# Name songs about sports & games **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 17, 2009, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-songs-about-sports-games/500100 "2009-06-17T19:31:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-songs-about-sports-games/500100/21 "2009-06-17T22:11:31Z")
“[Cricket](http://www.kindakinks.net/discography/showsong.php?song=62)” by the Kinks ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-songs-about-sports-games/500100/22 "2009-06-17T22:55:07Z")
Needs some hockey in here… SoulThieves - [Redwings Suck](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWFFZeeeBsA) Stompin’ Tom Connors - [The Hockey Song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jYzABMePJk)(by way of [bing.com](http://bing.com), this was the most entertaining looking video sample. Go Avs!) James Kochalka Superstar - [Hockey Monkey](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehO-PbRxzUQ) Gear Daddies - [Zamboni Song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z9HgXLaeeM) Lummox - [Hockey Fight](http://new.music.yahoo.com/lummox/tracks/hockey-fight--207929770)(link is blocked here so i don’t know if it has a song sample) And of course some hip-hop too… Kid Sensation ft. (_the_) Ken Griffey Jr - [The Way I Swing](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rETID1lEykE) Buck 65 - [463](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO9ar-kjUbw) Pharoahe Monch - [Official](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK8AQBiyt8w) (practically every single line is a sports metaphore; full [lyrics](http://lyrics.astraweb.com/displayp.cgi?f=pharoahe_monch..internal_affairs..official)) ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-songs-about-sports-games/500100/23 "2009-06-17T23:09:02Z")
never mind ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-songs-about-sports-games/500100/24 "2009-06-17T23:28:08Z")
[Pinball Wizard](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AKbUm8GrbM) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-songs-about-sports-games/500100/25 "2009-06-17T23:30:02Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > _Rapid Roy_ by Jim Croce is about a stock car racer. > _Roller Derby Queen_ also by Croce, self-explanatory. And, of course, “You Don’t Mess Around with Jim” is about pool (whose classic song is “Ya Got Trouble” from **The Music Man** ). The Bonzo Dog Band sang about sports in general in “The Odd Boy.” Martin Mull had “Jesus Christ Football Star.” Other songs in **Damn Yankees** include “The Game” (“You’ve got to think about the game”). The classic “[Van Lingle Mungo](http://www.baseball-almanac.com/poetry/vanlinglemungo.shtml)” by David Frishberg. (If the title means nothing to you, the song is about baseball.) ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-songs-about-sports-games/500100/26 "2009-06-18T00:34:03Z")
How about Kenny Chesney’s _Touchdown Tennessee_ about (what else) UT football. ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-songs-about-sports-games/500100/27 "2009-06-18T00:41:12Z")
“Talkin’ Baseball”, and the Simpsons version, “Talkin’ Softball”, by Terry Cashman. “One Night in Bangkok” is about chess… and other things. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-songs-about-sports-games/500100/28 "2009-06-18T01:24:58Z")
MODERATOR MUSES: Hmmm. One could argue that this goes in the Game Room forum, since it’s about sports and games. However, I’m going to rule that it’s about songs, and so leave it here. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-songs-about-sports-games/500100/29 "2009-06-18T02:14:00Z")
_You’re in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)_ by Rod Stewart ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-songs-about-sports-games/500100/30 "2009-06-18T03:39:47Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > A Dying Cubs Fan’s Last Request – Steve Goodman Also “Go Cubs Go” by Steve Goodman–a terrible song that I haven’t heard nearly enough this year “Basketball”–Kurtis Blow ---
**Author:** ![apollonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2bfe46/32.png) [@apollonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apollonia)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-songs-about-sports-games/500100/31 "2009-06-18T03:41:06Z")
Great Big Sea’s “Helmethead.” ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-songs-about-sports-games/500100/32 "2009-06-18T03:44:46Z")
Stompin’ Tom Connors - The Hockey Song (‘The good old hockey game, is the best game you can name…’) ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-songs-about-sports-games/500100/33 "2009-06-18T03:51:36Z")
Weird…I did read tds’s post, but missed the reference to ol’ Stompin Tom… ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-songs-about-sports-games/500100/34 "2009-06-18T04:49:30Z")
“Still the Same” by Bob Seger wasn’t exactly _about_ cards and gambling, but they do form the basis for one of the verses. ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-songs-about-sports-games/500100/35 "2009-06-18T05:42:49Z")
The [Baseball Project](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Baseball_Project) does nothing but songs about baseball, while the [Zambonis](http://thezambonis.com/) do the same for hockey. ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-songs-about-sports-games/500100/36 "2009-06-18T06:36:04Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > Weird…I did read tds’s post, but missed the reference to ol’ Stompin Tom… Coincidental minors; no worries. I accidentally did the same thing in another thread just recently. My bad **ElvisL1ves**. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-songs-about-sports-games/500100/37 "2009-06-18T07:47:33Z")
The Last Game of the Season (or The Blind Man in the Bleachers) by David Geddes is about a football game. Lucky In Love by Mick Jagger mentions Mick as being unlucky at cards. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-songs-about-sports-games/500100/38 "2009-06-18T14:09:51Z")
“Backfield in Motion,” Mel and Tim [Football as a metaphor for infidelity] “Who Killed Davey Moore?” Bob Dylan [Boxing] And “Mrs. Robinson” by Simon and Garfunkel famously has a verse about Joe DiMaggio, although wether that makes it ‘about’ baseball is debatable ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-songs-about-sports-games/500100/39 "2009-06-18T14:23:17Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Hit Somebody (The Hockey Song) – Warren Zevon …with backing vocals by DAVID LETTERMAN! Also: “Me Like Hockey” by the Arrogant Worms (hockey, duh) “Chips Ahoy” by the Hold Steady (horse racing) “Dead Flowers” by the Rolling Stones (mentions horse racing) “You’re So Vain” by Carly Simon (also mentions horse racing) and I don’t remember “Super Bowl Shuffle” by the Chicago Bears in this thread. Apologies if it’s already there. Edit: Yes - it’s in post #10. Extra edit: Scary fact - “Super Bowl Shuffle” was nominated for a GRAMMY! ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-songs-about-sports-games/500100/40 "2009-06-18T16:00:57Z")
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