I'm Shipping Up to Boston
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"I'm Shipping Up to Boston" is a song with lyrics written by the folk singer Woody Guthrie
and music written and performed by the Celtic punk
band Dropkick Murphys
. It appeared on their 2005 album, The Warrior's Code
. An earlier recording of it can be found on the Hellcat Records
compilation Give 'Em the Boot Vol. 4.
The song's simple lyrics describe a sailor who had lost a leg "climbing the topsail
", and is shipping up to Boston
to "find my wooden leg
." The song has so far sold 1,044,000 digital copies without ever charting on the Hot 100.
plays this song during their home football games, usually before the opening kickoff.
The Boston Celtics
played the song during timeouts in the 2008 NBA Finals
. Additionally, both the Celtics and the Chicago Bulls played this song after respective home victories in their first round 2009 NBA Playoffs
series.
The Boston Red Sox
played the song when closer
Jonathan Papelbon
entered the game during the 2007 season and while throwing warm up pitches during home games at Fenway Park
. During the 2007 post-season, Papelbon danced a jig
to the song – first when the Red Sox clinched the American League East title, and then when the Red Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians to clinch a World Series berth. He and the band performed the song several times during the Sox' Championship "Rolling Rally" Parade. The Red Sox continued to play the song for Papelbon in the 2009, 2010, and 2011 seasons.
The Boston Blazers
play this song during half time.
The Boston College Eagles
feature the song during their home football games, playing it before a game. The marching band
then plays it during the game. The Boston University
pep band
plays the song before the beginning of each period during men's ice hockey games. It is also the music for the team's opening montage. The song is also played right before Northeastern University men's hockey games. The song is also played at the Iowa football home games at Kinnick Stadium. The song is also used for the opening to the Eastern Washington University
men's hockey team's home games. The College of the Holy Cross
"Goodtime" Marching Band teams this piece with Holst's "Fantasia on the Dargason" when marching in St.Patrick's Day parades.
Several NHL
teams use this song to signal an oncoming powerplay. Among these teams are the Boston Bruins
, Buffalo Sabres
, and Detroit Red Wings
.
The Anaheim Ducks
, Los Angeles Kings
, Minnesota Wild
, and Vancouver Canucks
have been noted to use it outside of these purposes.
The Philadelphia Flyers
and Chicago Blackhawks
also use it in the beginning of an overtime period.
It is also the goal song of the American Hockey League
's Toronto Marlies
. The Milwaukee Admirals
use the song as their introduction during their 40th Anniversary Season of 2010–2011 with an accompanying video showing the teams history.
The Elite Ice Hockey League
team Belfast Giants
use this song for their 2010/11 season since playing the Boston Bruins in a preseason exhibition match.
CZW Wrestler Ryan McBride uses this song as his entrance music.
MMA
fighter and former UFC
light heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin
used this song as his entrance music at UFC 72
Victory from the Odyssey Arena Belfast, Northern Ireland on Saturday June 16. He now regularly uses it as his ring walk music. Other fighters such as Marcus Davis
have also used the song, as has boxer
Mikey Perez
winner of the International Prizefighter Heavyweights Tournament.
The song was featured in the Australian Football League
's "In a League of Their Own" promotional advertisements for the 2009 and 2010 seasons, and is heard at the ground before many games.
Daniel Murphy of the New York Mets
comes to the plate for at bats to this song.
The 2009 University Cup Champion UNB Varsity Reds
CIS hockey team plays this song at the start of a period.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Badgers men's hockey team plays the song during their warm-up period prior to every game.
The New York Jets play a cover of the song before the opening kickoff.
The Atlanta Braves
play this song when Eric O'Flaherty
comes into the game to pitch.
The song was played between innings at the 2009 National Baseball Congress
World Series at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium
in Wichita, KS.
Boston sailor Ken Read's Puma Ocean Racing used the song as their anthem during the 2008/2009 Volvo Ocean Race.
Feld Motorsport's Monster Truck Captain's Curse
uses the track as a theme song.
The Texas State University softball team uses the song for their line-up introductions.
The Saint Mary's College
basketball team has used the song for their line-up introductions during the past two seasons.
