven years and pursued European success in 2017–18. Its inception story is distinctive; it was originally performed in Porto in February 2018 by a group of travelling Liverpool fans who were singing.

Originally inspired from a 1980s Italian disco classic whose lyrics had been shared by supporters from Genoa, Napoli, Atletico Madrid and Juventus, it was during the away leg at Estadio do Dragao where the first rough inklings of the song were born.

The original 1985 song “L’Estate Sta Finendo” (“The Summer Is Ending”) by Italian disco duo Righeira was a hit in their native country. Its spread across Europe has been curious, starting from Abruzzo, a small city in southern Italy, before reaching Turin, Naples, and Madrid.

Supporters from a host of clubs across the continent had taken their turns singing the song during their European away days, each adapting uniquely for their own use and changing the lyrics. Italian teams, though, always started their versions the same way – with the lyrics “un giorno all’improvviso” (one day, suddenly…).

However, the song’s rise in popularity in the UK began in February 2016 as a result of YouTube videos being shared. Rangers, a Scottish team, had also embraced it. By the time Porto faced Dortmund in the Europa League later that year, it had become a mainstay in their repertoire. They claim that’s how Liverpool fans recognised it and customised it for their own use.

Therefore, a few supporters who had seen footage of the chant doing the rounds on social media attempted to start a new Liverpool rendition of it in February 2018, when the Reds were leading 5-0 against Porto.

Not everyone knew the words straight off the bat, but the melody was catchy enough. More and more fans were able to follow along with the simple “Allez Allez Allez” chorus.

Footage of the game – and the song – was shared online and quickly went viral. Shortly after, fans at the Newcastle game were caught on video singing it, followed by fans at Anfield for the return leg against Porto.

The lyrics of the song, however, are only known in its most popular version. Scouse musician and Liverpool supporter Jamie Webster wrote them.

Webster first heard the song while watching at the Estadio do Dragao, and he could immediately see it had a lot of potential. He started working on the song right away, refining the melody, finishing the lyrics, accelerating the tempo, and fleshing out the verses to make it sound like the song we know today.

“I’d heard murmurs of it at Anfield before,” he told the New York Times.

“But in Porto there was a group of lads singing it. People didn’t know the words, but they were trying to follow them. I wanted to get it out there.”

Webster performs regularly around Liverpool, giving him the chance to work out the best possible version of the song. He debuted his own, full version of the song a few days after the Porto game to Reds supporters, to raucous reception.

“I just knew straight away, the first time I played it… people of 65 years of age singing along, it was absolutely bouncing in the pub,” he told i Sport .

“Then we played Man United away. We got beat 2-1 but all the fans stayed in the seats absolutely bouncing for another hour after.”

The rest of the tale writes itself. The cheer took off like wildfire and quickly gained popularity. Supporters can be heard belting it out during Champions League nights, as well as whenever they can in between Premier League and European matches.

Sung passionately from Liverpool terraces as the Reds secured their place in a second consecutive Champions League final in 2019 against Tottenham in Madrid, the song was belted out on the way to the Kiev final in 2018.

Webster, on the other hand, has been able to spread awareness of the song and its words all over the world. He has even performed a duet on it with Alisson, the goalie and guitarist for Liverpool.

The singer was also invited along to Liverpool’s U.S. pre-season summer tour in 2018, and was given a surprise when Jurgen Klopp joined him for an impromptu rendition and a few bars in Michigan.

“It was great when Klopp came to see me,” said Webster.  “It wasn’t like he had to be there. He asked ‘what’s this lad doing here’ and so the club explained a bit to him about what I’d done so he came down to see me.

“It just goes to show what sort of man he is. He’s the closest thing you can get to a modern-day Shankly I think. Everything he does and says shows his passion for the people of Liverpool.”

It’s not hard to see why “Allez Allez Allez” has earned its permanent place in the Anfield songbook!