Cricket, soccer, football, baseball, hockey, basketball, boxing-they all have songs written about them. I've asked some friends and scoured the internet fora list of some of the best songs about each sport.
Cricket
In There and At Em -The Two Man Band
N-n-n-n-nineteen Not Out- The Commentators
Cricket- The Kinks
When an Old Cricketeer Leaves the Crease- Roy Harper
Explaining Cricket- You Am I
A Sporting Declaration- The Mabels
Here Come The Aussies - The 1972 Australian Cricket Team
Soccer
World In Motion- New Order
Three Lions - The Lightning Seeds
The Cup of Life- Ricky Martin
Australian Rules Football- Chumbawumba
Football Fight- Queen
Hockey
Hockey- Jane Siberry
Hockey Night in Canada- The Shuffle Demons
The Lonely End of the Rink- The Tragically Hip
Hit Somebody! (The Hockey Song)- Warren Zevon
Football
Are You Ready For Some Football?- Hank Williams Jr
San Dimas High School Football Rule... - The Ataris
High School Football Friday Night- Mojo Nixon
The Super Bowl Shuffle
Basketball
He Got Game - Public Enemy
Space Jam - Quad City DJ's
Basketball - Lil Bow Wow
Basketball -Kurtis Blow
Baseball
Centerfield- John Fogerty
Piazza, New York Catcher- Belle and Sebastian
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Catfish - Bob Dylan
Theme from the Natural- Randy Newman
Say Hey - Treniers
Joltin Joe Dimaggio- Les Brown
Talking Baseball- Terry Cashman
Load Up The Bases- Whiskey Falls
Tessie- Dropkick Murphys
Baseball Song- Kenny Rogers
A Perfect Day for Baseball- Jason Siemer
Swing- Trace Adkins
Cooperstown- Terry Cashman
Baseball Idol- Ricky Nelson
Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball - Count Basie
Baseball Boogie- Nina Simone
Right Field- Peter, Paul, and Mary
The Cheap Seats- Alabama
Babe Ruth- The Juke Joints
(Love is Like) A Baseball Game- The Intruders
Pete Rose Affinity- Summer Hymns
Baseball- Sam Baker
Cubs in 5- The Mountain Goats
The D-O-D-G-E-R-S Song (Oh, Really? No, OMalley)- Danny Kaye
The Fenway- Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers
If You Cant Make a Hit at the Ballgame, You Cant Make a Hit with Me - The National Pastime Orchestra
Life is a Ballgame - Sister Winona Carr
Meet The Mets
Here Come the Yankees
Joe Dimaggio Done It Again- Wilco
Baseball Rag- Dave Wolff And Clarence Jones
The Baseball Glide- Andrew B Sterling and Harry Von Tilzer
Bat and Ball March - E. Mack
Base Ball on the Brain - JT Nealon and EE Hummer
Oh You Red Sox - George Ashworth and Ellen Ashworth
Home Run Quickstep -John Zebly, jr.
Pennant Rag - Percy Wenrich
Baseball Waltz- Miss Hattie A Brooks
Other Sports Songs
The Boxer- Simon and Garfunkel
Boxers- Morrissey
Eye of the Tiger- Survivor
Chariots of Fire- Vangelis
Let's Get Ready to Rumble- Jock Jams
Bugler's Dream (olympics)
Kung Fu Fighting- Carl Douglas
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