The group opened the 2010 NHL Winter Classic
at Fenway Park
with the song.
The Ohio State University football team sometimes plays the song during TV Timeouts
The Vanderbilt Commodores
baseball team plays the song in either the 8th or 9th inning – reminiscent of the home field design of Hawkins Field
similar to Fenway Park
with the Green Monster
in left field. Also, Head Coach Tim Corbin
is originally from New England.
The Rochester Institute of Technology
Men's Hockey Team has the song played during their home games.
The Boston Massacre Women's Flat Track Derby Association
Roller Derby
team uses the song for their entrance music.
The East Tennessee State University women's soccer team has the song played as it enters Summers-Taylor Stadium before every home match.
Woody Guthrie
Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie is best known as an American singer-songwriter and folk musician, whose musical legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children's songs, ballads and improvised works. He frequently performed with the slogan This Machine Kills Fascists displayed on his...
and music written and performed by the Celtic punk
Celtic punk
Celtic punk is punk rock mixed with traditional Celtic music. The genre was founded in the 1980s by The Pogues, a band of punk musicians in London who celebrated their Irish heritage. Celtic punk bands often play covers of traditional Irish folk and political songs, as well as original compositions...
band Dropkick Murphys
Dropkick Murphys
Dropkick Murphys are an Irish-American punk rock band formed in Quincy, Massachusetts in 1996. The band was initially signed to independent punk record label Hellcat Records, releasing five albums for the label, and making a name for themselves locally through constant playing and yearly St....
. It appeared on their 2005 album, The Warrior's Code
The Warrior's Code
The Warrior's Code is the fifth studio album by the Irish-American Celtic punk band, the Dropkick Murphys. Released in June 2005, it is also their bestselling. It features a dedication to Lowell's own "Irish" Micky Ward...
. An earlier recording of it can be found on the Hellcat Records
Hellcat Records
Hellcat Records is an independent record label based in Los Angeles, California. The label, an off-shoot of Epitaph Records, was started as a partnership between Brett Gurewitz carp Bad Religion, the owner of Epitaph, and Tim Armstrong of Rancid, the latter of whom is generally responsible for...
compilation Give 'Em the Boot Vol. 4.
The song's simple lyrics describe a sailor who had lost a leg "climbing the topsail
Topsail
A topsail is a sail set above another sail; on square-rigged vessels further sails may be set above topsails.- Square rig :On a square rigged vessel, a topsail is a square sail rigged above the course sail and below the topgallant sail where carried...
", and is shipping up to Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
to "find my wooden leg
Wooden Leg
Wooden Leg was a Northern Cheyenne warrior who fought against Custer at the Battle of the Little Big Horn.-Biography:...
." The song has so far sold 1,044,000 digital copies without ever charting on the Hot 100.
At sporting events
Starting in 2011, the University of Notre DameUniversity of Notre Dame
The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...
plays this song during their home football games, usually before the opening kickoff.
The Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics
The Boston Celtics are a National Basketball Association team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. Founded in 1946, the team is currently owned by Boston Basketball Partners LLC. The Celtics play their home games at the TD Garden, which...
played the song during timeouts in the 2008 NBA Finals
2008 NBA Finals
The 2008 NBA Finals was the championship series of the 2007–08 NBA season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Boston Celtics, top-seeded champions of the Eastern Conference, defeated the Los Angeles Lakers, top-seeded champions of the Western Conference, four games to two in a...
. Additionally, both the Celtics and the Chicago Bulls played this song after respective home victories in their first round 2009 NBA Playoffs
2009 NBA Playoffs
The 2009 NBA Playoffs was the postseason for the National Basketball Association's 2008–09 season. The playoffs started on April 18, 2009 with ABC, ESPN, TNT, and NBA TV broadcasting the games in the United States...
series.
The Boston Red Sox
Boston Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since . The "Red Sox"...
played the song when closer
Closer (baseball)
In baseball, a closing pitcher, more frequently referred to as a closer , is a relief pitcher who specializes in closing out games, i.e., getting the final outs in a close game. Closers often appear when the score is close, and the role is often assigned to a team's best reliever. A small number of...
