The Super Bowl Shuffle - Imitators and Influence - NFL Teams

NFL Teams

• During the 1985 season, the Seattle Seahawks released "The Blue Wave Is On A Roll", a jazz-themed song with various various vocal harmonies, a saxophone solo, as well as various blooper-style sound effects. However, the Seahawks would ultimately go 8-8 and miss the playoffs.

• During early 1986, before the Super Bowl as a response to the Bears, the New England Patriots recorded their own team song, "New England, The Patriots and We", whose lyrics recounted their success in the playoff brackets and predicted victory against the Bears in Super Bowl XX. Its music video featured appearances by several Patriots, Boston-area celebrities (including Robert Urich) and local media personalities, while the song itself received airplay on Boston radio stations. Despite the song's optimistic predictions, the Patriots lost to the Bears at Super Bowl XX, being defeated with a score of 46-10.

• During the 1986, two teams tried to repeat the pattern. The Los Angeles Raiders released "The Silver and Black Attack", based on "The Yellow and Black Attack" by Stryper, but the Raiders finished 8-8 that season and were out of the playoffs. The Los Angeles Rams recorded "Let's Ram It", however, the Rams lost the NFC Wild Card game to the Washington Redskins.

• After winning Super Bowl XXI the New York Giants released "Walk Like A Giant", based on "Walk Like an Egyptian" by The Bangles.

• During 1988, Cincinnati Bengals rookie Ickey Woods became famous for the "Ickey Shuffle". His team lost in Super Bowl XXIII, though.

• Also during 1988, the Philadelphia Eagles released a rap song called "Buddy's Watching You", referring to Eagles head coach and former Bears defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan. Eagles Hall of Famer Reggie White, an ordained minister, made a reference in the song to his faith with the line "I hit quarterbacks like they committed sin." The Eagles would make the playoffs that year, but would ultimately lose in the Fog Bowl-ironically-to the Bears.

• During 1990, the Miami Dolphins created a song spoofing the MC Hammer song "U Can't Touch This called "U Can't Touch Us". Miami would go 12-4 and be eliminated in the divisional playoffs.

• During the 1994 season, the Pittsburgh Steelers reportedly were planning to create a similar song, likely with some help from backup quarterback Mike Tomczak, who was a member of the '85 Bears and participated in the original Super Bowl Shuffle. Reportedly, coach Bill Cowher vetoed the idea. The Steelers lost 17-13 to San Diego during the 1994 AFC Championship game. That same season, local Pittsburgh artist Roger Wood created the Here We Go song, which has since become the Steelers unofficial fight song and is updated almost annually to account for roster turnover.

• Spoofing the Macarena, the Green Bay Packers created the "Packarena" in 1996, during their Super Bowl XXXI run. The song was later recreated in 2008, replacing the players with the 2007 team.

• During November 1999, the confident Jacksonville Jaguars recorded their own version, "Uh Oh, The Jaguars Super Bowl Song". However, the Jaguars lost 33-14 to the Tennessee Titans in the AFC Championship game.

• Cincinnati funk music pioneer Bootsy Collins teamed with the 2005 Cincinnati Bengals for a playoff song known as "Fear Da Tiger", but they, too, failed to qualify for the Super Bowl, with the rival Pittsburgh Steelers going on to win Super Bowl XL and defeating the Bengals in the playoffs along the way.

• In 2010, Prince created a song for the Minnesota Vikings called "Purple and Gold" as the fight song for the team after the team's victory over the Dallas Cowboys. Minnesota would eventually lose to the Super Bowl XLIV champion New Orleans Saints in the NFC Championship Game.