"Merry Christmas Everybody"

Slade (covered by QPR players)

1973

Ok, so this is not a sportsong in the sense of a song about sports. But because of it being christmas I could not let this find go unshown to you guys. Sportsong of the Week #30 is the single 'Merry Xmas Everybody' by glam...

Art Loves Sport wishes everybody a merry Christmas! Happy sportive and artistic holidays everybody!

"Mr. Touchdown USA"

Words and music by William Katz, Gene Piller, Ruth Roberts

1950

Sportsong of the Week #29 is a simple song. But catchy as hell! It's Mr. Touchdown USA. The original was written in 1950 by William Katz, Gene Piller and Ruth Roberts. It's still being played at lots of...

"Fashanu"

Elephants and Castles

2014

Sportsong of the Week #28 is the catchy debut single from English indie band Elephants and Castles: Fashanu. It tells the story of Justin Fashanu, Britain's first million pound black player and the first footballer to disclose he was gay, and took h...

Realising there are already sixty artist features on the website I decided it was time to show love to all these artists again. So for the next 30 days I will give two artists a shout out everyday! I call it: SixtyInThirty. First up: Adam Lister. And because of ‪#‎mjmonday‬ this was...

"Hurricane"

Bob Dylan

1975
Columbia

There have been a couple of boxing Sportsongs of the Week already. They are all songs that tell a story. Some happy, but more of them are sad stories. Sportsong of the Week #27 is also from the latter kind. It was on the list to get a feature for qui...

Money, 2015

Sometimes a little self promotion is allowed right? Besides starting Art Loves Sport to promote everything sportart, I also make art myself. Collages of newspapers, pictures, magazines accompanied by music lyrics or other written texts. Signing them with my alias Gerrit P...