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The use of music at sporting events is a practice that is thousands of years old, [1] but has recently [when?] had a resurgence as a noted phenomenon. Some sports have specific traditions with respect to pieces of music played at particular intervals. Others have made the presentation of music very specific to the team—even to particular players.
The song is one of the most frequently played songs at sporting events around the world. [5] It earned one of BMI 's Pop Awards of 1996, [ 6 ] and in 2010, Pitchfork included it in their list of "Ten Actually Good 90s Jock Jams ".
The song remains popular and is played at many sporting events in the US and Europe, with crowds joining in on the dance by spelling out the four letters of the song's title via arm movements. "Y.M.C.A." is No. 7 on VH1 's list of "The 100 Greatest Dance Songs of the 20th Century". [ 10 ]
Unlike college fight songs, most stadium anthems were not written primarily for use at sports events, though compilations such as ESPN Presents Stadium Anthems and the "Jock" series occasionally feature remixed versions of these songs designed to segue together or to accentuate the rhythm or other elements of the songs. Some football events ...
FIFA World Cup songs and anthems [1] are tunes and songs adopted officially by FIFA (or by official broadcasters and partners selected by FIFA), to be used prior to the World Cup event and to accompany the championships during the event. [2] They are also used in advertising campaigns for the World Cup.
A fight song is a rousing short song associated with a sports team. [1] The term is most common in the United States and Canada. In Australia, Mexico, and New Zealand, these songs are called the team anthem, team song, or games song. First associated with collegiate sports, fight songs are also used by secondary schools and in professional sports.
Sports events official songs and anthems (2 C, 6 P) Pages in category "Sporting songs" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total.
"Sweet Caroline" is sometimes part of the regular rotation of songs during sports events at other universities, including the University of North Carolina. Out of a speculated concern with the song's lyrics in the wake of the Penn State child sex abuse scandal , the university removed the song from the rotation of music played at football games ...