Go Cubs Go…..............

... that song was written at the request of Dallas Green and WGN radio program director Dan Fabian—WGN wanted a new intro song and Green didn’t like Goodman’s “A Dying Cubs Fan’s Last Request”. So they commissioned Goodman to write “Go Cubs Go”. Green and Fabian loved it and the rest… as they say… is history.

I annoy all of my friends in b-town by playing go cubs go after almost every win, and it is also my ringtone. At a game this summer with my brother, best friend and girlfriend, I told my gf not to go to the bathroom until AFTER the game is over, well she didnt listen and found herself standing outside by ernies statue, listening to the 40000 fans sing it from in the park down the ramps and outside… we stayed in our seats for the whole song, leaving the poor small town girl alone with thousands of people. I just love the song what can I say.

But for me, the best tradition has been racing to the phone after a cubs victory to yell “CUBS WIN” to my grandma. She is 91 years old and doesnt miss a game. So after a cubs victory we see who can call who first, and when she or I pick up, who can say CUBS WIN first. Its an unfair advantage for me because cell phones have caller id and well shes 91 so doesnt understand all of that. Got to love the Cubs traditions!

On a few occasions, I’ve been able to attend football (soccer) games in Europe, and one of the most striking things about them is the way the fans sing. I will never, ever forget the feeling of being at the Olympic Stadium in Rome and hearing 80,000 people merge seamlessly from one song into another, all through the match. A powerful, powerful thing.

Most teams have old songs that have become part of their tradition, but people also make up topical words to current or standard pop songs or old classics and somehow the lyrics propagate out. For instance, Chelsea fans in England might sing:

Chim chimeny, chim chimeny, chim chim chereu
We hate those bastards in claret and blue

(Claret & blue being the colors of West Ham United – there are tons of lyrics, many of them very non-family-friendly, collected here: http://home.wanadoo.nl/maarten.geluk/ )

There aren’t many US teams that have songs – I like that the Cubs are one of ‘em.

would like to hear it before the game, since the lyrics say “The Cubs are gonna win today”. But then what would we sing after the game?

If we were to win it all, what would play first? “Go Cubs Go” or “We Are The Champions”? Which would be sweeter? I say Go Cubs Go, like the extended 2 hour remix version.

I have it for my ringtone also. I wonder if anyone else has this problem. but when mine goes off, I’ll usually get some harassment from neighboring Card fans. Most of the time, its a nasty little comment or a dirty look, but there has been a time where some food gets tossed my way. Sometimes, its tough being a Cub fan in Cardinal country.

“GO CUBS GO!”

that definitely sticks in the head. I’m glad Al shared the story of big, bad, blustery Dallas Green commissioning the song because in my wildest dreams I never would have believed such a thing myself.

My wife, God love her, loves to needle me by singing it whenever she gets the chance. So I respond in kind by playing “Sweet Home Chicago” on my MacBook (my personal preference for a victory song) when she’s done.

the two games i went to we lost. i fully expected plenty of cubs fans to stay and sing if we had won those two games.

anyone go to an away game and sing it after a win?

also, the local sports station (which sucks, btw. i hate bay area sports) couldn’t stop talking about that song after playing in chicago (giants). they talked like they were going to rip the song, but they admitted they thought it was really cool and then tried to think of how they could copy it in pacbell/sbc/at&t park.

Why are ‘fight’ songs OK for College/Pro Football and not acceptable for baseball?
The answer probably is that the college/pro football songs go back years and years (With the exception of the Chargers ‘Disco’ Song) and were not written by jingle makers, or Barry Manilow.

Steve Goodman was an accomplished songwriter, and Cubs fan—so there’s the difference.

However, I guess “Here Come The Hawks (The Mighty Blackhawks)” was composed in the late 1960s’ by a jingle maker in Chicago, so I guess my thought is a bit prejudicial….

that after almost every home Cubs win this year, and I hear “Go Cubs Go” my eyes well up. I can’t imagine how I’ll be if we win the whole shebang at Wrigley this year. That song is seared into my heart and soul.

In college i’d blast this after every win and sing loudly. It was great especially since most of my roommates were sox fans. I’d also play the cubs are rocking a lot too.

best line of English in the language for me after John 3:16 ..

it does send shivers down my Cubbieblue spine and yes, I never change the channel until I smile and sing along with the Nation when ever they win at home

and best of ALL is that I think it really could BE The Year .. along with the rest of the Nation

have loved the song since WGN aired it for the first time in 1984

Back in 2004, the Boston-based punk band Dropkick Murphys “reinvented” a song called “Tessie” that Red Sox fans had sung back around the turn of the century, perhaps not coincidentally the last time the Sox won the WS. The is played after wins, along with the Neil Diamond anthem “Sweet Caroline” and the song “Dirty Water”.

There are some who, tongue in cheek, think that Tessie was the catalyst that got the Sox into the WS and the championship.

The great thing about Tessie, and Go Cubs Go, is that they give the fans a chance to be unified and celebrate a win. Really, what is better than hearing 35,000 of your closest friends singing along with you in celebration?