Jonathan Papelbon
Jonathan Papelbon
Jonathan Robert Papelbon is an American professional baseball pitcher with the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball. Before joining the Phillies, Papelbon played with the Boston Red Sox from 2005-2011....
entered the game during the 2007 season and while throwing warm up pitches during home games at Fenway Park
Fenway Park
Fenway Park is a baseball park near Kenmore Square in Boston, Massachusetts. Located at 4 Yawkey Way, it has served as the home ballpark of the Boston Red Sox baseball club since it opened in 1912, and is the oldest Major League Baseball stadium currently in use. It is one of two "classic"...
. During the 2007 post-season, Papelbon danced a jig
Jig
The Jig is a form of lively folk dance, as well as the accompanying dance tune, originating in England in the 16th century and today most associated with Irish dance music and Scottish country dance music...
to the song – first when the Red Sox clinched the American League East title, and then when the Red Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians to clinch a World Series berth. He and the band performed the song several times during the Sox' Championship "Rolling Rally" Parade. The Red Sox continued to play the song for Papelbon in the 2009, 2010, and 2011 seasons.
The Boston Blazers
Boston Blazers
The Boston Blazers were a member of the Major Indoor Lacrosse League from 1989 to 1997. They were called the New England Blazers from 1989 to 1991 while based in Worcester, Massachusetts, and were renamed the Boston Blazers in 1992 when they moved to Boston. While in Worcester, the Blazers played...
play this song during half time.
The Boston College Eagles
Boston College Eagles
The Boston College Eagles are the athletic teams representing Boston College. They compete in NCAA Division I as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The men's and women's ice hockey teams compete in Hockey East. The women's crew team competes in the Eastern Association of Women's Rowing...
feature the song during their home football games, playing it before a game. The marching band
Marching band
Marching band is a physical activity in which a group of instrumental musicians generally perform outdoors and incorporate some type of marching with their musical performance. Instrumentation typically includes brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments...
then plays it during the game. The Boston University
Boston University
Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
pep band
Pep band
A pep band is an ensemble of instrumentalists who play at functions or events with the purpose of entertaining and "pepping" up a crowd. Often members of a pep band are a subset of people from a larger ensemble such as a marching band or a concert band. Pep bands are generally associated with...
plays the song before the beginning of each period during men's ice hockey games. It is also the music for the team's opening montage. The song is also played right before Northeastern University men's hockey games. The song is also played at the Iowa football home games at Kinnick Stadium. The song is also used for the opening to the Eastern Washington University
Eastern Washington University
Eastern Washington University is an American public, coeducational university located in Cheney, Washington.Founded in 1882, the university is academically divided into four colleges: Arts and Letters; Business and Public Administration; Science, Health and Engineering; and Social & Behavioral...
men's hockey team's home games. The College of the Holy Cross
College of the Holy Cross
The College of the Holy Cross is an undergraduate Roman Catholic liberal arts college located in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA...
"Goodtime" Marching Band teams this piece with Holst's "Fantasia on the Dargason" when marching in St.Patrick's Day parades.
Several NHL
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
teams use this song to signal an oncoming powerplay. Among these teams are the Boston Bruins
Boston Bruins
The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The team has been in existence since 1924, and is the league's third-oldest team and its oldest in the...
, Buffalo Sabres
Buffalo Sabres
The Buffalo Sabres are a professional ice hockey team based in Buffalo, New York. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League .-Founding and early success: 1970-71—1980-81:...
, and Detroit Red Wings
Detroit Red Wings
The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League , and are one of the Original Six teams of the NHL, along with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, New York...
.
The Anaheim Ducks
Anaheim Ducks
The Anaheim Ducks are a professional ice hockey team based in Anaheim, California, USA. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...
, Los Angeles Kings
Los Angeles Kings
The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles, California. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...
, Minnesota Wild
Minnesota Wild
The Minnesota Wild are a professional ice hockey team based in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ....
, and Vancouver Canucks
Vancouver Canucks
The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver, :British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The Canucks play their home games at Rogers Arena, formerly known as General Motors Place,...
have been noted to use it outside of these purposes.
