"Zigger Zagger Song"

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"Zigger Zagger Song" is a song recorded in 2000 by The Shed Enders and Cuban-Jamaican ska musician Laurel Aitken. It was ostensibly recorded for the 2000 FA Cup Final, and was released as a single on the Cherry Red Records label that year.

The song is in a ska style and is based around the "Zigger Zagger" chant that was introduced by supporter Mickey Greenaway in the 1960s (Greenaway is mentioned in the song). The lyrics reminisce about terrace culture at Stamford Bridge in the 1970s and 80s, and namechecks Chelsea players from earlier eras such as Ron Harris, Peter Houseman, Pat Nevin and Doug Rougvie, and (at that time) contemporary players Gianfranco Zola and Gianluca Vialli.

Aitken is often referred to as the "Godfather of Ska", and his music was popular among many Chelsea fans in the 1960s and 70s as ska music gained popularity in England beyond the West Indian community, particularly among mods and skinheads; youth cultures heavily associated with working class Londoners. Aitken had spent time in Brixton in the 1960s, and settled in Leicester in 1971. He died in 2005 following a heart attack.

Lyrics

Man blow your whistle, cos here I come
 

Yagga yagga
 


Kick off, kick off

Kick off, kick off

Kick off, kick off

Kick off, kick off



I don't want no grief off of you
 

Only come to see the Blues


Pushing forward and reeling back

 
Feel the pressure of the attack



Kick off, kick off

Kick off, kick off

Kick off, kick off

Kick off, kick off



I remember Greenaway


Just like it was the other day

 
Every game home and away


Chelsea fans, here them sing


 
Zigger zagger, zigger zagger (Oi! Oi! Oi!)


Zigger zagger, zigger zagger (Oi! Oi! Oi!)


Zigger zagger, zigger zagger (Oi! Oi! Oi!)


Zigger zagger, zigger zagger (Oi! Oi! Oi!)


 
Kick off, kick off

Kick off, kick off

Kick off, kick off

Kick off, kick off



Chopper Harris, Peter Houseman


Pat Nevin and Alan Hudson

 
Micky Droy and Dougie Rougvie


Frankie Zola and Vialli


 
Kick off, kick off

Kick off, kick off

Kick off, kick off

Kick off, kick off



I don't want no grief off of you
 

Only come to see the Blues


Pushing forward and reeling back

 
Feel the pressure of the attack

  

Zigger zagger, zigger zagger (Oi! Oi! Oi!)


Zigger zagger, zigger zagger (Oi! Oi! Oi!)


Zigger zagger, zigger zagger (Oi! Oi! Oi!)


Zigger zagger, zigger zagger (Oi! Oi! Oi!)