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Pages in category "Songs about basketball players" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
Ryan Hanigan of the Cincinnati Reds, Dan Uggla of the Atlanta Braves and Robert Andino of the Baltimore Orioles use it as their walk-up song. The Charlotte Bobcats use it as their pre-tip-off song. The West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team used the song in their pre-game entrance video for the 2009–2010 season.
"Roundball Rock" was first developed by John Tesh in July 1989 at a hotel room in Megève, France.Tesh was in France at the time covering the Tour de France for CBS. NBC had recently acquired National Basketball Association (NBA) broadcasting rights from CBS, and let Tesh know it was looking for a theme song.
Older teams' songs are based upon traditional melodies (such as When the Saints Go Marching In for the St Kilda Saints) while newer teams' themes have original melodies. A team's song is played once as they walk onto the field, and several times after winning a game. The song is also sung by the winning team in their clubrooms after the game.
Billboard appropriated the Radio & Records adult alternative chart in July 2008 and became its sole publisher after Radio & Records ceased publication in June 2009. [6] The first number-one single of the 2010s on the Adult Alternative Songs chart was " Chasing Pirates " by American recording artist Norah Jones , which spent six weeks at the top ...
The next day, the song was announced as the theme music for television coverage of the 2019 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. [20] The song topped Billboard ' s Mainstream Rock, Adult Alternative Songs, Rock Airplay, and Alternative Songs charts simultaneously, making it the first time any song had reached number one on all four ...
The Lonely Island song "Rocky", from the album Turtleneck & Chain is a parody of this song, imitating the style with a story about an underdog boxer who fights fictional boxer Rocky Balboa and loses. This song is referenced in the first line: "Here's a little story that I think you'll like / It's not about Shaq or Iron Mike."
For example, AC/DC's "Hells Bells" was the entrance music for Trevor Hoffman and Metallica's "Enter Sandman" filled the same role for Mariano Rivera. Some stadium anthems are popular in a particular region, or with a specific team because of a reference in the song's lyrics.