Theme to 2006

You know, after thinking about the use of "We are Family" by the Buckos in the late 70s, it occurs to me that many great championship sports teams have a song, not necessarily contemporary, that somehow comes to typify the season. It plays during half-time, or at the end of the game, or pregame, or something. These songs are different than the hype the crowd songs like the overuse of Ozzy's "Crazy Train." Somehow they express, usually in delightfully cheesy ways, the spirit of the team and the city all at once. Occasionally they are local bands making good, occasionally just well known songs borrowed for the occasion.

I'm curious what songs could emerge as a candidate for DCU this year. Certain songs would be disqualified for being too obvious or cumbersome ("Back in black" comes to mind.) My personal recommendation might be Kim Wilde's "Kids of America", as it has the right amount of cheesiness but also of inspiration. Any suggestions?

Update 15 Feb 2006 (mattwdc)'s suggestion of "Bustin Loose" is a damn good one, adding local flavor and nice beats and lyrics that could apply to a soccer game (sort of...). We're still early in the search. In fact, if we get enough suggestions, I'll even run a poll for the winner. And not only that, I'll buy the winning song, if available in iTunes, for a bunch of you (say, up to $20 -- can you buy songs for people? You should be able to.) That's the plan.

Originally posted 14 Feb 2006