The rapper”s salute to his beloved Green Bay Packers manages to dis the Pittsburgh Steelers and several other teams, while promoting Cheez Whiz and Cheeseheads everywhere.Ĩ. The NFL used the song in commercials in 2005. His mind slows, he thinks of his family watching on TV and feels like he has all the time in the world to find his open man. The New Jersey boys put themselves in the mind of a QB and what goes through his mind after he takes the snap.

“All Kinds of Time,” Fountains of Wayne (2003) However, for most folks, it”s simply R Kelly”s best, most inspirational track.Ħ. The song first appeared in “Space Jam,” and is in someways forever linked to Michael Jordan, who soared like no other player.

Only the title refers to baseball, but the song perfectly captures the wistful feelings of the fleeting last days of summer- of youth, really- and glory days on and off the field. The song also plays at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown Put me in, coach. 1.įogerty”s salute to America”s Game is note perfect and its inclusion in “Bull Durham” only sealed it as the best song ever written in the short canon of songs written about baseball. Though Chesney didn”t write this somber salute to high school football, he sang it like he”d lived it and took it all the way to No. The song missed hitting Billboard”s Top 40 by one slot, peaking at No. I lived in Chicago then and it was an exhilarating, great time to be a sports fan (which, as Chicago fans know, that is not always the case). It wasn”t pretty or even remotely good, but the rap by The Chicago Bears Shufflin” Crew captured the feeling in Chicago like no other as we watched Da Bears go all the way. “The Super Bowl Shuffle,” Chicago Bears (1985) The pair's hit, from Jay Z's “The Blueprint 3,” will get reworked each week with narration by Don Cheadle.ġ. Though certainly not written about football, Jay Z and Rihanna's “Run This Town” is the new theme song for Thursday Night Football, according to NFL and CBS. Given that the World Cup just ended, I also threw in a little soccer love. Basketball? Other than “I Believe I Can Fly,” the round ball got left out in the cold since the only other basketball song I could think of was Cheech & Chong”s “Basketball Jones,” which, quite frankly, is in a league of its own. And since it”s still baseball season, I decided to throw in a few baseball ones as well. I tried to make it all football, but there are surprisingly few football-themed hits. Tonight marks the opening night of the 2014 NFL Season, so in celebration, here are the 10 best songs about sports.

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