From NME.com: Van Halen’s “Jump” has been voted as the most popular sporting song in a new poll.
PRS for Music, the organization which collects royalties on behalf of 90,000 songwriters and performers, polled its members to find out what the most popular sporting song was in the run up to the Olympics. The Top 20 also includes “The Winner Takes It All” by ABBA, “Eye of the Tiger” by Survivor and Tina Turner’s “Simply The Best”.
PRS for Music’s Top 20 sporting songs are:
1. Jump – Van Halen
2. Start Me Up – Rolling Stones
3. Higher & Higher – Jackie Wilson
4. Gold – Spandau Ballet
5. Thriller – Michael Jackson
6. Wake Me Up! – Wham!
7. The Winner Takes It All – Abba
8. Silver Machine – Hawkwind
9. We Are the Champions – Queen
10. Shine – Take That
11. Tracks of My Tears – Smokey Robinson
12. The Long & Winding Road – The Beatles
13. Eye of the Tiger – Survivor
14. Simply the Best – Tina Turner
15. Jump Around – House of Pain
16. Gonna Fly Now – from Rocky
17. Another One Bites The Dust – Queen
18. Don’t Stop Believin’ – Journey
19. Chariots of Fire (Theme)
20. We Will Rock You – Queen