# Songs with sports-related titles **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 7, 2017, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662 "2017-07-07T01:21:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662/1 "2017-07-07T01:21:15Z")
It can be songs that are specifically about a sport (“Centerfield”). It can be songs using a specific sport as a metaphor (“Backfield in Motion”). Or it can even be far more general (“It’s All in the Game”). Go! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662/2 "2017-07-07T01:25:57Z")
That would include every song ever recorded. They all have multiple tracks. _flees_ ---
**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:** [July 7, 2017, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662/3 "2017-07-07T01:34:29Z")
“[Cricket](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6cdkH6_bsQ)” (by the Kinks) ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662/4 "2017-07-07T01:36:07Z")
“Stars of Track and Field” and “Piazza, New York Catcher” by Belle and Sebastian “Nitro Burnin Funny Cars” by The Dead Milkmen (is that a sport?) ---
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662/5 "2017-07-07T01:40:45Z")
So we’re talking only about titles, right? So **Glory Days** by Springsteen would be out. I submit **One on One** by Hall and Oates. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662/6 "2017-07-07T01:44:19Z")
> [@minlokwat](#): > > So we’re talking only about titles, right? So **Glory Days** by Springsteen would be out. > > I submit **One on One** by Hall and Oates. Correct, I’m talking about **titles specifically** (regardless of whether the song’s lyrics reference sports or not). ---
**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:** [July 7, 2017, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662/7 "2017-07-07T01:50:52Z")
“Basketball” by Kurtis Blow. It happens to be about the sport of basketball. ---
**Author:** ![4d3fect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/4d3fect/32/9728_2.png) [@4d3fect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4d3fect)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662/8 "2017-07-07T03:43:16Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/GSxekRPLFTk/maxresdefault.jpg "Diego's Umbrella - Eckersley") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSxekRPLFTk) Dennis Eckersley (having been much in the sportsball talk news lately) ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662/9 "2017-07-07T09:33:03Z")
[Howzat](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL5EDb8Fyf4) [Bradman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjZHfEIEJ54) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662/10 "2017-07-07T09:45:31Z")
[Hit Somebody (The Hockey Song)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufEtQcisrgg) by Warren Zevon. mmm ---
**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:** [July 7, 2017, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662/11 "2017-07-07T10:57:53Z")
“The Odd Boy (Sport)” by the Bonzo Dog Band “Van Lingle Mungo” by David Frishberg “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.” ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662/12 "2017-07-07T12:12:10Z")
_Paradise by the Dashboard Light_ ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662/13 "2017-07-07T12:25:59Z")
Peter Gabriel - _Games without Frontiers_ ETA oh and how could I forget … The Brat - _Chalkdust - The Umpire Strikes Back_ ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662/14 "2017-07-07T12:38:56Z")
_Hand in Glove_ - The Smiths _The Distance_- Cake ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662/15 "2017-07-07T13:00:07Z")
[Talkin’ Baseball](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWKA9Zi5-_Y) - Terry Cashman [Talkin’ Softball](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAJHDiO8Fr0) - also Terry Cashman Is _Paradise by the Dashboard Light_ a pun (pair o’ dice)? ---
**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:** [July 7, 2017, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662/16 "2017-07-07T13:22:15Z")
“Basketball Jones” by Cheech and Chong ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662/17 "2017-07-07T13:40:12Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > “Basketball Jones” by Cheech and Chong Hee!😛 This was actually the second song I thought of (_Centerfield_ was the first) but I wasn’t sure it qualifies as an actual song. All I can remember is " Basset ball Jones " I got a basset ball Jones I got a basset ball Jones oh baby ooo oooo oooooo" And yes, as a kid I heard it as "basset"ball, though of course I knew what he meant. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2017, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662/18 "2017-07-07T13:46:05Z")
Hey, the song had George Harrison, Billy Preston, Nicky Hopkins, Carole King, and Billy Preston as backing musicians. And it was covered by Barry White. You can’t get more actual songlike than that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662/19 "2017-07-07T14:25:30Z")
[Shootin Hoops](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7XmMfLutqk) by G Love & Special Sauce. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662/20 "2017-07-07T14:33:56Z")
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