Both were destined for instant obscurity and the double release failed to break into the top 40.Ĭhelsea FC Position: 4th Songs: ‘Blue is the Colour’ ‘No One Can Stop Us Now’ ‘Blue Day’ ‘Blue Tomorrow’ Combined Weeks on Chart: 22 Peak Position: 5 (‘Blue is the Colour’) 5’ while every effort seems to have been made to erase the latter from the history books/internet. There’s a verse in French and who could forget the classic self-deprecating line: ‘Keep telling us we’re boring, we’ll just keep on scoring¦ now!’ Inexplicably the song reached number 9.Įncouraged by the success of ‘Hot Stuff’ Arsenal returned to the studio in 2000 to record the double A-side ‘Arsenal Number One’ / ‘Our Goal.’ The former is a truly horrific adaption of ‘Mambo No. If it were possible to arrest those responsible for crimes against music then the people behind Arsenal’s 1998 butchering of Donna Summer’s ‘Hot Stuff’ would currently be serving a life sentence. This time around they collaborated with British reggae stars Tippa Irie and Peter Hunnigale to produce 1993’s ‘Shouting for the Gunners.’ An M People inspired track laced with cheeky cockney shouts of ‘We’re gonna win the cup!’ produced mediocre results and the song topped out at number 34. It would be twenty-two years before Arsenal’s next foray into the music biz. Set to the tune of ‘Rule, Britannia!’ with lyrics penned by good ole chinny-chin Jimmy Hill, the song reached number 16 where it was sandwiched for a week between T-Rex and Andy Williams. Inspired by the England national team’s number one hit ‘Back Home’, Arsenal became the first club team to taste pop stardom when they released ‘Good Ole Arsenal’ in 1971. ‘Hot Stuff’ ‘Arsenal Number One’ / ‘Our Goal’ Combined Weeks on Chart: 16 Peak Position: 9 (Hot Stuff) “If it were possible to arrest those responsible for crimes against music then the people behind Arsenal’s 1998 butchering of Donna Summer’s ‘Hot Stuff’ would currently be serving a life sentence.” Leeds United Position: 6th Songs: ‘Leeds United’ ‘Leeds Leeds Leeds’ Combined Weeks on Chart: 14 Peak Position: 10 (‘Leeds United’ and ‘Leeds Leeds Leeds!’)Īrsenal FC Position: 5th Songs: ‘Good Old Arsenal’ However, the good news for the blue half of Merseyside was that this time they beat Manchester United 1-0 thanks to a Paul Rideout header. Unfortunately this effort didn’t fare as well in the charts as its predecessor, reaching only number 24. Manager Howard Kendall put the 1-0 defeat down to ‘musical differences.’Ī decade after the release of ‘Here We Go’ The Toffeemen reworked a version of The Farm’s hit single ‘All Together Now’ for their 1995 FA Cup Final appearance. They went into the FA Cup final against Manchester United as favourites to record an historic treble. The Merseyside club had already won the league and Cup Winners’ Cup. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios and promoted with a mullet-heavy performance on Wogan, ‘Here We Go’ was Everton’s 1985 FA Cup Final anthem. Here’s the rundown: By Jon LangfordĮverton Position: 7th Songs: ‘Here We Go’ ‘All Together Now’ Combined Weeks on Chart: 8 Peak Position: 14 (‘Here We Go’) But which EPL team has dominated the pop charts through the decades? Jon Langford hosts the chart countdown.Įven the most casual football fan could tell you which teams have spent the most time at the top of the EPL, but could they tell you which club has dominated the pop charts through the decades? Most likely not, as it’s fairly pointless information. Soccer clubs and players love releasing pop records.
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