VFL Football theme 1979 - Up There Cazaly

Channel 7 Melbourne asked advert jingle writer Mike Brady (Two Man Band) to pen a football song for their replays.
The song became so popular that Channel 7 released it as a single and it quickly shot to No.1 in the Melbourne charts during the 1979 finals series.
As a result of its Melbourne success it made the national Top 40, which probably left Sydney rugby followers wondering who Cazaly was.

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[vancom75]

Should be the official AFL theme song and sung at every Grand Final, after the national anthem of course.

[pap99876]

you can not beat that seen it so many times still gives me shivers

[AlfyLanger20]

@vancom75 it is put on at every grand final

[Tellermaus]

Es macht Spass zuzuschauen wie die Sportler Ihr letztes geben Solche Spiele sollte es auch in Dortmund geben.

[esaint66]

@APH1991

it is Waverley.

[APH1991]

0:28, geez look at the G.

Looks like Waverley at its peak.

[Barsopen1970]

well.. thats a sad reflection then !

... on the others.

[knoxoilngas]

@Barsopen1970 It's just you.

[jamabar]

shame we dont have ads like this anymore

[DC4916]

This song, IIRC, was slightly re-worded to become the victory song for South Melbourne when they became the Sydney Swans.

[ozphil]

The Aussie national anthem, as well as Jmmie Barnes's "working class man". Makes me homesick

[vk3jed]

Now there's a classic! Was a kid at the time, and used to have to 7" single of this song.

Does anyone remember the variant that used to be shown occasionally at the start of the Saturday night replay? It started with Mike Brady singing on top of the scoreboard at VFL Park, if I recall, and opened with the words "There's a song that is sung through the length of the land..."