The Boston College Eagles football team is known to play the song before kick-offs at home games.The Dropkick Murphys performed the song live during the NFL kickoff game in 2015 in Foxborough.The New England Patriots frequently use the song during home games.In rugby union, the song is used as the entrance music for Ireland, Connacht Rugby and formerly London Irish in their home games.( July 2013) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Īt sporting events, the song is often used as a de facto anthem for Boston. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section. This section needs additional citations for verification. During President Joe Biden's April 2023 trip to Ireland, he went onstage for a speech to the song. The "hanging out" parts were later replaced with footage from The Departed for a second video tying in to the film. The band is also seen "hanging out" with hooligans while being chased by Boston police officers. The video features the Dropkick Murphys performing the song on the waterfront in East Boston. 1 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart and sold over 1,044,000 digital copies without ever entering the Hot 100 chart. The single is the band's most successful to date and was certified double platinum. The Dropkick Murphys put music to the lyrics as they did with the song "Gonna Be a Blackout Tonight" from the 2003 album Blackout. The song's lyrics describe a sailor who lost a prosthetic leg climbing the topsail, and is shipping up to Boston to "find my wooden leg." These were taken from a fragment of paper that Ken Casey found while looking through Woody Guthrie's archives. The song gained worldwide attention for its use in the 2006 film The Departed, which boosted the band's popularity. The original version of the song was released in 2004 on Give 'Em the Boot IV and was re-recorded for their certified gold selling 2005 album, The Warrior's Code. " I'm Shipping Up to Boston" is a song by the Celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys, with lyrics written by folk singer Woody Guthrie. 2006 promotional single by Dropkick Murphys "I'm Shipping Up to Boston"įrom the album The Warrior's Codeand The Departed: Music from the Motion Picture
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