We're paying tribute to all things boxing related in honor of Muhammad Ali's passing. Although violence is discouraged, we fully embrace the spirit of the fighter, and there was none greater than The Greatest.
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SONG OF THE monDAY
Black Superman (Muhammad Ali) is a song by Johnny Wakelin. Released in 1975 the song was inspired by The Rumble in the Jungle, a 1974 match up against Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire.
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We won't call it a comeback, but after a disappointing release of Walking With a Panther, the 1990 album Mama Said Knock You Out silenced LL Cool J naysayers and is a an awesome jam to get you pumped to step into any ring.
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Boxing is a 1995 Ben Folds Five song written about Muhammad Ali's decision about whether or not to quit boxing professionally. The "Howard" in the song refers to Howard Cosell. Bette Midler also covered it on Bathhouse Betty.
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The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel
The Boxer is from Simon & Garfunkel's fifth studio album, Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970). It was a follow-up to one of their most successful singles, Mrs. Robinson. The chorus "lie-la-lie" was originally a placeholder that stuck.
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SONG OF THE friDAY
No boxing playlist would be complete without Bob Dylan's Hurricane, a 1975 protest song about the imprisonment of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter for a triple murder in Paterson, New Jersey in 1966.
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The Hitter is from Bruce Springsteen's third acoustic album Devils & Dust. The Hitter was written and performed in 1996 during Springsteen's solo tour, but it wasn't until 2005 that it was included on an album.
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SONG OF THE sunDAY
The Biography Series is a musical project created by Shaun Boothe that honors the world's greatest cultural icons through biographical songs. Bruce Lee, Bob Marley, Tupac, Oprah, and Muhammad Ali are among those celebrated.
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