The Philadelphia Flyers
Philadelphia Flyers
The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
and Chicago Blackhawks
Chicago Blackhawks
The Chicago Blackhawks are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . They have won four Stanley Cup championships since their founding in 1926, most recently coming in 2009-10...
also use it in the beginning of an overtime period.
It is also the goal song of the American Hockey League
American Hockey League
The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...
's Toronto Marlies
Toronto Marlies
The Toronto Marlies is a Canadian professional ice hockey team currently playing in the American Hockey League . The top affiliate of the National Hockey League 's Toronto Maple Leafs, the Marlies play at the Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario...
. The Milwaukee Admirals
Milwaukee Admirals
The Milwaukee Admirals are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They play in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA at the Bradley Center.-History:...
use the song as their introduction during their 40th Anniversary Season of 2010–2011 with an accompanying video showing the teams history.
The Elite Ice Hockey League
Elite Ice Hockey League
Several competitions fall under the jurisdiction of the Elite League. In 2006–07, the EIHL ran a total of four competitions: the league, playoffs, Challenge Cup and Knockout Cup. The league consists of a single division, each team playing three home games and three away games against the other...
team Belfast Giants
Belfast Giants
The Belfast Giants are an ice hockey team from Belfast, Northern Ireland that compete in the Elite Ice Hockey League. Home games are played at the 7,100-capacity Odyssey Arena in Belfast....
use this song for their 2010/11 season since playing the Boston Bruins in a preseason exhibition match.
CZW Wrestler Ryan McBride uses this song as his entrance music.
MMA
Mixed martial arts
Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...
fighter and former UFC
Ultimate Fighting Championship
The Ultimate Fighting Championship is the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world that hosts most of the top-ranked fighters in the sport...
light heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin
Forrest Griffin
Forrest Griffin is an American mixed martial artist. He is currently signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship where he is a former UFC light heavyweight champion....
used this song as his entrance music at UFC 72
UFC 72
UFC 72: Victory was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The event took place Saturday, 16 June 2007 at The Odyssey in Belfast, Northern Ireland.-Background:...
Victory from the Odyssey Arena Belfast, Northern Ireland on Saturday June 16. He now regularly uses it as his ring walk music. Other fighters such as Marcus Davis
Marcus Davis
Marcus Paul Davis , is an Irish-American mixed martial artist. He currently fights as a welterweight. He was a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter 2 on Spike TV. He holds notable wins over Chris Lytle, Paul Taylor, Jonathan Goulet, and Shonie Carter.-Boxing career:Marcus began boxing at 14...
have also used the song, as has boxer
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
Mikey Perez
Ismaikel Pérez
Ismaikel "Mike" Pérez Pérez is a Cuban professional boxer best known to win the World Junior Amateur Championships at light heavyweight in Jeju in 2004. Perez also, won the International Prizefighter tournament...
winner of the International Prizefighter Heavyweights Tournament.
The song was featured in the Australian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
's "In a League of Their Own" promotional advertisements for the 2009 and 2010 seasons, and is heard at the ground before many games.
Daniel Murphy of the New York Mets
New York Mets
The New York Mets are a professional baseball team based in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. They belong to Major League Baseball's National League East Division. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed National League...
comes to the plate for at bats to this song.
The 2009 University Cup Champion UNB Varsity Reds
UNB Varsity Reds
The UNB Varsity Reds are the athletic teams that represent the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.The Varsity Reds compete in the following sports: men's and women's basketball, men's hockey, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's volleyball, swimming...
CIS hockey team plays this song at the start of a period.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Badgers men's hockey team plays the song during their warm-up period prior to every game.
The New York Jets play a cover of the song before the opening kickoff.
The Atlanta Braves
Atlanta Braves
The Atlanta Braves are a professional baseball club based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Braves are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. The Braves have played in Turner Field since 1997....
play this song when Eric O'Flaherty
Eric O'Flaherty
Eric George O'Flaherty is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Atlanta Braves.O'Flaherty is the only pitcher in Seattle Mariners franchise history to begin his Major League career with seven consecutive wins.-Road to the Mariners:O'Flaherty was drafted out of high school by the Seattle...
comes into the game to pitch.
