» Sample lyrics: “Green and yellow in the house tonight/Cheesehead Nation about to have a good time/The other team be way behind/We’re gonna win the Super Bowl another time.” “Packer Rock Anthem” featuring Lucas Cates There’s also something just inherently happy about it that dares you not to bounce along no matter if the Packers are winning or losing.ģ. Written by a Milwaukee musician inspired after a visit to Minnesota for a game against “the dreaded Vikings.” In Wisconsin, what’s not to love about that? It even rhymes “shellackers” with Packers, for crying out loud. A revised version attempted to update those names by subbing in Vanna White and Sharon Stone. » Best name-dropping: Rush Limbaugh and Willard Scott, two guys who don’t exactly add up to cool, but that’s what Oprah was for. » Sample lyrics: “Pity Chicago, Detroit and Tampa Bay/They all come up as lackers/We take our opposition/And crunch ’em like they’re crackers/That’s why I love my Green Bay Packers.” It’s as classic as the oldest rivalry in the NFL, with a chorus that pours forth from Packers fans mouths with the same kind of ease as “Go Pack Go!” - right down to the “They really, really, really, really, really, really suck.” The late, great Jim Krueger of Manitowoc, who also wrote “We Just Disagree” for Dave Mason, left Packers fans with a gift that perfectly captures the spirit of the border war without ever being mean-spirited.Ģ. » Why we love it: Sure, you could make an argument that it’s technically more of a song about the Bears than the Packers or that it’s only relevant but twice a season, but then you’d be missing the timelessness of its sentiment. » Best name-dropping: Jim McMahon and Porky Pig - and not in mutually exclusive mentions, we might add. » Sample lyrics: “How many times must we take this disgrace/Another Bears fan throwing insults in our face/The Packers are the greatest team to ever play the game/Even if from time to time they’ve been a little lame.” "The Bears Still Suck" by Happy Schnapps Combo RELATED: Packers winning streak inspires new 'Run the Table' songġ. RELATED: Hugging Rodgers on national TV? 'It was amazing' Here are 10 of our favorites, in order, dating back to the '80s. Lucky for Packers fans, the catalog of green-and-gold anthems over the decades runs deep - some original, some parodies, some serious and some silly, with the best ones always heartfelt. Green Bay rappers Wisco Kidz found that out when they dropped " Run the Table" the morning after the final Packers game of the season and racked up more than 150,000 YouTube views in the song's first week. There’s nothing like a playoff run to amp up the appetite for a good Packers song.
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