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Bound for Glory (song)

This article is about the Angry Anderson song. For the Phil Ochs song, see All the News That's Fit to Sing. For the Tedeschi Trucks Band song, see Revelator (Tedeschi Trucks Band album).
"Bound For Glory"
Single by Angry Anderson
from the album Blood from Stone
ReleasedAugust 1990 (Aus)
1992 (UK)
Recorded1989
Length3:59
LabelMushroom Records
Songwriter(s)Angry Anderson, Michael de Luca, Mike Slamer
Producer(s)Mike Slamer
Angry Anderson singles chronology
"Calling"
(1989) 		"Bound For Glory"
(1990) 		"Heaven"
(1990)

"Bound For Glory" is a song by Australian singer Angry Anderson. The song was released in August 1990 as the lead single from Anderson's studio album Blood from Stone. It peaked at number 11 on the ARIA Charts.

The music video, shot in black and white and directed by Kriv Stenders, features Anderson and his band performing the song in a warehouse intercut with footage of boxer Anthony Mundine and wheelchair basketball player Donna Ritchie training. Also prominently featured in the video is tattooist Tony Cohen, who is shown riding a motorcycle and giving Anderson a tattoo.[1]

Sporting anthem

The song was adopted as an unofficial anthem of the AFL during the 1991 season and was performed during half-time at the 1991 AFL Grand Final at Waverley Park between Hawthorn and West Coast. Anderson performed the song after jumping out of a vehicle that resembled the Batmobile, and while he performed it live, he notably struggled vocally during the performance, which fellow guest Robert de Castella blamed on the venue's poor acoustics.[2] Anderson himself claimed that he could not hear himself over the engine noise of the "Batmobile".[3] Anderson's performance has since been the subject of derision,[4] and footage of the performance was featured in a 2008 satirical Carlton & United Breweries television advertisement, with a caption stating "Carlton Draught. Proud supporter of footy since 1877 (Except for 1991)".[5]

The song was later featured on Australian TV show 20 to One's Greatest Sporting Anthems episode. The song was also used as the theme music for the SYN radio program Bound for Glory.

Charts

Chart (1990) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[6] 11

Year-end charts

(1990) Position
Australia (ARIA)[7] 73

References

  1. ^ "Angry Anderson: Bound for Glory". IMDb. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  2. ^ Polkinghorne, David (2 October 2015). "Robert de Castella recalls Angry Anderson and the Batmobile". The Age. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  3. ^ Barich, Adrian (2 October 2015). "Bold Hawks hope history repeats". The West Australian. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  4. ^ Jackson, Russell (23 September 2014). "The Joy of Six: AFL grand final entertainment". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  5. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Carlton Draught TV Commercial - Angry Anderson". YouTube.
  6. ^ "Angry Anderson – BOUND FOR GLORY". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  7. ^ "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart 1990 (61–100) (from The ARIA Report No. 50)". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 10 October 2016.
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