# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662/21 "2017-07-07T14:40:54Z")
“All-Star” by Smash Mouth ---
**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:** [July 7, 2017, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662/22 "2017-07-07T14:52:04Z")
“Bicycle Race” by _Queen_ ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662/23 "2017-07-07T14:53:18Z")
Do novelty songs count? If so, I’ll go go back 40+ years to the Flyers glory days (oy…) to offer “Penalty Box” by Dave “The Hammer” Schultz. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj9lkXnpm9Q) ---
**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, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662/24 "2017-07-07T15:00:35Z")
“Boxing” and “Sports and Wine” by Ben Folds Five ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662/25 "2017-07-07T15:00:59Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#): > > _Paradise by the Dashboard Light_ Not seeing a reference to a sport there. “Big League,” Tom Cochrane and Red Rider “Running With The Devil,” Van Halen “Bicycle Race,” Queen “Six Directions of Boxing,” Wu-Tang Clan “All Star,” Smash Mouth “Kung Fu Fighting,” Carl Douglas “Richard Petty Fans,” Alabama “The Hockey Song,” Stompin’ Tom Connors “I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson,” DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662/26 "2017-07-07T15:37:38Z")
CAKE - “Arco Arena” ---
**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:** [July 7, 2017, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662/27 "2017-07-07T15:39:38Z")
_“Football Fugue”_ – Pete Townshend ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662/28 "2017-07-07T15:41:04Z")
Anvil “Blood on the Ice” (a song about hockey) Genesis “Match of the Day” Iron Maiden “Weekend Warriors” Rush “Marathon” Soundgarden “Kyle Petty, Son of Richard” ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662/29 "2017-07-07T15:43:08Z")
_Daddy’s Cup_- **Drive-By Truckers** Cup as in “Trophy”. Not the other one. That would be… awkward. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662/30 "2017-07-07T15:55:38Z")
Duckworth Lewis Method - Age of revolution Cake - The Distance Kraftwerk - Tour de France [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Yt3p-F2x7rY/hqdefault.jpg "KRAFTWERK - TOUR DE FRANCE") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt3p-F2x7rY) Yello - The Race Kool & the gang - Victory 10cc - Dreadlock Holiday(I don’t like cricket) I don’t think they will remake this video!!! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/fUNTk5xsxk4/maxresdefault.jpg "10cc - Dreadlock Holiday") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUNTk5xsxk4) ---
**Author:** ![RadioWave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RadioWave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadioWave)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662/31 "2017-07-07T16:38:55Z")
“Climb Every Mountain” - Sound of Music “Come Sail Away” - Styx “Skate Away” - Dire Straits. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2017, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662/32 "2017-07-07T16:47:22Z")
“Slam” by Onyx “The Boxer” by Simon & Garfunkel “Blind Man In The Bleachers” by David Geddes “Race With Devil On Spanish Highway” by Al DiMeola “Racing In The Streets” by Bruce Springsteen “Run For The Roses” by Dan Fogelberg ---
**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, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662/33 "2017-07-07T19:16:01Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Not seeing a reference to a sport there. The lyrics describe a sexual encounter in terms of baseball – narrated by Phil Rizzuto > [@the Scooter](#): > > OK, here we go, we got a real pressure cooker going here, > Two down, nobody on, no score, bottom of the ninth, > There’s the windup, and there it is, > A line shot up the middle, look at him go. > This boy can really fly! > He’s rounding first and really turning it on now, > He’s not letting up at all, > He’s gonna try for second, the ball is bobbled out in center, > And here comes the throw, and what a throw! > He’s gonna slide in head first, > Here he comes, he’s out! > No, wait, safe-safe at second base, etc. ---
**Author:** ![ruh-roh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ruh-roh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruh-roh)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662/34 "2017-07-07T19:33:42Z")
from the “far more general” part of the OP… _“Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport”_ by Rolf Harris ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662/35 "2017-07-07T19:40:35Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > The lyrics describe a sexual encounter in terms of baseball – narrated by Phil Rizzuto Yes but we’re doing titles. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2017, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662/36 "2017-07-07T20:13:09Z")
“Night Swimming” - _REM_ ---
**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, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662/37 "2017-07-07T20:27:36Z")
“[Skeet Surfin’](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af9N7UhTMA8)” ---
**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, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662/38 "2017-07-07T21:39:03Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > “[Skeet Surfin’](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af9N7UhTMA8)” [Surfin’ Bird](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Gc4QTqslN4) ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662/39 "2017-07-07T23:59:59Z")
whoops, someone beat me to it. ---
**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 8, 2017, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662/40 "2017-07-08T00:39:44Z")
[The Curling Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcFrqY9RPls) by the Arrogant Worms. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662.md?page=3)