This morning, my thoughts turned to Malcolm McClaren’s single “Double Dutch” – a ridiculously catchy song. It’s about the prowess of the New York-based high school competitive skipping teams in the 80s. If you’re not familiar, watch the clip – it’s truly amazing.

Now. Malcolm could have put a song together about anything. Yet, on this occasion, he’s so impressed by the Double Dutch skipping teams that he devotes a whole song to it. Unusual? I say yes. How many other songs are written about sport from people outside of sport? Not many.

I can think of one more relatively obvious one but I will let you work that one out so I don’t hog the limelight.

To be very clear on this – I am not talking about songs by sportspersons, or songs to promote personalities, clubs or events like FA Cup Finals or World Cups. No comedy songs either. So “Howzat!” by Beefy and the Middle Stumps will not qualify here. Or that wretched rave single about Cantona.

I want the song you nominate to be a sincere tribute to a particular sport where the writer is so inspired that they have to write a » Continue Reading.