Since making the switch to Liverpool from Roma in 2017, Mo Salah has established himself as not only a Reds legend, but one of the best Premier League players of all time, and it is no surprise that his chant is belted out every week at Anfield.
The Mo Salah chant was already one of the Reds' most iconic anthems given his exploits in his almost nine years on Merseyside, but the song has gained additional status since the winger became the player with the most goal contributions for one club in the history of the Premier League.
It would be fair to say that both the 33-year-old – and Liverpool as a team more broadly – have failed to hit the heights of 2024-25's title-winning campaign this season, but the Egyptian remains vital to the club's ambitions of qualifying for the Champions League.
Read on as Football Ground Guide covers all you need to know about the Mo Salah chant, including its lyrics, tune and origin ahead of the Reds' crucial showdown with Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield on Sunday.
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.