Fight and Theme Songs
The official Rider songs are played regularly at the stadium, and include "Rider Pride" and "Paint the Whole World Green." The Riders also use a pair of "borrowed" songs--the team's victory march/touchdown song, "Green is the Colour" (edited copy of the original "Blue Is the Colour (song)" written by D Boone and R McQueen for the Chelsea Football Club) and "On Roughriders" (edited from On Wisconsin, the fight song for the Wisconsin Badgers). In addition, during every fourth quarter intermission, the P.A. system plays the cult hit "The Last Saskatchewan Pirate" by Captain Tractor, and the Riders Cheer Team leads the crowd in a fourth quarter stretch. There are many other songs that have been created over the years to tribute the team as well. Many of these songs have proved so popular in Western Canada that they have become popular culture phenomena. The music selection at Mosaic Stadium is mostly consisted of mainstream popular music.
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