I'm Shipping Up to Boston

"I'm Shipping Up to Boston"
Song by Dropkick Murphys from the album The Warrior's Code
Released	2005
Genre	Celtic punk
Length	2:33
Label	Hellcat Records
Writer	Lyrics: Woody Guthrie Music: Dropkick Murphys
Producer	Sean Litchfield

"I'm Shipping Up to Boston" is a song with lyrics written by the folk singer Woody Guthrie and music written and performed by the Celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys. It appeared on their 2005 album, The Warrior's Code. An earlier recording of it can be found on the Hellcat Records compilation Give 'Em the Boot Vol. 4.

The song's simple lyrics describe a sailor who had lost a leg "climbing the topsail", and is shipping up to Boston to "find my wooden leg." The song has so far sold 1,044,000 digital copies without ever charting on the Hot 100.

At sporting events

Starting in 2011, the University of Notre Dame plays this song during their home football games, usually before the opening kickoff.

The Boston Celtics played the song during timeouts in the 2008 NBA Finals. Additionally, the Celtics played this song after respective home victories in their first round 2009 NBA Playoffs series.

The Boston Red Sox played the song when closer Jonathan Papelbon entered the game during the 2007 season and while throwing warm up pitches during home games at Fenway Park. During the 2007 post-season, Papelbon danced a jig to the song – first when the Red Sox clinched the American League East title, and then when the Red Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians to clinch a World Series berth. He and the band performed the song several times during the Sox' Championship "Rolling Rally" Parade. The Red Sox continued to play the song for Papelbon in the 2009, 2010, and 2011 seasons.

The Boston Blazers play this song during half time.

The Boston College Eagles feature the song during their home football games, playing it before a game. The marching band then plays it during the game. The Boston University pep band plays the song before the beginning of each period during men's ice hockey games. It is also the music for the team's opening montage. The song is also played right before Northeastern University men's hockey games. The song is also played at the Iowa football home games at Kinnick Stadium. The song is also used for the opening to the Eastern Washington University men's hockey team's home games. The College of the Holy Cross "Goodtime" Marching Band teams this piece with Holst's "Fantasia on the Dargason" when marching in St.Patrick's Day parades.

Several NHL teams use this song to signal an oncoming powerplay. Among these teams are the Boston Bruins, Buffalo Sabres, and Detroit Red Wings. The Anaheim Ducks, Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota Wild, and Vancouver Canucks have been noted to use it outside of these purposes.^{[citation needed]} The Philadelphia Flyers and Chicago Blackhawks also use it in the beginning of an overtime period.

It is also the goal song of the American Hockey League's Toronto Marlies. The Milwaukee Admirals use the song as their introduction during their 40th Anniversary Season of 2010–2011 with an accompanying video showing the teams history.

The Elite Ice Hockey League team Belfast Giants use this song for their 2010/11 season since playing the Boston Bruins in a preseason exhibition match.

CZW Wrestler Ryan McBride uses this song as his entrance music.

MMA fighter and former UFC light heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin used this song as his entrance music at UFC 72 Victory from the Odyssey Arena Belfast, Northern Ireland on Saturday June 16. He now regularly uses it as his ring walk music. Other fighters such as Marcus Davis have also used the song, as has boxer Mikey Perez winner of the International Prizefighter Heavyweights Tournament.

The song was featured in the Australian Football League's "In a League of Their Own" promotional advertisements for the 2009 and 2010 seasons, and is heard at the ground before many games.

Daniel Murphy of the New York Mets comes to the plate for at bats to this song.

The 2009 University Cup Champion UNB Varsity Reds CIS hockey team plays this song at the start of a period.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Badgers men's hockey team plays the song during their warm-up period prior to every game.

The New York Jets play a cover of the song before the opening kickoff.

The Atlanta Braves play this song when Eric O'Flaherty comes into the game to pitch.

The song was played between innings at the 2009 National Baseball Congress World Series at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium in Wichita, KS.

Boston sailor Ken Read's Puma Ocean Racing used the song as their anthem during the 2008/2009 Volvo Ocean Race.

Feld Motorsport's Monster Truck Captain's Curse uses the track as a theme song.

The Texas State University softball team uses the song for their line-up introductions.

The Saint Mary's College basketball team has used the song for their line-up introductions during the past two seasons.

The group opened the 2010 NHL Winter Classic at Fenway Park with the song.

The Ohio State University football team sometimes plays the song during TV Timeouts

The Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team plays the song in either the 8th or 9th inning – reminiscent of the home field design of Hawkins Field similar to Fenway Park with the Green Monster in left field. Also, Head Coach Tim Corbin is originally from New England.

The Rochester Institute of Technology Men's Hockey Team has the song played during their home games.

The Boston Massacre Women's Flat Track Derby Association Roller Derby team uses the song for their entrance music.

The East Tennessee State University women's soccer team has the song played as it enters Summers-Taylor Stadium before every home match.

In entertainment

• "The Scott Van Pelt Show" on ESPN Radio uses the song during their "Pulse of the Nation" segment.
• "The Big Mad Morning Show", airing on Tulsa radio station KTBT, uses the song as intro music daily for the show's final segment.
• The song appears on the soundtrack of the Academy Award-winning Best Picture The Departed.
• It also appeared in The Simpsons episode "The Debarted", which was based on The Departed.
• Portions of the song have been used in the opening sequence and pilot episode of the show The Black Donnellys.
• It was used during the latter portion of Mandy Maguire's funeral in Shameless
• The song has been used as background score in 2008 Bollywood Film Mission Istanbul.
• It has appeared in an episode of King of the Hill entitled "Dia-BILL-ic Shock".
• A portion of the song is used for the final encore of New Kids on the Block: Live tour.
• The song is in the opening sequence for the documentary Lobster Wars on the Discovery Channel.
• The song is featured on the Cottage Volume 1.
• The song is used over the closing scene of the last episode of series 6 of the UK television show Shameless.
• The song is featured in an episode of Everybody Hates Chris.
• The song is used in the soundtrack of a 2007 episode of Top Gear.
• The song appears on an Armed Forces Network Commercial about keeping your computer safe.
• The song appeared on ESPN's E:60.
• The song is used in ESPN UK's adverts for Australian Rules Football during the 2011 season.
• The song is available as downloadable content in the music video game Guitar Hero World Tour and has also been released as downloadable content in the Rock Band series.
• Popular basement rock band NGA from York, Pennsylvania covered this song at Battle of the Bands 3 in 2009.
• The song was also used in the 4th episode of SModcast, which is a Podcast by Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier.
• The song is used in a 2009 Visa Debit Card commercial featuring New England Patriots fans and mascots.
• The song is used as the theme song for the Danish standup-comedy show "Comedy Fight Club" on TV2 Zulu.
• The song appeared in the fourth series of the British television show Three Men in a Boat named "Three Men go to Ireland". The song is played during both episodes.
• The song was used in the soundtrack of a short film produced by Team Cursor at Tandav 2.0, Goa Engineering College
• The song is played during a maneuver flown by the Blue Angels
• The song is featured in the video game NHL 11
• Acoustic version is the theme song for Rizzoli & Isles.

External links

• Dropkick Murphys Official Site
• Dropkick Murphys – Warrior's Code