![]() Visit The Kansas City Star (Kansas City, Mo.) at Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC. ©2015 The Kansas City Star (Kansas City, Mo.) "œI"™ll leave it at that but there"™s more to come." Let Me Clear my Throat by DJ Kool got 31.9 percent, and Song 2. "œWe"™re trying right now and pretty excited about potentially being able to retain some of the in-game tradition that song brought to it," Donovan said. According to a news release, the Chiefs announced that Hey, Kansas City received 45.9 percent of the total vote. Hey, Kansas City by David George & A Crooked Mile has been selected as the new touchdown celebration song at Arrowhead Stadium, according to a news release from the Kansas City. The options were "œHey, Kansas City!" by David George & A Crooked Mile, "œSong 2" by Blur and "œLet Me Clear My Throat" by DJ Kool.ĭonovan hinted, however, that the team was working on a way to incorporate "œRock "˜N"™ Roll Part 2" in some way this season. 31, but Donovan did not reveal the winner. Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Kadarius Toney's filthy pre-snap motion nets him a wide-open 5-yard touchdown catch from quarterback Patrick Mahomes. ![]() Voting for the new song opened at noon on Aug. "œAt that point, we wanted to put it back on our Chiefs Kingdom and let them decide. "œBut the more we talked about it, the more we felt like we shouldn"™t make the decision about what the song should be "¦ (but) we should be stewards of this brand and we should make the hard decision that we should change it. "œIt took a lot of discussion "” it is a tradition "¦ we talk so much about the Arrowhead experience, and that song is a part of that," Donovan said. From our standpoint it makes no difference who the performer is, it"™s who the composer and publisher is."ĭonovan said the decision to stop playing Glitter"™s song was not one the organization made lightly. However, the vice president of business affairs for the American Society of Composers, Artists and Publishers told The Star that year, "œIf it sounds like Gary Glitter"™s song, we would credit Gary Glitter. In 2006, the NFL reportedly asked teams to stop playing Glitter"™s version of the song and the Chiefs switched to a cover version by the Tube Tops. Glitter (real name: Paul Gadd) was sentenced in February to 16 years in prison in England for sexual abuses between 19. "œ(But) this was one that we looked at over the last few years, and the reality is the performer and composer of the song is in a maximum security prison for crimes against children, and we just didn"™t want to be associated with that song in any way, either directly or indirectly through a cover song." "œWe"™re much better at celebrating traditions "” it"™s part of our core "” than we are at changing traditions," Donovan began. Shortly before the team"™s annual kickoff luncheon on Wednesday at the Downtown Marriott, Chiefs president Mark Donovan went into detail about the team"™s recent decision to stop playing a version of Gary Glitter"™s "œRock "˜N"™ Roll Part 2" song after every touchdown.
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