The Chiefs will have a new touchdown song at Arrowhead Stadium for 2020 season
The Chiefs have done quite a few good things over the past five years.
That includes a 57-23 regular-season record, four AFC West titles, trading up to draft quarterback Patrick Mahomes and, of course, winning Super Bowl LIV.
But the Chiefs’ touchdown song at Arrowhead Stadium hasn’t been as widely embraced by fans as “Rock ‘N’ Roll Part Two” by Gary Glitter (whose real name is Paul Gadd). The Chiefs dropped the song before the start of the 2015 season because of the royalties and Gadd had been sent to prison for sexual abuse cases involving underage girls in the late 1970s.
The Chiefs initially replaced that song with “Hey, Kansas City!” but it wasn’t well received.
A new song is coming this fall, as tight end Travis Kelce reminded reporters last week in a conference call. In recounting his epic Super Bowl rally speech, Kelce said Chiefs team president Mark Donovan approached him before the parade and talked about how Kelce energized fans with his rendition of the Beastie Boys’ song, “(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party!)“ after the AFC Championship Game.
“Then El Presidente, Mark Donovan, came up to me before the parade and let me know that we’re going to make that ‘Fight For Your Right to Party’ the anthem for every time we score a point,” Kelce said.
Kelce actually dropped the nugget about the Beastie Boys song being the new anthem during that Super Bowl rally speech at Union Station.
It came after Kelce mentioned he had spilled alcohol on his clothes, gave a shout-out to everyone in the United States who fought in World War I and talked about the postseason playoff comebacks.
“I talked to El Presidente, Mark Donovan, he made sure it was OK with the Clark (Hunt) family, everybody involved,” Kelce said. “Because of this season, because of y’all, every single touchdown, every single point we score at Arrowhead is going to end with the anthem. And you all have got to help me say it right here, one last time for the 2019-2020 world champions. You gotta fight, for your right, to party!”
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