By Steve Rhodes
I’ve actually always liked this song, which I admitted to my friends earlier this season. I’m not sick of it at all.
Written and performed by: Steve Goodman
Released: 1984, as a single.
Length: 2:51
Label: Red Pajamas Records
Album: No Big Surprise, 1994
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From Wikipedia:
“Goodman was a lifelong Cubs fan. The song was written by Goodman at the request of WGN/720, which was the Cubs’ radio broadcast partner.”
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“Goodman had in 1981 recorded ‘A Dying Cub Fan’s Last Request,’ a song about the historic failures of the Cubs franchise, but had been banned from playing it at Wrigley Field. That song described the team as ‘doormat of the National League’ and referred to Wrigley Field as an ‘ivy-covered burial ground.'”
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“At the time that WGN Program Director Dan Fabian requested the new song, ‘It’s a Beautiful Day for a Ball Game’ by The Harry Simeone Songsters was the theme song. He had been motivated by Cubs manager Dallas Green’s effort to change the team spirit. Goodman happened to be in town for a WGN radio talk show and was receptive to the idea of writing the team a new song.”
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Lyrics:
Baseball season’s underway
Well you better get ready for a brand new day.
Hey, Chicago, what do you say
The Cubs are gonna win today.
They’re singing
Go, Cubs, go
Go, Cubs, go
Hey, Chicago, what do you say
The Cubs are gonna win today.
Go, Cubs, go
Go, Cubs, go
Hey, Chicago, what do you say
The Cubs are gonna win today.
They got the power, they got the speed
To be the best in the National League
Well this is the year and Cubs are real
So come on down to Wrigley Field
We’re singing now
Go, Cubs, go
Go, Cubs, go
Hey, Chicago, what do you say
The Cubs are gonna win today.
Go, Cubs, go
Go, Cubs, go
Hey, Chicago, what do you say
The Cubs are gonna win today.
Baseball time is here again
You can catch it all on WGN
So stamp you feet and clap your hands
Chicago Cubs got the greatest fans.
You’re singing now
Go, Cubs, go
Go, Cubs, go
Hey, Chicago, what do you say
The Cubs are gonna win today.
Go, Cubs, go
Go, Cubs, go
Hey, Chicago, what do you say
The Cubs are gonna win today
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A Tribute To Steve Goodman
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Manic Sewing Circle’s ska-punk cover:
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Previously in Song of the Moment:
* Iron Man
* The Story of Bo Diddley
* Teach Your Children
* Dream Vacation
* When The Levee Breaks
* I Kissed A Girl
* Theme From Shaft
* Rocky Mountain High
* North to Alaska
* Barracuda
* Rainy Days and Mondays
* Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?
* Baby, It’s Cold Outside
* Man in the Mirror
* Birthday Sex
* Rio
* My Sharona
* Alex Chilton
* Surfin’ Bird
* By The Time I Get To Arizona
* Heaven and Hell
* Sunday Bloody Sunday
* Lawless One
* Tell It Like It Is
* The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
* Lake Shore Drive
* On, Wisconsin!
* Anarchy in the U.K.
* Ballad of a Thin Man
* White Riot
* Know Your Rights
* Chicago Teacher
* Youngstown
* Over The Cliff
* Almost Gone (The Ballad of Bradley Manning)
* Party at the NSA
* V.E.N.T.R.A.
* Plutocrat (The Ballad of Bruce Rauner)
* Fight The Power
* Baltimore
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Plus:
* Mayor 1%.
* Songs Of The Runoff.
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See also:
* Songs of the Occupation: To Have And To Have Not
* Songs of the Occupation: Johnny 99
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Comments welcome.
Posted on October 14, 2015