Chants Based On Popular Music
Several football chants are based on popular music. Music hall songs such as "My Old Man (Said Follow the Van)", "Knees Up Mother Brown", "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles", "I Came, I Saw, I Conga'd" and "Two Little Boys" all form the basis of terrace chants. Popular standards such as "Winter Wonderland", the Cuban patriotic song "Guantanamera" and the 1958 winner of the Eurovision Song Contest, "Volare" are also widely adapted to suit players and managers. The tune "Tom Hark" is often played at many stadiums following a goal by the home team and for chants such as "Thursday Nights, Channel 5", whilst "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" by Doris Day is generally reserved for matches where the venue of the final is Wembley Stadium.
Music of the 1960s influenced terrace chants. "Ring of Fire" by Johnny Cash and "That's Amore" by Dean Martin have been used by several sets of fans. "Lola" by The Kinks, "Hi Ho Silver Lining" by Jeff Beck has been adapted by several clubs such as Sheffield Wednesday and Wolverhampton Wanderers. "All You Need Is Love" and "Yellow Submarine" by The Beatles are often used. Songs from musicals have become very popular as football chants, such as "Chim Chim Cher-ee" from the 1964 musical Mary Poppins.
The emergence of funk and disco in the 1970s also made its mark on the terraces with songs such as "Go West" by the Village People and "Oops Upside Your Head" by The Gap Band remaining popular amongst fans. Music popular in the 1980s and 1990s is also used widely. Chants have been based on "Just Can't Get Enough" by Depeche Mode, "Love Will Tear Us Apart" by Joy Division, the Band Aid song "Do They Know It's Christmas?", "Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag" by Pigbag and "This Is How It Feels" by Inspiral Carpets. Other chants have used tunes from on pop songs include "Three Lions", the official England anthem for Euro '96 and Manic Street Preachers song "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next".
More recent releases to have their music appropriated include "Re-Rewind" by The Artful Dodger. "Seven Nation Army" by The White Stripes has found extreme popularity across nations - most notably emerging during 2006 FIFA World Cup by fans and players of the Italy national football team
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