DOWNTOWN — Duh duh duh da da da duh nuh nuh nuh nuuh.
That would be the Fratellis singing Chelsea Dagger, the 2006 tune that has become synonymous with Blackhawks hockey.
The Fratellis on Tuesday sent a Twitter shout-out to the team after the Chicago squad won the Stanley Cup.
And why not?
The song's author John Fratelli told the National Post in 2014: “I never thought of it as a sports song. I’m quite happy to pick up the royalties for it, though.”
The song is played after every Blackhawks goal at the United Center, a tradition that dates back to 2009. Blackhawks senior executive Dave Knickerbocker said that the team had been using the song sporadically but that it became a regular during the 2009 playoffs.
"It was a collaboration between a lot of people in the marketing department," Knickerbocker told nhl.com in 2010. "There had been a whole lot of trial and error trying to find a signature song, and then we noticed the crowd really enjoyed celebrating whenever we played [Chelsea Dagger] after goals."
Highlights of the Stanley Cup win, courtesy of WGN 720AM:
Bandmate Barry Baz Fratelli told the Sun-Times' Mike Thomas in 2013 that the band wasn't big into hockey but "being Scotsman, we were attracted to the guys fighting."
“It took on a life of its own very early on, so I guess when a song does that, you simply don’t own it anymore; you don’t think of it as your song,” he said. “People will chant it while they wait for us to come on [stage] sometimes, or between each song. Sometimes it’s the only track that people want to hear, but that depends where you are."
The song is reportedly about John Fratelli's wife, Heather, though the name Chelsea Dagger belongs to a burlesque dancer.
The band's next Chicago date is at the Vic Theater on Sept. 24.
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