While “Chelsea Dagger” has become the celebratory song for the Chicago Blackhawks, there’s – I don’t know if this is an official theme, but I’ve grown up with this as the theme song for the Hawks:
Tottenham Hotspur have long had Glory Glory Hallelujah (Spurs) (youtube.com)
Recently a fan adapted Robbie William’s Angel for the new manager: Robbie Williams sings new version of hit song ‘Angels’ - about Spurs coach Ange Postecoglou (youtube.com)
But the rise of Wrexham has led to some newly composed songs/chants:
ALWAYS SUNNY IN WREXHAM -DECLAN SWANS (youtube.com)
“We’ve got Mullin” The fans react to Mullin’s return from injury. (youtube.com)
RYAN REYNOLDS sings it’s MCELHENNEY Before WREXHAM FC vs Boreham Wood (youtube.com)
The Orlando Magic have a theme song and are known for posting a short video of people dancing to it after every win.
I would say, too season-specific. And honestly, not heard very often these days.
Maybe more to the point, the Bears’ song is “Bear Down, Chicago Bears”.
There was a parking garage in Chicago some years back that had five floors, each one themed with one of the five major Chicago professional sports teams. When you got on the elevator, it would play your team’s song, to help you remember what floor you parked on. (It was actually effective.) The five songs were:
Bears - Bear Down, Chicago Bears
White Sox - Na-Na, Hey Hey, Goodbye
Bulls - Sirius/Eye in the Sky
Blackhawks - Here Come the Hawks
For the Cubs, they played Hey Hey Holy Mackerel, a really cheesy song most associated with the 1969 Cubs, but still heard for some time afterward. If they were doing it today, they would undoubtedly use “Go Cubs Go”.
I have no idea if they still do, but the Baltimore Orioles used to play John Denver’s “Thank God I’m a Country Boy” at every 7th inning stretch.
Isn’t this used way too universally to be any one team’s theme song?
This feels like it was the O’Hare lot. Or at least I remember the Hawks song with the ORD lot, as when I was composing my post, that’s what I was thinking of.
For home Test matches, the Australian cricket team onto the ground with the sound backdrop of “Great Southern Land” by Icehouse.
It looks like they still play “Thank God I’m a Country Boy” after a gap of a few years.
It was used first, however, by the 1977 White Sox, as played by team organist Nancy Faust. In Chicago, at least, it’s strongly associated with the White Sox.
The Yankees play God Bless America at the 7th inning stretch. They use Robert Merrill’s version. They also use his version of the National Anthem when there isn’t a guest singer. He was a singer with the Metropolitan Opera. When I was a kid he was often at the games singing live. He was there so often they gave him a uniform with the number 1/2 on the back.
I hate all Philly teams but I have to admit this one is a banger.
The University of Wisconsin is known for playing Jump Around before the 4th quarter.
Back when the Chargers were in San Diego and all was right with the world…
If your team color is powder blue, your team theme song had better be disco.
Didn’t the Flyers have some local punk band theme band kind of song like ten, fifteen years back? The name of the band is escaping me, but I remember they had an EP with all Flyers and hockey fight songs.
The Seattle Seahawks play the song “Bitter Sweet Symphony” every time they come onto the field.
No I don’t get it either.
The is what I was thinking of. “The Orange and the Black” by the Boils. I have no idea how popular it was/is in Philly, but if was enough to hit my radar way back when:
Sounds like you are from Philadelphia.
Not really familiar with that one. I haven’t live in Philly for many years and rarely pay attention to hockey anymore. Sounds like it would be popular with Flyers fans, just like Gritty.
But there’s another professional sports team in Chicago. For the Fire, I recommend “My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark” by Fallout boy. “Light 'em up up up I’m ON FIRE!”
Even more interesting, perhaps, is that the Miami Dolphins have their own version of the same song.
I think Miami claims the original, as they started playing it after touchdowns n 1972, their perfect season (and one following a super bowl appearance).
Owner Stephen Ross reportedly hates it, and had it discontinued (he tried substituting Jimmy Buffet’s Fins) but it was reinstated after the fans complained.