"Up the U's" is a football chant

Football chant

A football chant or terrace chant, is a song or chant sung at association football matches. They can be historic, dating back to the formation of the club, adaptations of popular songs, or spontaneous reactions to events on the pitch. They are one of the last remaining sources of an oral folk song...

 regularly sung by fans of the English

England

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 League One

Football League One

Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....

 football team Colchester United

Colchester United F.C.

Colchester United Football Club is an English football club based in Colchester. The club was formed in 1937, and briefly shared their old Layer Road home with now defunct side Colchester Town who had previously used the ground from 1910....

 and is generally considered to be the club's anthem. It has also been recorded twice by local punk band and fans of the club, Special Duties

Special Duties

-History:Special Duties was created in October 1977 by schoolfellows Steve Green , Steve Norris and Nigel Baker. They were punks at school, but the idea of forming their own band came when they saw The Adverts in Colchester. The fact that the three schoolboys couldn't play and didn't own any...

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Lyrics

Up the U's, Up the U's, Up the good old white and blues,

When we get together what a game we'll see,

We're as strong as the old oak tree,

All for one and one for all,

We're football good and clean,

You can hear the crowd shout oh what a team,

Up the U's, up the U's, up the U's!

Notable Recordings

The song has been recorded twice by the Colchester based punk band Special Duties. It originally appeared as a B-side to the song "Wembley! Wembley! (Wembley, here we come)" which was released in support of Colchester United reaching the final of the Auto Windscreens Shield

Football League Trophy

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. Both songs were included in a compilation of Special Duties' singles which was released in 2000. It was later re-recorded in 2006 to raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust

Teenage Cancer Trust

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 in memory of fan of the club, Emily Begg who had been suffering from leukemia

Leukemia

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 and had died earlier that year aged fourteen. A version of the song by Colchester indie rock band Absent Kid

Absent Kid

Absent Kid are a British indie rock band.- History :Brothers Martin and Richard Williams and bassist Mark Butters grew up in the small coastal town of West Mersea. The name Absent Kid was inspired by a character in the cartoon South Park....

is currently played at home games.