Sister Sledge – We Are Family
Depending on where you were in 1979, We Are Family by Sister Sledge may be a song that you would rather forget. The Pittsburgh Pirates used this song as their theme song during the summer of 1979. They beat the Baltimore Orioles in seven games to win the World series all with this song playing in the background. Fans from Baltimore, which I am one, came to hate this song. Each time it plays it brings back bad memories.
But for others I’m sure it beings back good memories.
The song was composed by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers.
Other than the Pirates the song has been used a number of time to bring people with a common cause together, including a version put together by Rogers after the attack on September 11, 2001 and at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston.