Then came ''Volume 2,'' which sold nearly two million and has been on Billboard's Top 200 for 52 weeks. It remained on Billboard's Top 200 album chart for a record 105 weeks. ''Jock Jams, Volume 1, The Hottest Crowd-Pumpin' Grooves of All Time!'' hit record stores in late 1994 and sold more than two million copies. 184 on Billboard's national chart and eventually made it to 88, sold more than 500,000 copies, according to Soundscan, an on-line information system that tracks music sales throughout the United States.
''Jock Rock,'' which made its debut at No. ''It was like being at a club and listening to what the deejay was playing.''Īmong the most popular of the earsplitting tunes that can send fans into a frenzy are Steam's ''Na, Na, Hey, Hey, Kiss Him Goodbye,'' Gary Glitter's ''Hey Song,'' Queen's ''We Will Rock You'' and ''We Are the Champions'' and 2 Unlimited's ''Get Ready 4 This.''įour years ago, Tommy Boy, which is half-owned by Time Warner, and ESPN, the 24-hour sports entertainment network, released ''Jock Rock, Volume 1.'' Marketed as ''The Greatest Crowd-Rockin' Sports Anthems of All Time!'' the collection included a funky mix of rock, hip-hop and rap songs that have become standards in sports arenas, interspersed with the chants of ''Dee-fense'' and ''Oooosh,'' and signature sayings of popular sports announcers like ESPN's Dick Vitale (''It's awesome, baby!'') and boxing's Michael Buffer (''Let's get ready to rumble!''). ''I thought, 'Gee, I wonder if anyone has ever put together an album of these records,' '' Ms. And Monica Lynch, a Knicks devotee and president of Tommy Boy Music, a Manhattan-based record label, was in her courtside seat grooving to the beat when the idea came to her: Why not put out an anthology of the songs heard at sports stadiums and arenas across the nation?
Madison Square Garden, home of the Knicks and the New York Rangers, was raucous and rocking. The New York Knicks were slam-dunking an opponent.
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