How many 'sports' songs can you think of besides Take Me Out to the Ball Game?

I'll start:
Centerfield(Put me in, coach)-John Fogerty
Backfield in Motion(football)-Mel and Tim
Richard Petty Fans-Alabama(NASCAR racing)
Super Bowl Shuffle-'85 Chicago Bears
Theme from Chariots of Fire-Vangelis

Reach Out by Giorgio Moroder featuring Paul Engemann.  It was the track theme to the Los Angeles 1984 Olympics and talks about competitors across the land competing to win the medal.  Such a great song :)

The Hockey Song by Stompin' Tom Connors.  A Canadian song that is quite famous across our nation

Rock 'em Sock 'em Techno - BKS featuring Don Cherry.  A techno song featuring a voice over by good ol' Don Cherry, talking about that great sport called Hockey

the opening line from Bruce Springsteen's Jungle land- 'the rangers had a homecoming'

Heather Small's "Proud" was the official theme when London won the billing to host the 2012 olympics

Reach Out by Giorgio Moroder featuring Paul Engemann.  It was the track theme to the Los Angeles 1984 Olympics and talks about competitors across the land competing to win the medal.  Such a great song :)

The Hockey Song by Stompin' Tom Connors.  A Canadian song that is quite famous across our nation

Rock 'em Sock 'em Techno - BKS featuring Don Cherry.  A techno song featuring a voice over by good ol' Don Cherry, talking about that great sport called Hockey



Thanks for remind me out that song....  ;D

What about "Bicycle Race" by Queen?

There is also a good song by The Tragically Hip called "Fifty Mission Cap" about legendary Toronto Maple Leafs player, Bill Barilko and his death.

There is also a good song by The Tragically Hip called "Fifty Mission Cap" about legendary Toronto Maple Leafs player, Bill Barilko and his death.


excellent song Jamie, it tells a story :)

Thanks!

Also check out "Hit Somebody! (The Hockey Song)" by Warren Zevon.

Meatloaf: Paradise by the Dashboard Light

The Brat - Chalk dust (The umpire strikes back), a song about tennis (or John McEnroe, to be more specific)

The race - Yello (which technically isn't a song, 'cause there's no singing involved)

Glory days - Bruce Springsteen (which mentions baseball)

Love Is Like A Baseball Game....Intruders

Joe Walsh's Ordinary Average Guy mentions bowling......

there's a song about Muhammad Ali that has a line that goes like this"He's Muhammad, the black Superman" I don't know the title or artist though?

when I hear this song I think of BASKETBALL: Sweet Georgia Brown...Harlem Globetrotters took it as their theme song, it originally had words

I forgot about one ... the most famous song about Basketball ...

Basketball - Kurtis Blow

Billy Joel's WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE mentions: Joe DiMaggio...Brooklyn's Got a Winning Team...Micky Mantle...California Baseball
and Sugar Ray, if boxing's considered a sport

Joe Walsh's Ordinary Average Guy mentions bowling......

there's a song about Muhammad Ali that has a line that goes like this"He's Muhammad, the black Superman" I don't know the title or artist though?
No one here knows the title of the Muhammad Ali song I'm talking about? I just want to know the name of the song and who sings it.

10cc's Dreadlock Holiday has in the its lyrics cricket,


I say
I don't like cricket oh no
I love it
I don't like cricket oh no
I love it

"I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson" by Fresh Prince and D.J. Jazzy Jeff  ;D

The infamous 'Snooker loopy' by Chas 'n' Dave and the Matchroom Mob.

Oh! What about that 'N-n-nineteen not out' by the Full Metal Rackets? That's a tennis song.

Of cousre there is 'The Hustle'

Football coaches use the term all the time c'mon men...HUSTLE!!!

The infamous 'Snooker loopy' by Chas 'n' Dave and the Matchroom Mob.

Oh! What about that 'N-n-nineteen not out' by the Full Metal Rackets? That's a tennis song.
N-N-Nineteen Not Out was the Commentators, which was a guise of Rory Bremner and was about cricket.

