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Ive' been thinking recently (dangerous!) and it would be nice if the fans had a unique song to sing for the team, one that we sang that no one else sings etc. I've listed a few clubs and their songs below to give you an idea of what I mean...

Southampton:    When the saints go marching in
West Ham:         I'm forever blowing bubbles
Millwall:             No one likes us (and why the fuck do you think that is?)
Celtic/Liverpool:  You'll never walk alone
Huddersfield:      Those were the days my friend
Leeds:               MOT (some song about a broken car... I dunno!)

The closest you could argue for us (that would be unique) to something along those lines that springs to mind is possibly "Rockin Robin" which is a bit shit!!

If it weren't already such a popular tune, I'd love to see us get something a touch catchy like Tom Hark (you're only here to watch the town etc!).

Opinions...? Ideas?
(other than that I am a cunt? I'm alrady aware of that one!  ;))

Before someone says it, I'm aware that everyone sings "oh when the [reds/blues/whites] go marching in", but it's a song which if you think of, you associate to Southampton...  :smugfu:

We did start the Wise Men Say song, but as with all good songs other teams have used it as well.

erm... wise men say????

EDIT: They used to play this before games, and did again last season but no one sang it and that would be the same.

Forgot Stoke: Delila, Sheffield Wed: Hi Ho Silver Lining (Hi Ho Sheffield Wednesday) , Sheffield United: Greasy Chip Butty

Good shout but as Jutty posted above, everyone in the world sings that, and no one associates it with us at all?   :cry:

That sucks, it's a good song! We should really get something like that going (at least from the Town End if nothing else) again... maybe the solution is to try getting the club to play the tune for us more to sing to? :-P

Oh and I wasn't listing all of the songs, just a few to give examples ;-) Hi Ho Wolverhampton is a good example yes... :-)

Seeing as Swindon is thick as shit apparently how about Alice Cooper HEY STOOPID!

Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta feeling

'We always get shit refs'

Maybe a disney song seeing as we're twinned with them  ;)

Things like this evolve spontaneously if they are going to at all.  Attempting consciously to manufacture a terrace anthem isn't going to work.

love it...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmILOL55xP0

The thing is when they're singing "mickey mouse [low], mickey mouse[high]", I can actually imagine "swindon town" fitting into that... lets not go down that route!

Valid point about not manuacturing songs tho...

Lion king's circle of life?

I suspect St Mirren and St Johnstone fans sing this as well, and probably welsh team The New Saints. Certainly not unique to Southampton.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX07j9SDFcc&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX07j9SDFcc&feature=related)

Could you imagine the Townend Boys singing the intro to this  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Yup Mad Dad would love it

Or this in honour of Mr Prutton while he is with us

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-NOZU2iPA8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-NOZU2iPA8)

This

After trying to manufacture a club song for all to sing along to, don't forget to bring song sheets and a drum, and speak to the club to see if they can play some piped clapping through the PA.

Failing that, just go to games, get pissed, have a laugh and see what happens.

Agree.... never going to happen.

I really don't like the "Wise Men Say" song... it seemed to spring out of nowhere sometime in the mid-nineties and so many other teams sing it.... Woking fans even sang it when they came to the CG.

Many years ago, "The Farmer's Boy" was a bit of a STFC terrace anthem - it was one of the marches of the old Wiltshire Regiment:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yERuBi8wbkI

sweet caroline

Goodnight Irene   -  Bristol Rovers
Blue Moon          -   Manchester City
On the ball, City  -  Norwich City
Singin' the blues      Birmingham City
Bladon races      -   Newcastle United

And please,  It's  "Can't help falling in love with you",    Not  "Wise men say"

Can't help falling in love with you is our song wether people sing along when its played or not.....anything but black eyed peas or eminem before a game anyway, terrible choice. I've always said an edited clean 'fuckin' in the bushes' by oasis would be a good pumped up tune to come out to.

I actually do really like "Can't help falling in love with you" and I too have no idea where it sprung from around about 93-94 when we started singing it.

I love it when its sung well but then the clapping starts and it speeds up and is totally ruined.

As for Farmers Boy, I would love to hear the ground singing that, its very distinct and has heritage for the club and county but will it catch on? mmmm doubt it, unfortunatly.

Keep right on ('til the end of the road) is Brum too

Good shout, perhaps I'm wrong then.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7UfSbASyrQ&feature=related


I heard the Palace fans singing that non-stop away at Preston a few weeks ago, absolute quality song...would love if we had a version of it.

i'd rather not steal a song like the likes of Sunderland have done with ours.

You are my Swindon, my only Swindon you make me happy when skies are grey & red & white. You'll never notice how much i love you until you take my Swindon away.

Other than CHFILWY, I really like Forever and ever, we'll follow our team.. What with all the winding up orders and bouts of admin, "we'll never die, we'll never die" seems quite apt.

Nobody claps to that song do they? I'm sure I've never heard any clapping, except after the Ser-win-don bit

Oops sorry yeah you are right my brian like brain was fucked up from my meds :)

Me bad.

I still like the song anyway but we don't do it justice any more not like when we first started singing it.

Can't Help Falling in Love With You is our song whether other teams sing it or not.