It’s time for a Countdown!
We’re playing stacks of wax and the clock on the wall says we’re havin’ a ball.
It’s part of the Neds no-repeat better music variety workday.
To get in the mood for the 2024 AFL Grand Final, we’ve updated our famous footy hit parade.
So do ya self a favour and pump these beauties on your stereo before the bounce of the ball.
(30) More Than a Game – Chris Doheny
Everyone knows this one, IT’S MORE THAN A GAMMMMMMEEEEEE….
(29) Tip of My Tounge -Diesel
This song is now only associated with “if you don’t wanna know the score, look away now.”
(28) Stand Tough – Point Break
The theme of footy in the year 2000.
(27) Lost Control – Grinspoon (AFL Live 2004)
Give me smokin’ Joe Misiti, give me Quarters commentary and give me AFL Live 2004 on the Playstation!
(26) Australia’s Favourite Sons
This clip is best for BT on the motorbike and Garry Lyon wheeling in the keg of beer.
(25) The FOX Footy Theme – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
If this doesn’t make the hair stand up on the back of your neck, nothing will.
(24) Shut up! The Footy’s on the Radio – TISM
Glorious TISM at their peak and still the song for Triple M Footy.
(23) The 3AW Football Theme
“Good afternoon, this is 3AW Football, it’s Rex, Shane Healy, Bondy, Wallsy, Ron coming to you live from Waverley Park for the big clash between the Saints and Hawks. 3AW is football.”
(22) BALL…YES -Aloi Head and the Victor Motors
Highly underrated footy tune.
(21) The Football Song – The Fable Singers
The B-Side to all the original VFL club songs is truly one of the all-time great bangas.
(20) Anthony McDonald – Tipungwuiti – Picket Palace
He’s comin’ to get ya!
(19) Rockin’ Footy – Donna Fisk & Micheal Christian
WE’RE GONNA ROCK THE G!
(18) Hello Melbourne – Channel 7
Who says footballers can’t sing?
(17) Out of Bounds – Eric Bana
Forget Chopper or Hollywood.
This is Eric Bana at his peak.
(16) I Do Love a Saturday Arvo – Captain Rock
It’s believed a modern version is in the works “Oh I do love a floating fixture and being scheduled for Sunday twilight.”
(15) Playing to Win – Little River Band (Feat. John Farnham)
This only ever got to number 59 in the actual charts. HOW?
(14) Cheer Cheer the Red and The White – South Melbourne Version
The banjo solo in full flight not to mention the OG lyrics of what will the odds be great or small…SOUTH will go in and win overall.
However, it’s some what disapointing that this attempt to rejig the Swans theme song in the mid-1980s “SHOW ‘EM SYDNEY” no longer gets a run.
(13) Aussie Rules I Thank You – Kevin Johnson
The soundtrack to the 1996 Centenary.
(12) Unbelievable – EMF
Listen to this song without saying “I’d Like to See That!”
You can’t.
(11) We Love Football – VFL All-Stars
RAP and Football. Together at last.
(10) Leaps and Bounds – Paul Kelly
No better song to welcome the Grand Final back home to the MCG.
(9) Red Hot Go – Coodabeen Champions
Classic footy ditty this.
(8) Bound For Glory – Angry Anderson
Approaching the 30-year anniversary of this glorious moment next week.
(7) One Day In September – Mike Brady
Controversial at number seven, but a high listing in the top 10 none the less.
(6) DiPierdomenico – Coodabeen Champions
As good as any footy song.
(5) Holy Grail – Hunters & Collectors
Think Channel 10, five-minute warnings, Before the Game, Quarters, Huddo, Tim Lane, Wallsy…this was the anthem.
(4)Dare to Beat the Bear – Mike Brady
The greatest football club song ever written. The Lions should find a way to bring this back!
Even the OG Fitzroy song goes hard.
We’re told that the Lions theme song is so good that France adapted it to be their national anthem.
(3) The 1996 Centenary Ball Club Song Medley
No description is required.
(2) Up There Cazaly – Two Man Band
As Iconic a footy song there is.
(1) The Thing About Football – Greg Champion
THE GREATEST FOOTBALL SONG OF ALL TIME.
It is better than “Up there Cazaly” and is celebrating 30 years since it was released this year.
Greg Champion is a serious songwriter with a not-so-serious back catalogue. But with That's What I Like About Football, the lanky songwriter from Adelaide found a footy anthem that will stand the test of time.https://t.co/ugQG90l6lc
— ABC News (@abcnews) September 20, 2024
This isn’t up for debate and its a disgrace it hasn’t been sung at the Grand Final for over 20 years.