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100

You can sing this song in the middle of the Eighth at Fenway Park.  So Good. So Good!

Sweet Caroline

100

This Steve Goodman song is heard after home team victories in Chicago's Wrigley Field

Go Cubs Go

100

At the end of World War II, Commissioner Elmer Layden ordered this song to be played at every NFL Game.

The Star Spangled Banner

100

Tommy Edwards had a lot to do with this Alan Parsons Project song becoming the Chicago Bulls intro music.

Sirius

100

Simon and Garfunkel said our nation turns its lonely eyes to this baseball legend in their song Mrs. Robinson.

Joe DiMaggio

200

It's played immediately after Take Me Out to the Ballgame in Milwaukee.  Drink up and Dance!

Beer Barrel Polka

200

This song is played when the Chicago Blackhawks score a goal at home games

Chelsea Dagger

200

The first pop goal song in history took place when the Kalamazoo Wings played this Gary Glitter classic

Rock and Roll Part Two

200

This Lynyrd Skynyrd song is part of the pre-game activities at Bryant-Denny Stadium on Saturdays in Tuscaloosa.  Roll Tide!

Sweet Home Alabama

200

This 1978 acronym is considered the most popular audience participation song at any sporting event.  The Village People say it's fun to stay there too.

YMCA

300

You don't have to be around Short People to know that this is played at Dodger Stadium whenever the home team wins.  

I/We Love L.A.

300

It's up to you.  Old Blue Eyes would attest that he liked to hear this song after a Yankees win in the Bronx.

Theme from New York, New York

300

This NFL franchise has had a marching band perform at its games since 1938

Washington Commanders/Redskins

300

This Walk-Up Song was for Yankees Reliever Mariano Rivera when he took the mound.  No yawning allowed.

Enter Sandman

300

This Sister Sledge hit was the official theme song of the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates.

We Are Family

400

You'll hear this classic song right before the start of the Indianapolis 500 race.  Shazam!

Back Home Again In Indiana

400

I don't want to work either.  The Packers just scored a touchdown. Time to queue up this 1983 Todd Rundgren song.  

Bang the Drum All Day

400

This was the first sporting venue to have an organist play during a sporting event

Chicago Stadium

400

This Jimi Hendrix song is played at the University of Washington football games when the Huskies take the field wearing their home-colored uniforms and run through the smoke machine.

Purple Haze

400

During Meat Loaf's "Paradise by the Dashboard Light", this New York Yankees announcer provided a play-by-play account of a baseball broadcast.

Phil Rizzuto

500

Walt Whitman can tell you that this TV theme is played by the organist when the count gets to 2 balls, 2 strikes, and 2 outs in Dodger Stadium.

Theme from Room 222

500

It's not the school song, but it's almost heaven and it's played after every sporting event at West Virginia University athletic contests.

Take Me Home, Country Roads

500

This university's marching band has appeared in more Super Bowl halftime shows (six) than any other musical act.

Grambling State

500

Soccer fans at the Liverpool Football Club games will sing this club anthem before each contest.  Oh yeah!

You'll Never Walk Alone

500

This 1980 Michael Henderson song made it to number 4 on the Hot Soul Singles Chart.

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