Scottish Hockey Music: Fight Song Week Day 1

     Well folks, it's time for the first theme week of the year.  I hope you guys enjoy this one!

     It's game time at the Madhouse on Madison.  The Blackhawks are taking the rink against any one of their many rivals in the National Hockey League.  All of a sudden, a player takes a daring shot, and the shot GOES IN.  GOAL!  The crowd goes wild.  The team celebrates.  And reverberating from the sound system is the driving bass of a certain song that should be instantly familiar to all Chicago fans.  Here, take a listen:

     For those of you who still don't know what song this is(maybe you're new in town), it's called Chelsea Dagger, and it was originally released in 2006 by the Scottish band The Fratellis.  The song was reportedly written about the wife of the lead singer of the group, who was an exotic dancer using Chelsea as a stage name.  Add in the fact that the term 'Dagger' is Scottish slang for a woman of loose morals, and I think you can see where this is headed.  The song ended up doing quite well for the band, eventually climbing to #5 on the UK charts. 

     The song found its way to Chicago in the Fall of 2007, when Rocky Wirtz assumed ownership of the team from his late father.  In a bid to attract fans who had abandoned the team in droves during his father's miserly reign, Wirtz started looking for ways to enhance the fan experience.  One of those ways was to add a goal song to every game.  After combing through all the different examples, the team's people settled on this song.  Initially, it didn't catch on, but then by the end of its inaugural season it had become as much a part of Blackhawks hockey as cheering through the National Anthem. 

     For an aside, Chelsea Dagger is not the first song that has been played by the Hawks either. In 1968, the Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir released "Here Come The Hawks!".  And then in 2007, The Ministry & Co-Conspirators released "Keys To The City" as a gift to the Blackhawks organization.