A Crash Course in the Red Sox Playlist

This post was previously published here on the Electronic Media blog, EC Reporter.

Nothing says “Red Sox Game” quiet like the song Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond. It’s a classic 8th inning song that the entire stadium knows, and if you don’t then you’re either rooting for the other team or oblivious to Boston culture.

Sweet Caroline is not the only song in the Sox’s playlist. 14 other songs are also played throughout the course of a game, repeated at the will of the sound guy. You probably won’t know half of them until you listen…and skip to the chorus.

Dirty Water is a classic that you probably only know the chorus of. Honestly, so long as you can belt out “BUT I LOVE THAT DIRTY WATER, BOSTON YOU’RE MY HOME” in time with the crowd, you’ll be okay.

You won’t know this (practically) one hit wonder by it’s title. Press play. You know you know all the words, don’t be ashamed. At the very least, you know the chorus, and how to mumble along with the rest.

This song is probably only played because of the lyric “I’m in love with Massachusetts” but it does have a nice beat to it.

This song is gold and the fact that it’s on this playlist is amazing. A+ choice sound guy. This isn’t a tried and true Fenway classic, but it has the makings of one. New songs have to be added, gotta keep the millennials interested after all.

This song is so middle class American Dream it practically oozes red, white, and blue patriotism. No better song for the classic American pass time of baseball. And that $10 hotdog.

BABY YOU A SONG, YOU MAKE ME WANNA ROLL MY WINDOWS DOWN AND CRUUUUUISE. Another song for the millennials probably. It’s a total jam, and it’s been on the radio enough that you probably know all the words without faking it.

Town Called Malice by The Jam, Baba O’Riley by The Who, Saturday Night by Bay City Rollers, Badlands by Bruce Springsteen, Beautiful Sunday by Daniel Boone, Steppin’ Out by Joe Jackson, Modern Love by David Bowie, and All My Loving by The Beatles are also featured on the playlist, but are not as iconically Fenway as the other seven.

You also might hear a variety of Dropkick Murphy’s songs, which is mostly just awesome bagpipe music and guitar solos, so just bash your head to the beat and try not to get concussed.