Tom Hark by the Piranhas and The Fratellis’ Chelsea Dagger have both been used as Town’s goal celebration music in recent seasons but now the search is on for a local artist or band to create a new piece of music to accompany the inevitable post-goal jumping around and screaming. Six tracks can now be heard on the Supporters’ Club website and the deadline for submitting further entries has been extended.

With music copyright laws changing, clubs are facing increased demands for fees and royalties, therefore Town and a number of other clubs are looking to provide their own music for goal celebrations.

This is an opportunity not only to give Blues fans a new piece of celebration goal music, but also provides a budding or established artist or band a great chance to gain media attention and put themselves on the musical map locally.

Those interested in providing material, which should consist of a piece of music about 30-45 seconds long, should send it to Barry Calver, who is on the Supporters' Club's media committee, at the address below, before February 28th 2011.

After this cut-off date, depending on the number received, the entries will be played at half-time in two or three home games later in the season to gain supporters’ general opinion.

Town will then call on fans to make the final decision by casting their votes via the matchday programme and various websites with no music at all amongst the options.

The six entries so far can be heard on the Supporters’ Club site here. The tracks are Let’s Go to Town and Portman Pulse, both by recent The Naked Football Show guest Asa Jennings, Let’s Go to Town On It and The Blue Town Riot by Johnnie Taylor, Lungs by Simon Wilson from the band Ideals and Tractor Boys Theme by Mark Topham.

All entries to be sent on a CD to:

Attn: Barry Calver
Goal Celebration Music
Ipswich Town Football Club
Portman Road
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP1 2DA

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dirtydingusmagee added 19:54 - Feb 10 if its about expense, i'll run on pitch as a one man band like Don Partridge and play Dam Busters on the comb & paper !,for the cost of my admission !,
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ThatMuhrenCross added 20:27 - Feb 10 Is Singing the Blues gonna be an option in this vote? I bloody hope it is!
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runaround added 20:46 - Feb 10 Dont particularly like any of them but if pushed to choose on of the 6 so far would go with "Lets go to town". Personally I would prefer no music in the hope people will chant instead. Also "Edward Ebeneezer" should be our anthem, especially that updated version they did for charity a couple of years ago. Playing that before kick off might get some singing going?
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BluedanW added 21:43 - Feb 10 How about song2 by blur. Or no music and just 20 fit cheerleaders dancing about.
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MarkITFC added 21:47 - Feb 10 from 15 seconds would be class
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blueskyz added 22:15 - Feb 10 Come on TWTD, you must know the music is awful. Cant you help us kill it off? It's totally contrived atmosphere...
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bigfish added 22:17 - Feb 10 Further comments - I agree singing the blues but redone for 2011 or be like wembley no music.
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JewellintheTown added 22:19 - Feb 10 We should all whistle the "Escape to victory" theme tune. Might be fitting this season. Also with the ITFC connections in there - good old Johnnt Wark et al, might get and see Jason Scotland doing a Pele kick (Priskin must have watched it in the ITFC v Arsenal game) too.
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bobble added 23:23 - Feb 10 music is so tacky and american
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warwickblue added 23:23 - Feb 10 I just listened to the six current contenders for celebration music and they are all, quite frankly, awful. The first of the tracks I heard is relatively well produced but sounds as if it's lifted directly from a Madness track circa Baggy Trousers/ House of Fun era, except not as clever. The others are dire... I think this could well turn in to a public relations disaster. We don't need goal celebration music - we cheer. We certainly don't need some home-spun piece of "quite good for Ipswich" musical nonsense to humiliate us each time we have cause to celebrate. Could be that we will have to launch a concerted campaign to make sure that the NO MUSIC option wins the day. For pity's sake, anyone with any influence who might be reading this, please just quietly drop this ill-fated project. " One-nil to the Tractor Boys" (once we have stopped actually cheering/screaming/jumping up and down) will be perfectly adequate, thank you - with perhaps the occasional " Two-nil and you f***ed it up" for us old-timers when we have fought back to 3-2 from an early deficit.

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IP3 added 04:01 - Feb 11 I wanna be adored - Stone Roses
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dirtydingusmagee added 07:59 - Feb 11 im with WarwickBlue ,all a bit pointless [dare i say sad],we could try yelling and clapping ,who knows it may catch on !
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jonnysuave added 08:13 - Feb 11 How about mailing 'Please no music' with a reasoned and well thought out argument to... supporters@itfc.co.uk. It really is an atmosphere killer.
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danielcooper2 added 13:13 - Feb 11 Beings we will allways be Sir Bobbys Club, i think it would be fitting that our club song should be his favourite song. The Atmosphere around Portman Road last season wen we sang My Way at half time in the newcastle game was fantastic.
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NITFC added 13:19 - Feb 11 I hate to admit it but Norwich have got it spot on with their "celebration music". I heard it rather too may times in November though!!!
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