The song was played between innings at the 2009 National Baseball Congress
National Baseball Congress
The National Baseball Congress of Wichita, Kansas is an organization of 15 amateur and semi-professional baseball leagues operating in the United States and Canada...
World Series at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium
Lawrence-Dumont Stadium
Lawrence-Dumont Stadium is a stadium in Wichita, Kansas. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Wichita Wingnuts independent baseball team. It was built in 1934, underwent renovations in 2001 which brought improvements to the stadium sound system, new infield turf, a new...
in Wichita, KS.
Boston sailor Ken Read's Puma Ocean Racing used the song as their anthem during the 2008/2009 Volvo Ocean Race.
Feld Motorsport's Monster Truck Captain's Curse
Captain's Curse
Captain's Curse is a monster truck created by Monster Jam, and has been competing in the Monster Jam series since 2007. Styled after a 1941 Willys pickup, the truck has a red and black pirate-themed paint scheme...
uses the track as a theme song.
The Texas State University softball team uses the song for their line-up introductions.
The Saint Mary's College
Saint Mary's College of California
Saint Mary's College of California is a private, coeducational college located in Moraga, California, United States, a small suburban community about east of Oakland and 20 miles east of San Francisco. It has a 420-acre campus in the Moraga hills. It is affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church...
basketball team has used the song for their line-up introductions during the past two seasons.
The group opened the 2010 NHL Winter Classic
2010 NHL Winter Classic
The 2010 NHL Winter Classic, known as the 2010 NHL Winter Classic presented by Bridgestone via corporate sponsorship, was the third edition of the NHL Winter Classic, an annual outdoor ice hockey game held by the National Hockey League , played on January 1, 2010, as a regular season game at...
at Fenway Park
Fenway Park
Fenway Park is a baseball park near Kenmore Square in Boston, Massachusetts. Located at 4 Yawkey Way, it has served as the home ballpark of the Boston Red Sox baseball club since it opened in 1912, and is the oldest Major League Baseball stadium currently in use. It is one of two "classic"...
with the song.
The Ohio State University football team sometimes plays the song during TV Timeouts
The Vanderbilt Commodores
Vanderbilt Commodores
The Vanderbilt Commodores are the NCAA athletic teams of Vanderbilt University, located in Nashville, Tennessee. The university fields 16 varsity teams , 14 of which compete in the Southeastern Conference...
baseball team plays the song in either the 8th or 9th inning – reminiscent of the home field design of Hawkins Field
Hawkins Field
Hawkins Field is a baseball stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. It is the home field of the Vanderbilt Commodores college baseball team. The stadium opened in 2002 adjacent to Vanderbilt Stadium and Memorial Gymnasium and holds 3,700 people...
similar to Fenway Park
Fenway Park
Fenway Park is a baseball park near Kenmore Square in Boston, Massachusetts. Located at 4 Yawkey Way, it has served as the home ballpark of the Boston Red Sox baseball club since it opened in 1912, and is the oldest Major League Baseball stadium currently in use. It is one of two "classic"...
with the Green Monster
Green Monster
The Green Monster is a popular nickname for the thirty-seven foot , two-inch high left field wall at Fenway Park, home to the Boston Red Sox baseball team...
in left field. Also, Head Coach Tim Corbin
Tim Corbin
Tim Corbin is the head baseball coach at Vanderbilt University, located in Nashville, Tennessee.In his nine years at Vanderbilt, Corbin has taken the Commodores from the perennial Southeastern Conference doormat to the number one ranked team in the country. In his first five years, Corbin amassed...
is originally from New England.
The Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester Institute of Technology
The Rochester Institute of Technology is a private university, located within the town of Henrietta in metropolitan Rochester, New York, United States...
Men's Hockey Team has the song played during their home games.
The Boston Massacre Women's Flat Track Derby Association
Women's Flat Track Derby Association
The Women's Flat Track Derby Association is an association of women's flat track roller derby leagues in the United States. The organization was founded in April 2004 as the United Leagues Coalition but was renamed in November 2005. It is registered in Raleigh, North Carolina as a 501 business...
Roller Derby
Roller derby
Roller derby is a contact sport played by two teams of five members roller skating in the same direction around a track. Game play consists of a series of short matchups in which both teams designate a scoring player who scores points by lapping members of the opposing team...
team uses the song for their entrance music.
