- Stadium anthem
Stadium anthems or sports anthems or arena anthems are a musical genre identifying songs that are played over the
public address systems at stadiums and arenas during breaks in the action to rally the fans. Unlike collegefight song s, most stadium anthems were not written primarily for use at sports events, though compilations like "ESPN Presents Stadium Anthems " and the "Jock" series occasionally featureremix ed versions of these songs designed tosegue together or to accentuate the rhythm or other elements of the songs.Stadium anthems are characterized by a catchy up tempo rhythm and a repeated vocal call-response catchphrase, often a statement of pride or arrogance. Most stadium anthems are drawn from popular
rock and roll , dance, or rap hits. Atcollege football games, the schools'marching band s often add stadium anthems to their repertoires. Inbaseball many stadium anthems are used asList of baseball entrance music for various ballplayers. For example, AC/DC's "Hell's Bells" is the entrance music for
entrance musicTrevor Hoffman .Some stadium anthems are popular in a particular region, or with a specific team because of a reference in the song's lyrics. The
Dallas Cowboys made heavy use of "Should've Been a Cowboy " byToby Keith in the 1990s, while sports teams inAlabama often use "Sweet Home Alabama" byLynyrd Skynyrd . In a rare example of a team actually being mentioned in a song's lyrics, theUniversity of Alabama marching band often plays "Deacon Blues " bySteely Dan due to the school being referred to as one of "the winners in the world," even though the reference was intended as sarcastic.Related
"Also see:"
*entrance music
*fight song
*football chant - many of which are based on popular songsExternal links
* [http://HockeyMusic.ca HockeyMusic.ca]
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