Super Bowl Shuffle

The Super Bowl Shuffle was a rap song recorded by the 1985 Chicago Bears, right before their legendary Super Bowl XX victory. The Super Bowl Shuffle performed by the Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew, and included players Walter Payton, Jim McMahon, Mike Singletary, William Gault, Steve Fuller, Mike Richardson, Richard Dent, Gary Fencik, Otis Wilson and William Refrigerator Perry. The Super Bowl Shuffle was compared by the team of Bobby Daniels and Lloyd Barry, while the lyrics were written by Richard E. Meyer and Melvin Owens,

Why The Super Bowl Shuffle?

Why did the Super Bowl Shuffle ever come into existence? 1985 was not only the year of the Chicago Bears it was also the year of Football Mania, given the Super Bowl's twenty year anniversary. The Bears' Super Bowl Shuffle was so popular it actually reached the Billboard charts as well as the Hot R&B/Hip Hop Singles and a Grammy Award nomination. Needless to say, the Chicago Bears Super Bowl Shuffle was the first ever Grammy nomination ever given to a sports team. The Chicago Bears Superbowl Shuffle proceeds were also given to charity, since the Bears were already well off to a lucrative season.

Notes On The The Super Bowl Shuffle

The Bears Superbowl Shuffle came from an idea from producer Bobby Daniels who saw a dance routine on the Amos & Andy TV show called “The Kingfish Shuffle.” He felt that a new Super Bowl Shuffle for the team would be a good marketing campaign. The Super Bowl shuffle the mucis video was certainly not made for the sake of invention. The Superbowl Shuffle was actually the second group song released by a professional football team. One year earlier the San Francisco 49ers released a record called (fittingly) “We Are The 49ers”, which was a Disco-like single. (“Eww!” is right)

Not every Chicago Bear participated in the 1985 bears Superbowl Shuffle, including Dan Hampton. One of the reason could have been because of the Superbowl Shuffle lyrics. While the Super Bowl Shuffle lyrics were not necessarily obscene (one word was censored for television and radio) some felt the lyrics were a bit on the cocky side. (Well, what do they expect when a football team raps?)

The Super Bowl Shuffle was very successful and helped the 1985 Chicago Bears to become a small piece of American legend. The Super Bowl audio Shuffle even spawned many imitations and television parodies. If you are wondering what all the fuss is about, download the Super Bowl Shuffle for yourself. The Superbowl Shuffle MP3 is available at various subscription sites that let you legally download music. While we could tell you to download the Super Bowl Shuffle MP3 illegally, we don't want you to end up like Richard "Ricky" Manning, Jr. Play it safe, okay?