# Songs for a dance themed around American Football **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 14, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-dance-themed-around-american-football/671238 "2013-10-14T18:34:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-dance-themed-around-american-football/671238/1 "2013-10-14T18:34:32Z")
A colleague of a friend leads a children’s dance group. They are going to do a dance number about American Football (I assume with fitting costumes). Now she’s looking for suitable songs. They are planning a number of about two and a half minutes, which is accompanied by an edit of snippets from about 5 or 6 songs. They don’t have to be about football, but should somehow get the mood right. Since this in in Germany where almost nobody knows anything about American Football, it wouldn’t automatically work with songs that are obviously related to the sport for Americans, but the songs should at least give an American vibe. There’s one more caveat: the songs should be rather well known by the audience. Since I don’t expect the typical doper to know the Germans’ musical knowledge, a good criterion would be if the song had been a big hit, because many US hits chart here too. My friend came up with Van Halen’s _Jump_ and James Brown’s _Living in America_, two excellent choices IMHO. But I almost drew a blank when he asked me, the only two I could think of were Chuck Berry’s _Back in the USA_ and Tom Petty’s _American Girl_, but they’re both not very well known here. So what are your recommendations? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-dance-themed-around-american-football/671238/2 "2013-10-14T18:40:39Z")
Gary Glitter’s [Rock and Roll Part 2](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YprGECobIXQ) is what you’re looking for. Or maybe not, should you not want it to be horrible. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-dance-themed-around-american-football/671238/3 "2013-10-14T18:45:17Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Gary Glitter’s [Rock and Roll Part 2](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YprGECobIXQ) is what you’re looking for. Or maybe not, should you not want it to be horrible. This was exactly my thought. Except for the huge pedophile vibe, it’s perfect! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-dance-themed-around-american-football/671238/4 "2013-10-14T18:49:53Z")
Perhaps – [ELP’s version of Aaron Copland’s _Hoedown_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFCniNYZoFg) ---
**Author:** ![Pixel\_Dent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@Pixel\_Dent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixel_Dent)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-dance-themed-around-american-football/671238/5 "2013-10-14T18:56:47Z")
Maybe a bit old timey for what you want but… [Mr. Touchdown USA](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-58dRBiCgg) ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-dance-themed-around-american-football/671238/6 "2013-10-14T19:07:54Z")
> [@Pixel\_Dent](#): > > Maybe a bit old timey for what you want but… [Mr. Touchdown USA](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-58dRBiCgg) I was going to recommend that. I remember singing that in grade school. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-dance-themed-around-american-football/671238/7 "2013-10-14T19:17:50Z")
Probably not well known, but it was a hit back in the day. [Backfield in Motion](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0AU5Mckb3Q) by Mel and Tim. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-dance-themed-around-american-football/671238/8 "2013-10-14T19:32:50Z")
_All Star_ - by Smashmouth Otherwise go to amazon and do a search for Jock Jams. ESPN has about 5 compilations of sports related dance music. ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-dance-themed-around-american-football/671238/9 "2013-10-14T19:38:37Z")
American Pie, by Don McLean? Has a few verses about football. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-dance-themed-around-american-football/671238/10 "2013-10-14T19:52:14Z")
Todd Rundgren has a song that is perfect called _[Just One Victory](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/t/todd+rundgren/just+one+victory_20138127.html)_, with the chorus \*Hold that line, baby hold that line Get up boys and hit 'em one more time We may be losing now but we can’t stop trying So hold that line, baby hold that line \* …but it doesn’t meet the criteria of being a familiar hit song. On the other hand, he wrote a breathtakingly stupid song called _[Bang On The Drum All Day](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/t/todd+rundgren/bang+the+drum+all+day_20138198.html)_ that has nothing to do with football, but has somehow become a song played at football games. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-dance-themed-around-american-football/671238/11 "2013-10-14T20:00:48Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Gary Glitter’s [Rock and Roll Part 2](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YprGECobIXQ) is what you’re looking for. Or maybe not, should you not want it to be horrible. Musically a perfect fit, but the Glitter case was in the news here too, and since it’s a children’s dance, it wouldn’t be a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![PatriotGrrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9dc877/32.png) [@PatriotGrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotGrrrl)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-dance-themed-around-american-football/671238/12 "2013-10-14T21:31:59Z")
