There was a soundtrack to the St. Louis Blues magical run to the Stanley Cup: Laura Branigan’s 1982 hit ‘Gloria.’ Many of MLB’s most storied franchises have a pop song that serves as their official unofficial theme, be it the Yankees and Sinatra’s ‘New York, New York,’ the Dodgers and Randy Newman’s ‘I Love LA,’ or the Chicago Cubs and the worst song I have ever heard in my life.
These are songs that often play moments after victory is sealed, and their opening bars conjure a primal response... you can’t separate the song from the feeling of victory.