Goal celebration

A Torhymne (also Torsong or Tormusik, English: Goal Goal song or tune) is about 20 to 40 seconds long jingle that plays in sports such as football, handball or hockey after a goal the home team.

Football

Gate hymns are played in football since the 70s. Individual clubs draw on commissioned works, such as Borussia Dortmund, others use excerpts from well-known rock or classical music productions. In the German professional soccer field currently use all the clubs a Torhyme, the only exception that deliberately avoids such, is the first FC Union Berlin.

Some clubs also play gate hymns for a particular goal scorers, often alluding to the name or specific characteristics of the player. An example of this is the song sound of Finger & Kadel, which is " sound" and " Lauth " played for the striker Benny Lauth due to the similarity of text words. Other players of the Hamburger SV were concerned with personal gate hymns, such as Hit the Road, Jack ( Hit the Road Jack ) for the then willing to change Rafael van der Vaart. In Eintracht Frankfurt even a special Torhymne was created for the striker Ioannis Amanatidis. Also Munich goals from Franck Ribéry were sometimes cheered with the French song Les Champs- Elysées at Bayern.

The song Bro Hymn is used both from VfB Stuttgart as well as at the Dutch club Vitesse Arnhem. In the English and Scottish league song Chelsea Dagger of the Scottish band The Fratellis is a frequently performed Torhymne, such as Celtic. The song at Chelsea has been used in the English league in the Australian Football League, it uses Sydney FC.

In addition, in part, the jingles of the respective main sponsor were played as Torhymne. So Fortuna Dusseldorf played in 1993 and Borussia Moenchengladbach a year later the song A beautiful day of the then sponsor Diebels.

Liam Harrison, an Irish musician and songwriter, had his group Goal Celebrities in 1990 a number -one hit in Ireland with the Torhymne Give It A Lash Jack, which was composed for Jack Charlton, the Irish coach.

Examples of gate hymns in German leagues

  • The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army (Bayern Munich )
  • Scooter - Let's Hamburg (Hamburg)
  • Pennywise - Bro Hymn Tribute ( VfB Stuttgart)
  • The Hans Blum Band - Zebra Twist ( MSV Duisburg)
  • Scooter - Maria (I Like It Loud) (Borussia Mönchengladbach )
  • Franz von Suppe - Overture to Light Cavalry (Eintracht Frankfurt)
  • Georges Bizet - Carmen Overture (Karlsruher SC)
  • Status Quo - Rockin ' All Over the World (Bayer 04 Leverkusen)
  • Donots - We're not gonna take it ( VfL Bochum)
  • Rocky Sharpe & The Replays - Rama Lama Ding Dong ( VfL Wolfsburg)
  • Blur - Song 2 (FC St. Pauli )
  • Narrhalla march ( 1 FSV Mainz 05)
  • Bots - What shall we drink for seven days (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim )
  • Foghorn The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be ( 500 Miles) (Werder Bremen)
  • Robbie Williams - Let me entertain you (Eintracht Braunschweig)
  • Olé, here comes the BVB (Borussia Dortmund)
  • Coldplay - Viva La Vida (Hannover 96)
  • Duck Sauce - Barbra Streisand (Hansa Rostock)
  • Blue and white for a lifetime (FC Schalke 04)
  • An island with two mountains (FC Augsburg)
  • Hertha Hertha, egg, egg, egg (Hertha BSC)
  • Toy Dolls - Nelly the elephant (Holstein Kiel)

Hockey

Also in handball and ice hockey gate hymns are played. In ice hockey, the Torhymne was previously played by an organist, today this kind of Torhymne is not yet widespread. As Torhymne, for example, Viva Colonia from Hoehner played at the Cologne Sharks, the Lions play Frankfurt has long been the Wedding March.

The U.S. hockey team New York Rangers play at home games at Madison Square Garden the song Slapshot. The song was by Ray Castoldi, the Music Director of the Madison Square Garden, composed. An often used Torhymne in hockey is the song Bro Hymn Pennywise the group. How to Use the Anaheim Ducks, the Philadelphia Flyers (up to the playoffs the season 2010/ 2011) and the Springfield Falcons the song.

Other Sports

Also in other ball sports such as water polo and handball, the use of a Torhymne is common. When Handball Ladioo the song was played, for example.

1. FC Union Berlin Pennywise (band) Leichte Kavallerie Status Quo (band) Blur (band) 1. FSV Mainz 05
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