Bon Jovi’s This is Our House. It’s often played at games, and the lyrics work (think “our house” = “our home stadium”). BTW, Bon Jovi is a big football fan (and a personal friend of Bill Belichick) ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-dance-themed-around-american-football/671238/13 "2013-10-14T21:46:44Z")
Chicago Bears did the Superbowl Shuffle: [- YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia51FtITMwA&list=TLb5hSK0bMBK28Hf4KR-99HjI4t7--qTWd) Though it mentions baseball, not football, Springsteen’s Glory Days feels right: [Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days (Official Video) - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vQpW9XRiyM) Queen’s We are the Champions: [- YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdCrZfTkG1c) Played in our locker room before games: Survivor doing Eye of the Tiger: [Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger (Official HD Video) - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btPJPFnesV4) ETA: This list: [http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ycn-8380369](http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ycn-8380369) ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-dance-themed-around-american-football/671238/14 "2013-10-14T23:51:05Z")
[Mickey](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW7VnHnX3LQ) Not about sports, but it’s got that cheerleader chant. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2013, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-dance-themed-around-american-football/671238/15 "2013-10-15T00:10:58Z")
This one mentions football. _Jack And Diane_ -John Cougar Mellencamp Little ditty about Jack and Diane Two American kids growing up in the heartland Jacky’s gonna be a football star Diane debutante backseat of Jacky’s car ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2013, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-dance-themed-around-american-football/671238/16 "2013-10-15T00:22:31Z")
The only music that I really associate with football are the various college (and occasionally pro) fight songs…nut the only one I’d think might even possibly be familiar to a German audience would be the [Notre Dame fight song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7csGhMQoQms), because I’m fairly certain it’s been featured in a number of movies and TV shows. I doubt it’s terribly big in Germany, but the old [Monday Night Football](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rxwiI4aKIM) theme song certainly connotes “football” around here… ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2013, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-dance-themed-around-american-football/671238/17 "2013-10-15T00:24:35Z")
There’s always Hank Williams Jr. - _Are You Ready for Some Football_. Though it is basically an ad for Monday Night Football. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2013, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-dance-themed-around-american-football/671238/18 "2013-10-15T02:25:09Z")
Sweet, “Ballroom Blitz.” ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2013, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-dance-themed-around-american-football/671238/19 "2013-10-15T03:59:19Z")
Probably not for kids, but [“The Aggie Song”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTxmqWwXyqw) from _Best Little Whorehouse in Texas._ ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2013, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-dance-themed-around-american-football/671238/20 "2013-10-15T05:21:17Z")
Meatloaf’s “All Revved Up With No Place to Go” has this verse: _I was a varsity tackle and a hell of a block When I played my guitar I made the canyons rock, but Every Saturday Night I felt the fever grow Do ya know what it’s like All revved up with no place to go Do ya know what it’s like All revved up with no place to go_ Which may or may not work for what you’re looking for. Also may want to consider “Sweet Home Alabama (Roll Tide Roll version)”. This Lynyrd Skynyrd anthem is often played at home games of the reigning and likely next BCS National Champions. Whenever the band sings “Sweet Home Alabama” the crowd adds “Roll Tide Roll”. Multiple clips available on YouTube. Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man” is often used when the home team is on defense. Even marching bands play at least the signature riff from it. Guns n Roses “Welcome to the Jungle” has nothing to do with football, but is still often played at stadiums. LSU uses it, as do many high school teams with Tiger mascots. Sometimes played prior to kickoffs, or during pregame warmups. Queen’s “Another One Bites the Dust” is another defense oriented song, but not heard very often lately. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-dance-themed-around-american-football/671238.md?page=2)