Scotland fans have reclaimed classic Baccara disco anthem I Can Boogie as their own as the nation celebrates qualifying for a major tournament for the first time in 22 years.
It’s been disco fever all week for a lot of Scotland fans with the song now climbing to third in the UK Top 40 due to the streams, downloads and listens.
There’s a bit of conjecture over who deserves credit for the song exploding onto the scene in Scotland again – but some bears will remember Rangers using the song back in the early 2000s.
I Can Boogie used to be the goal song of Rangers icon and Georgian legend Shota Arveladze due to his famous dance moves.
The former Ajax striker remains highly thought of at Ibrox and during his time with the club earned a reputation for throwing shapes after winning trophies.
Rangers fans responded with a famous run of “I Dance Like Shota” t-shirts with the clip below an example of it being played at Ibrox after the striker scored.
It’s made all the sweeter by it begin the eventual winner in a 2-1 defeat of Celtic in a League Cup Quarter Final in 2004.
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That’s taking nothing away from the adoption of the song as a Scotland anthem with an interesting amount of conjecture over why it’s appeared as a chant.
Whilst Aberdeen defender Andrew Considine is the source of the song – the Dons star dressing in drag to do a rendition before his wedding five years ago – Open Goal have definitely greased the wheels.
The popular podcast has been singing the song in homage to Considine for months and repopularised it just in time for the nation qualifying for the tournament.
A clip then went viral of the Scottish national team singing the song in the changing rooms after qualifying for the tournament in Serbia.
It’s quite simple – had Open Goal not begun chanting the song on their channel in the months leading up to the qualifiers, no one would be singing it.
And yet the likes of BBC Scotland and the Daily Record can’t bring themselves to give the popular YouTube channel any credit?
