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"Dirty Water" is a song by the American rock band The Standells, written by their producer Ed Cobb. [7] The song is a mock paean to the city of Boston , Massachusetts , and its then-famously polluted Boston Harbor and Charles River .
They recorded the 1966 hit "Dirty Water", written by their producer, Ed Cobb. (Ed Cobb also wrote "Tainted Love", a Gloria Jones song which became world famous when Soft Cell did a version of it.) "Dirty Water" is the anthem of several Boston sports teams and is played following every Boston Red Sox and Boston Bruins home win.
The song "Dirty Water" was written by the album's producer, Ed Cobb. Its Boston and Charles River references are reportedly based on an experience that Cobb and his girlfriend had with a mugger in Boston in the mid-1960s. [4] As for the Standells band members, they were from Southern California and had never been to Boston before recording the ...
[2] [3] "Dirty Water" reached number 51 in the United States in January 1980. [4] The song led directly to them recording their debut album, [5] First Offence, produced by Vic Maile for Radar Records. Two further albums were quickly recorded; Shot in the Dark again produced by Vic Maile, and Heatwave in Alaska produced by Stuart Coleman.
This article lists songs about Boston, Massachusetts, including those set there, named after a location or feature of the city, or about a notable figure associated with the city. It is not intended to include songs where Boston is simply "name-checked" along with various other cities. "All Kindsa Girls" by Real Kids
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Dirty Water may also refer to: Dirty Water, a 1966 album by The Standells "Dirty Water" (The Blackeyed Susans song), a 1994 single by The Blackeyed Susans "Dirty Water", a song by Foo Fighters on the 2017 album Concrete And Gold "Dirty Water", a song by Low Cut Connie from the 2017 album Dirty Pictures (Part 1)
Midway through the performance, he declared, "40 acres and a mule / this is bigger than the music. They tried to rig the game / but you can’t fake influence.”