Even though the Bears didn't win Super Bowl XLI I still have to post this little piece of Chicago Bears history -- The Super Bowl Shuffle [wiki].
Riding the wave of football mania that gripped Chicago in 1985, the "Super Bowl Shuffle" reached #41 on the Billboard charts, #75 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks, and earned a Grammy nomination for best Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance—Duo or Group, the first (and undoubtedly only ever) nomination for a sports team. (They lost to Prince and the Revolution's "Kiss".) Although some found the lyrics boastful, profits from the song and its accompanying video were given to charity, backing Payton's claim that the they "are not doing it because [they're] greedy, the Bears are doing it to feed the needy."
Check out the music video
here.
We won't be hearing a sequel to
The Super Bowl Shuffle this year. (It wouldn't be the same without "The Fridge" anyway.)
Football extra: "Wildcats" rap