The East Tennessee State University women's soccer team has the song played as it enters Summers-Taylor Stadium before every home match.
In entertainment
- "The Scott Van Pelt Show" on ESPN Radio uses the song during their "Pulse of the Nation" segment.
- "The Big Mad Morning Show", airing on Tulsa radio station KTBTKTBTKTBT is a Top 40 radio station serving the Tulsa area. The Clear Channel Broadcasting outlet broadcasts at 92.1 MHz with an ERP of 50 kW and is licensed to Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.-History:...
, uses the song as intro music daily for the show's final segment. - The song appears on the soundtrack of the Academy Award-winning Best Picture The DepartedThe DepartedThe Departed is a 2006 American crime thriller film, fashioned as a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs. The film was directed by Martin Scorsese and written by William Monahan...
. - It also appeared in The SimpsonsThe SimpsonsThe Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...
episode "The DebartedThe Debarted"The Debarted" is the thirteenth episode of The Simpsons nineteenth season. It was first broadcast on March 2, 2008, and guest stars Topher Grace and radio host Terry Gross have a cameo. A new troublesome student named Donny arrives at Springfield Elementary School, prompting a gleeful Bart to...
", which was based on The Departed. - Portions of the song have been used in the opening sequence and pilot episode of the show The Black DonnellysThe Black DonnellysThe Black Donnellys is an American television drama that debuted on NBC on February 26, 2007 and last aired on April 2, 2007. Thereafter, NBC began releasing new episodes weekly on until the series was officially canceled. The Black Donnellys was created by Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco...
. - It was used during the latter portion of Mandy Maguire's funeral in ShamelessShamelessShameless is a British television drama series set in Manchester on the fictional Chatsworth council estate. Produced by Company Pictures for Channel 4, the first seven-episode series aired weekly on Tuesday nights at 10pm from 13 January 2004...
- The song has been used as background score in 2008 Bollywood Film Mission IstanbulMission IstanbulMission Istaanbul is a 2008 action film starring Vivek Oberoi, Zayed Khan and Shriya Saran. The film, directed by Apoorva Lakhia, features Abhishek Bachchan in a special appearance.-Plot:...
. - It has appeared in an episode of King of the HillKing of the HillKing of the Hill is an American animated dramedy series created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels, that ran from January 12, 1997, to May 6, 2010, on Fox network. It centers on the Hills, a working-class Methodist family in the fictional small town of Arlen, Texas...
entitled "Dia-BILL-ic ShockDia-BILL-ic Shock"Dia-BILL-ic Shock" is the season premiere of the 13th season of the Fox animated series King of the Hill, and the 236th episode overall. It originally aired on September 28, 2008, and is rated TV-PG L. The episode's title references the phrase 'diabetic shock'.-Plot:After collapsing while bingeing...
". - A portion of the song is used for the final encore of New Kids on the Block: LiveNew Kids on the Block: LiveThe New Kids on the Block: Live was the fifth concert tour by American band New Kids on the Block and the first in 14 years since the group broke up after their last tour in 1994. In April 2008, the group reunited on the Today Show, announcing a new album and tour. The tour visited North America...
tour. - The song is in the opening sequence for the documentary Lobster WarsLobster WarsLobster Wars, also known as Deadliest Catch: Lobstermen in the United Kingdom, is a documentary television series on the Discovery Channel. It documents men and one woman fishing for lobsters off the Georges Bank near the northeastern coast of North America...
on the Discovery ChannelDiscovery ChannelDiscovery Channel is an American satellite and cable specialty channel , founded by John Hendricks and distributed by Discovery Communications. It is a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav...
. - The song is featured on the Cottage Volume 1.
- The song is used over the closing scene of the last episode of series 6 of the UK television show ShamelessShamelessShameless is a British television drama series set in Manchester on the fictional Chatsworth council estate. Produced by Company Pictures for Channel 4, the first seven-episode series aired weekly on Tuesday nights at 10pm from 13 January 2004...
