Mo Salah chant: Lyrics, tune and story behind Liverpool’s song for their ‘Egyptian King’

Mo Salah has been tearing Premier League defences apart since 2017, and the Egyptian maestro has established himself as a certified Liverpool and Premier League legend in that time.

Salah's immediate impact at Liverpool when he first signed for the club saw the club's supporters fall in love with him almost instantly.

As is commonplace when this happens, a Mo Salah chant was created, and it has been a regular part of the Anfield songbook ever since.

For the back story, lyrics and tune, read on.

Mo Salah chant lyrics and tune

The Mo Salah chant is sung to the tune of ‘Sit Down' by James, and the lyrics are as follows:

Mo Salah, 

Mo Salah, 

Mo Salah, running down the wing,

Salah, la, la, la,

The Egyptian King!

Mo Salah, Mo Salah, Mo Salah running down the wing! Salah, la, la, la, the Egyptian King!

Mo Salah chant back story

The Mo Salah ‘Egyptian King' chant was first sung around midday through the 2017/18 season, when it became clear Liverpool had a special player on their hands. The song became the backdrop to the club's surprise run to the 2018 Champions League final, which ultimately ended in disappointment at the hands of Real Madrid.

The tune choice of ‘Sit Down' was a controversial selection at the time due to the fact that the band who sing ‘Sit Down' are Manchester-born and bred. Additionally, the song was frequently played at Old Trafford before matches and at half-time and remains the song that many Man Utd fans associate with their 1991 Cup Winners' Cup Final triumph in Rotterdam.

Liverpool fans singing the Mo Salah song

The Mo Salah chant can be heard below.

FGG says: An iconic chant

While the song ‘Sit Down' remains one with affinities to their biggest rivals, Man Utd, Liverpool's reworking of the song for Mo Salah is unquestionably now an iconic British football chant. Liverpool fans know all too well about other fans (Arsenal) nabbing their chants, but this one has reached the level where nobody would surely be as brazen as to do that.