# Songs with a suprisingly long life

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 3, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-suprisingly-long-life/742087 "2016-01-03T20:25:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-suprisingly-long-life/742087/61 "2016-06-17T10:01:12Z")

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Who’d have thought when it came out that the opening riff of “Sirius,” the intro to “Eye in the Sky” (though listed as a separate song, typically played with the main song), would have such a huge life in sporting events?

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**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-suprisingly-long-life/742087/62 "2016-06-17T12:04:02Z")

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Get Ready For This-2 Unlimited. 2 Unlimited were one of a number of Eurodance artists that were commonly played in dance clubs in the 1990s. However, the ," Y’all ready for this…" line plus catchy music has made this song a staple at sporting arenas all over the USA even 20 year later

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> **[2 Unlimited](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_Unlimited?wprov=sfsi1)**
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> 2 Unlimited are a Belgian/Dutch dance music act, founded by Belgian producers/songwriters Jean-Paul De Coster and Phil Wilde in 1991 in Antwerp, Belgium. From 1991 to 1996, Dutch rapper Ray Slijngaard and Dutch vocalist Anita Doth fronted the act. During these five years, 2 Unlimited enjoyed worldwide mainstream success. They scored a total of sixteen international chart hits, including "Get Ready for This", "Twilight Zone", "No Limit", and "Tribal Dance". The act has sold eighteen milli Jean-P...

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**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-a-suprisingly-long-life/742087/63 "2016-06-17T13:46:54Z")

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“I Love Rock and Roll (Put Another Dime in the Jukebox, Baby)” by Joan Jett is a remarkably long-lived piece of fluff. My eight-year-old niece can sing it! (I had to explain what a jukebox was to her.)

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