The gold standard of cup final songs, to the point we can even forgive rhyming ‘hell’ with ‘Arsenell’. This shows football songs don’t have to be great, or even good, they just have to be. Arsenal – Complete cup finals". Statto Organisation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 . Retrieved 26 July 2016. Brian Clough looks like a man who resents the entire concept of music. Trusts it about as much as he trusts food that isn’t beige. As much as he trusts someone with a third shirt button undone. He looks like a man who vetoed this release, only for the club to go over his head. And all too right, this is garbage.

Somehow worse than you remember. Yes, that’s possible. Considering Ant & Dec had some singles in the charts before this, you might expect more. Considering one of those singles was Let’s Get Ready to Rhumble, perhaps we set our expectations too high. The relationship between music and football has evolved over the years, but it’s fair to say the twin pursuits have always shared some common ground. The ‘sing along to the instrumental bit in the pub’ beat is already there, and the addition of crowd noise gives it an even greater level of goosebumps. The song is featured in the 2015 film The Martian, during a scene in which Matt Damon's character uses radioactive material to keep warm whilst stranded on Mars. [84] Arsenal play in European Cup Final". Arsenal F.C. 16 December 2008. Archived from the original on 25 December 2016 . Retrieved 24 July 2016.Ronay, Barney (13 May 2012). "Arsenal secure Champions League place with victory at West Brom". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023 . Retrieved 25 July 2016. The humble FA Cup Final song is a tradition that seems to gone the way of the wagon wheel, the rattle and the rosette in terms of quaint footballing traditions. Arsenal have not recorded an official one since their 1998 take on the Donna Summer disco classic ‘Hot Stuff.’ The club were at the forefront of football’s first crossover with music when the 1930 squad released a gramophone disc of ditties.

Everton ‘is the best’, not ‘are the best’ – feels like a bit of an Americanism, don’t you think? There is at least the hint of the occasional player hitting a note, which elevates it above the flat embarrassment of other songs of the genre. In 2010, the song was ranked No. 104 on Rolling Stone 's list of " The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". [8] Chart performance [ edit ] The club was a founding member of the United League in 1896. The league lasted for three seasons before it disbanded. [60] The FA Cup Past Results". The Football Association. Archived from the original on 2 February 2012 . Retrieved 2 September 2016. Individual seasons accessed via dropdown menu. Kent Music Report No 288 – 31 December 1979 > National Top 100 Singles for 1979". Kent Music Report . Retrieved January 10, 2023– via Imgur.com.Le Détail par Artiste". InfoDisc (in French). Select "Donna Summer" from the artist drop-down menu . Retrieved May 20, 2016. Man Utd could stop them. To the tune of a 4-0 win which was one of the most comprehensive in recent cup final history. This sounds like rejected incidental music from a Gladiators live show. Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved January 21, 2021.

Arsenal's League Cup Finals – A history". Arsenal F.C. 26 January 2011. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016 . Retrieved 24 July 2016. Australia No. 1 hits – 1970's". World Charts. Archived from the original on April 24, 2014 . Retrieved June 10, 2013. You know when you see a proper car-crash interview on TV but can’t look away? That, but for your ears.

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