. - The song is featured in an episode of Everybody Hates ChrisEverybody Hates ChrisEverybody Hates Chris is an African American television period sitcom inspired by the teenage experiences of comedian Chris Rock , while growing up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York . The show is set from 1982 to 1987; however, Rock himself was a teenager during years...
. - The song is used in the soundtrack of a 2007 episode of Top Gear.
- The song appears on an Armed Forces Network Commercial about keeping your computer safe.
- The song appeared on ESPNESPNEntertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
's E:60E:60E:60 is a weekly investigative journalism newsmagazine show. It premiered on ESPN on October 16, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. ET, 4:00 p.m. PT. The show is one hour long....
. - The song is used in ESPNESPNEntertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
UK's adverts for Australian Rules FootballAustralian rules footballAustralian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
during the 2011 season. - The song is available as downloadable content in the music video gameMusic video gameA music video game, also commonly known as a music game, is a video game where the gameplay is meaningfully and often almost entirely oriented around the player's interactions with a musical score or individual songs...
Guitar Hero World TourGuitar Hero World TourGuitar Hero World Tour is a music video game developed by Neversoft and published by RedOctane and Activision. It is the fourth main entry in the Guitar Hero series...
and has also been released as downloadable content in the Rock BandRock BandRock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games and Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band series. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were released in the United States on November 20, 2007, while the PlayStation 2 version was...
series. - Popular basement rock band NGA from York, Pennsylvania covered this song at Battle of the Bands 3 in 2009.
- The song was also used in the 4th episode of SModcast, which is a Podcast by Kevin SmithKevin SmithKevin Patrick Smith is an American screenwriter, actor, film producer, and director, as well as a popular comic book writer, author, comedian/raconteur, and internet radio personality best recognized by viewers as Silent Bob...
and Scott MosierScott MosierScott A Mosier is an American-Canadian film producer, editor, podcaster and actor best known for his work with director Kevin Smith, with whom he co-hosts the weekly podcast, Smodcast.-Early life:...
. - The song is used in a 2009 Visa Debit Card commercial featuring New England Patriots fans and mascots.
- The song is used as the theme song for the Danish standup-comedy show "Comedy Fight Club" on TV2 Zulu.
- The song appeared in the fourth series of the British television show Three Men in a BoatThree Men in a Boat (TV Series)Three Men in a Boat is a television comedy/documentary series produced by Liberty Bell Productions for BBC Two starring Dara Ó Briain, Rory McGrath and Griff Rhys Jones, first shown in January 2006...
named "Three Men go to Ireland". The song is played during both episodes. - The song was used in the soundtrack of a short film produced by Team Cursor at Tandav 2.0, Goa Engineering CollegeGoa Engineering CollegeGoa Engineering College is a government-run college in Goa, India, offering courses in engineering disciplines. It is located in Farmagudi, Ponda. Founded in 1967, it is the oldest engineering college in Goa and is one of the three engineering colleges in the state. It is a NBA accredited degree...
- The song is played during a maneuver flown by the Blue AngelsBlue AngelsThe United States Navy's Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, popularly known as the Blue Angels, was formed in 1946 and is currently the oldest formal flying aerobatic team...
- The song is featured in the video game NHL 11NHL 11NHL 11 is an ice hockey video game celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the NHL series. The game was developed by EA Canada, published by EA Sports, and released in North America on September 7, 2010, with all other regions receiving the game within two weeks...
- Acoustic version is the theme song for Rizzoli & IslesRizzoli & IslesRizzoli & Isles is a TNT television series starring Angie Harmon as police detective Jane Rizzoli and Sasha Alexander as medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles. The one-hour drama is based on the Rizzoli & Isles series of novels by Tess Gerritsen...
. - The song is played during RIT Tigers men's ice hockeyRIT Tigers men's ice hockeyThe RIT Tigers men's ice hockey team is one of two hockey teams representing Rochester Institute of Technology in suburban Rochester, New York. The school's men's team competes in the Division I Atlantic Hockey conference. The team has won two national championships, one each at the Division II and...
home games. - The song is featured in commercials for the video game Madden NFL 12Madden NFL 12Madden NFL 12 is an American football video game based on the National Football League published by EA Sports and developed by EA Tiburon. It was released on August 30, 2011 in North America and September 2, 2011 in Europe...