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=== Official song === {{Main|Jiyo Utho Badho Jeeto}} The official song of the 2010 Commonwealth Games "[[Jiyo Utho Badho Jeeto]]" was composed and performed by the Indian musician [[A. R. Rahman]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://in.news.yahoo.com/48/20100829/1252/tsp-jiyo-utho-badho-jeeto.html|title=Jiyo, Utho, Bado, Jeeto...|access-date=29 August 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20100902181202/http://in.news.yahoo.com/48/20100829/1252/tsp-jiyo-utho-badho-jeeto.html|archive-date=2 September 2010|publisher=Yahoo!}}</ref> The song's title is based on the slogan of the games, "Come out and play". The song was written by [[Mehboob Kotwal|Mehboob]] in Hindi with a sprinkling of English words. It was released on 28 August 2010. The music video, directed by [[Bharath Bala]] was released on 23 September and featured a shorter version of the song. A. R. Rahman also gave a live concert for the theme song in Gurgaon, Haryana, which was previewed on various news channels. The official video of the song has been released on YouTube. However this song was not much appreciated by the people<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_ar-rahman-s-commonwealth-games-song-flops-but-he-won-t-redo-it_1436560|title=AR Rahman's Commonwealth Games song flops, but he won't redo it β Sport β DNA|date=11 September 2010|work=Daily News and Analysis|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508091617/http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_ar-rahman-s-commonwealth-games-song-flops-but-he-won-t-redo-it_1436560|archive-date=8 May 2012|access-date=14 November 2012}}</ref> as it was being compared with [[2010 FIFA World Cup]] South Africa's official song [[Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)]] of [[Shakira]].
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