Super Bowl Shuffle

The Super Bowl Shuffle is a rap song and accompanying video performed by several members of the 1985 Chicago Bears, including quarterback Jim McMahon, linebacker Mike Singletary, running back Walter Payton and defensive lineman William "Refrigerator" Perry.http://www.webwaymonsters.com/85bears/shuffle.html The song was performed and recorded during a successful season for the Bears, during which they eventually won Super Bowl XX. The song sold over 500,000 copies, and garnered over $300,000 for charitable needs in the Chicago area.http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-chicagodays-1986superbowl-story,0,2581694.story

In 2010, Boost Mobile created a remake of the classic song for use in advertisements leading up to Super Bowl XLIV. The Boost Mobile Shuffle was a parody of the original and featured members of the 1985 "Bears Shufflin Crew" including Mike Singletary.http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/01/15/super-bowl-shuffle-reprised-by-1985-chicago-bears-for-boost-mobile/

On December 4, 2010, the widow of Super Bowl Shuffle creator Richard "Dick" Meyer announced that she was filing a lawsuit against the media conglomerate Viacom for using clips of the video without her permission. Julia Meyer asserts that the clips were shown on two of Viacom's networks, MTVand VH1, and that this undermined sales of the video. Viacom said through a spokesperson that the claims in the lawsuit are "unfounded".http://archive.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/12/suit-filed-over-super-bowl-shuffle.html

Chorus:

We are the Bears Shufflin' Crew

Shufflin' on down, doin' it for you.

We're so bad we know we're good.

Blowin' your mind like we knew we would.

You know we're just struttin' for fun

Struttin' our stuff for everyone.

We're not here to start no trouble.

We're just here to do the Super Bowl Shuffle.http://www.cogsci.indiana.edu/farg/rehling/bears/shuffle.html