"Chelsea Dagger" is a song by The Fratellis and their second single. It was released on 28 August 2006. It is taken from their debut album Costello Music, which was released in the United Kingdom on 11 September 2006. It is supposed to be named after both Jon Fratelli's wife Heather, a burlesque dancer whose stage name – Chelsea – he borrowed for the song, and also as a play on the name of pop singer Britney Spears.[1]
The song became their first significant chart hit, peaking at number five in the UK Singles Chart, therefore marking their first UK Top 5 hit as well as their highest charting single to date. This surprised the band, who weren't going to release the song as they thought it might be too risqué to do well. It lasted 29 weeks in the UK Top 100. It eventually reached number two in the Netherlands.
This song was Number 77 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.[2] It was voted Number 59 on Australian Radio Triple J's National Hottest 100 2007 countdown on 26 January 2008.
Characterised by its anthemic, scat chorus, it has been adopted on many football terraces as a crowd "favourite" (see below).
It was produced by Tony Hoffer, the highly-acclaimed American record producer famous for his work with the likes of Beck, The Kooks and Supergrass.
The song appears in the 2007 racing video game Burnout Dominator as well as the 2009 music game Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits. It is also featured in the trailers for the films Run, Fat Boy, Run, Shrek The Third, Knocked Up, The Game Plan, and most prominently The Dilemma as well as the television commercials for Balls of Fury, Open Season, Youth in Revolt, Dinner For Schmucks and Amstel Brewery and most recently Sherlock Holmes 2. It is also used for the supermarket chain Vons. It serves as the theme song for the 2006 Serious Request project on 3FM (The Netherlands). The song was featured in the films "Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant" and "She's Out of My League", as well as the NBC comedy "Chuck".[3]
"Chelsea Dagger" has been played over stadium sound systems before and after many football matches, and has frequently been played at other sporting events as well. League One side Yeovil Town play the song after a goal is scored at their stadium Huish Park. Since moving to the Juventus Stadium in 2011, Italian Serie A side Juventus F.C. does the same.
Outside of football, it is most prominently associated with the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks. The song is played at the United Center after every Blackhawks goal and win. "Chelsea Dagger" was embraced as a theme song by the Blackhawks fans during the 2008–2009 season. The song gained even more attention as the Blackhawks' goal song during the 2009–2010 season, which culminated in the Blackhawks winning the Stanley Cup for the first time since 1961.[4]
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