The tennis song you must be thinking of is the Brat's Chalk Dust - The Umpire Strikes Back , which was Roger Kitter.

Pat Cash, and John McEnroe were featured on a Charity record Rock And Roll released under the name of "Full Metal Rackets" in 1991).

Men At Work: Be Good Johnny
You gonna play football this year, John?
Nah?
Oh, you must be gonna play cricket this year, then, aren't ya John?
Nah, nah..nah,nah!
You sure are a funny kid, Johnny, but I like you, so tell me,
what kind of boy are you..."

Cheech & Chong: Basketball Jones


Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention: Status Back Baby
Everyone in town knows I'm a handsome football star,
I sing and dance and spray my hair and drive a shiny car...

Iggy Pop: Isolation
I need some loving like a body needs a soul,
I need some loving like a fastball needs control!

Devo: That's Pep
(I would include "pep" as a synonym for "team spirit")

Front 242: Kinetics
muffled sample of a sports broadcast:
...five-to-nothing in favor of the Milwaukee Brewers as the...

Kraftwerk: Tour de France

Icicle Works: Firepower
Daddy died when I was just a baby,
I was slow at school,
Couldn't kick the ball to save my life...

Morrissey: Michael's Bones
Michael's bones lay where they fell,
face down on a sports ground.
He was just somebody's luckless son,
but now look what he's done...

Midnight Oil: Power and the Passion
Dad's so bad he lives in the pub,
It's all underarms and football clubs!

Joe Walsh's Ordinary Average Guy mentions bowling......


Was that song meant as an antonym to "Life's Been Good."  The narrator in each song couldn't be more different.  I dunno, it's just something that occurred to me a while back.

Joe Walsh's Ordinary Average Guy mentions bowling......

there's a song about Muhammad Ali that has a line that goes like this"He's Muhammad, the black Superman" I don't know the title or artist though?
this is it, from 1975, by Johnny Wakelin & The Kinshasa Band
Muhammad Ali, The Black Superman

This here's the story of Cassius Clay
Who changed his name to Muhammad Ali
He knows how to talk and he knows how to fight
And all the contenders were beat out of sight

Sing, Muhammad, Muhammad Ali
He floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee
Mohammed, the black superman
Who calls to the other guy I'm Ali catch me if you can

Now all you fight fans, you've got to agree
There ain't no flies on Muhammad Ali
He fills the arena wherever he goes
And everyone gets what they paid for

Muhammad, was known to have said
You watch me shuffle and I'll jab off your head
He moves like the black superman
And calls to the other guy I'm Ali catch me if you can

He says I'm the greatest the worlds ever seen
The heavyweight champion who came back again
My face is so pretty you don't see a scar
Which proves I'm the king of the ring by far

Sing, Muhammad, Muhammad Ali
He floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee
Mohammed, the black superman
Who calls to the other guy I'm Ali catch me if you can

Sing, Muhammad, Muhammad Ali
He floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee
Muhammad, the black superman
Who calls to the other guy I'm Ali catch me if you can

I'm Ali catch me
if you can

la la - ashlee simpson

Here's one from 1985 for the Canadians ...

We Got the Blue Jays by Home Run

from REMs Man On The Moon
'Mr Andy Kaufman's gone wrestling' yeah yeah yeah yeah ;D

Willie, Mickey and The Duke ('We're Talkin' Baseball...') by Terry Cashman.

Nothin but a G Thing is a great tune with super beats and they do mention The Real Deal Holyfield ;)

'We're Playing Basketball'

Kraftwerk: Tour de France


Good one! I love that song.

'We're Playing Basketball'


Kurtis Blow.  Mentioned it already :)

Back Home ~ England World Cup Squad (1970)

A song about golf.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yRnH2CXMoU

Michael Henderson - Wide Receiver

Canadian hockey star Guy Lafleur did an entire album about hockey.

And it was 1979, which means it was disco.

And as much as I wish it were so, this is not an April Fool's joke.