"Come on You Reds" is a 1994 single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 by the 1994 Manchester United

Manchester United F.C.

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 football squad along with the rock group Status Quo. It first entered the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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 on 30 April 1994, and remained there for a total of 15 weeks, reaching a two-week high of #1. The song is the only (as of 2011) club side football single to reach number 1 in the UK chart – however, "Three Lions

Three Lions

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" (in 1996 and 1998), "Back Home

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" (in 1970), "World in Motion

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" (in 1990) and "Shout

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" (in 2010) have all topped the charts for the England national side.

History

With Status Quo involved in the recording of the track, it was decided that the band's 1988 single "Burning Bridges

Ain't Complaining

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" would form the basis of the song, with altered lyrics

Lyrics

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 to suit the Manchester United theme. The single was released on 25 April 1994, four weeks before the 1994 FA Cup Final. By the weekend of the game, the song had reached #1, where it remained for two weeks. It then dropped down the chart, remaining there for a total of 15 weeks.

The melody of the traditional folk

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song, "Darby Kelly", is essentially replicated within both "Come On You Reds", and the original Quo single "Burning Bridges", although not credited as such.