I'm Shipping Up to Boston
"I'm Shipping Up to Boston" | ||||
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Promotional single by Dropkick Murphys | ||||
from the album The Warrior's Code and The Departed: Music from the Motion Picture | ||||
Released | 2006 | |||
Studio | Q Division (Somerville) | |||
Genre | Celtic punk | |||
Length | 2:34 | |||
Label | Hellcat | |||
Composer(s) | ||||
Lyricist(s) | Woody Guthrie | |||
Producer(s) |
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Dropkick Murphys singles chronology | ||||
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"I'm Shipping Up to Boston" is a song by the Celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys, with lyrics written by folk singer Woody Guthrie.
The original version of the song was released in 2004 on
The song's lyrics describe a sailor who lost a prosthetic leg climbing the
The single is the band's most successful to date and was certified double platinum. It reached No. 1 on the
The video features the Dropkick Murphys performing the song on the waterfront in East Boston. The band is also seen "hanging out" with hooligans while being chased by Boston police officers. The "hanging out" parts were later replaced with footage from The Departed for a second video tying in to the film. During President Joe Biden's April 2023 trip to Ireland, he went onstage for a speech to the song.[3]
Charts
Chart (2007) | Peak position |
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US Bubbling Under Hot 100 (Billboard )
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1 |
Chart (2012) | Peak position |
France ( SNEP)[4]
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174 |
Ireland (IRMA) | 54 |
Chart (2013) | Peak position |
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[5] | 45 |
Chart (2016) | Peak position |
Czech Republic Modern Rock (IFPI)[6] | 3 |
In other media
This section needs additional citations for verification. (July 2013) |
In sport
At sporting events, the song is often used as a de facto anthem for Boston.
Rugby
- In Ireland, Connacht Rugby and formerly London Irishin their home games.
American football
- The New England Patriots frequently use the song during home games.
- The Dropkick Murphys performed the song live during the NFL kickoff game in 2015 in Foxborough.
- The Boston College Eagles football team is known to play the song before kick-offs at home games.
- The Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team is also known to play the song before kick-offs at home games.
Association football
- The German team Greuther Fürthfrequently play a German language cover version of the song at home games.
- The New England Revolution of Major League Soccer have used it as a goal song.
Basketball
- The Boston Celtics frequently use the song during home games.
Ice hockey
- In the National Hockey League, the Boston Bruins frequently use the song, usually during a break in play toward the end of the game or the start of an overtime period.
- In the National Hockey League, the song is used by the Philadelphia Flyers whenever they are about to start overtime at Wells Fargo Center, followed by a brief playing of "Welcome to the Jungle" by Guns N' Roses.
- The song is also used by the Finnish elite league team Helsinki IFK whenever they are about to start overtime at Helsinki Ice Hall.
- The Boston University hockey team is known to play the song during games.
- The song was featured in the EA Sports video game NHL Slapshot.
Baseball
- The song was used to "pump up the crowd" before Boston Red Sox playoff games during the 2013 season. It was performed on the field by the Dropkick Murphys before game 6 of the 2013 American League Championship Series and game 6 of the 2013 World Series. (The band also performed the national anthem on both occasions.)
- The song was featured on The Boston Pops Orchestra's 2009 album The Red Sox Album.
- also used it as his entrance music.
Darts
- Northern Irish player Brendan "The History Maker" Dolan uses the song as his walk-on theme in Professional Darts Corporation events.
In film
- It is used heavily in the film The Departed.[7][8]
In television
- A 2009 Australian Football League advertisement, In A League Of Its Own, prominently features the song.[9]
- A soundalike version written by James S. Levine is used as the theme for the TV series Rizzoli & Isles.[10]
- The instrumental part of the song was used in episode six of Luck.[11]
- The song is played in the seventh episode of the first season of Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquetand over the end credits of this same episode.
- The song is played in instrumental form in episodes of the Northern Irish comedy series Derry Girls.
- The song is played in the twenty-eighth season.
- The song is played in the first episode of the thirteenth season of King of the Hill, "Dia-BILL-ic Shock".
- The song is played in the fourth episode of Kevin Can F**k Himself (as a ringtone).
- An instrumental soundalike is played in the twentieth episode of Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! as chase sequence music.
- An instrumental soundalike is played in the DVD version of the South Park Imaginationland as chase music. The song itself was later used in the episode "Credigree Weed St. Patrick's Day Special".
Video games
- The song is provided as downloadable content for the music video games Rock Band 2.
- The Live on Lansdowne, Boston MA version of the song is used in NHL 11 and NHL Slapshot, where it is used on the menus, when goals are scored, and during faceoffs during the game.
Other versions
- The song was covered by Holiday at Lake Bodom.
- The song was covered by Australian children's music group The Wiggles, and appeared on their 2022 album ReWiggled.
- The Boston Crusaders of Drum Corps Internationalincluded the song as part of the repertoire for their 2023 production, White Whale.
References
- ^ Juul, -Matt (March 13, 2015). "'I'm Shipping Up to Boston': 10 Years of A Working-Class, Boston Anthem". boston.com. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
- ^ "Week Ending March 21, 2010: Pastor Sapp's Chart Miracle – Chart Watch". Yahoo!. Archived from the original on 23 September 2010. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
- ^ Rousseau, Morgan (April 14, 2023). "Biden brings some Boston energy to Ireland with raucous Dropkick Murphys entrance". Boston.com. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
- Les classement single.
- ^ "Dropkick Murphys – I'm Shipping Up to Boston". Swiss Singles Chart.
- ^ "CZ - Radio - Top 20 Modern Rock - Shipping Up To Boston - Dropkick Murphys" (in Czech). IFPI Czech Republic. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
- ^ "9 Dropkick Murphys songs that aren't "I'm Shipping up to Boston"". Alternative Press. 17 March 2016.
- ^ "Dropkick Murphys "I'm Shipping up to Boston" Acoustic —Video Finds". 17 March 2015.
- ^ "AFL Commercial 2009 - In A League Of It's [sic] Own - HD". YouTube. ALZ. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
- ASCAP. Retrieved Nov 7, 2020.
- ^ Bereznak Alyssa (March 5, 2012). "Luck Season One, Episode Six Recap: 'I Didn't Figure You for a Jazz Fan'". Vanity Fair. Retrieved April 4, 2012.