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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 .
A book Love That Dirty Water: The Standells and the Improbable Red Sox Victory Anthem was published. [38] In April 2019, Liverpool F.C., a club in the English Premier League, began playing "Dirty Water" after home matches, due to the fact that the club is owned by Fenway Sports Group, the same owners as the Boston Red Sox. [39] [40]
Prior to this album, The Standells had only released three singles and a live album: The Standells in Person at P.J.'s (1964). Dirty Water would become the band's best-selling LP, peaking at #52 on the Billboard charts, and #39 in the Cashbox listings. The "Dirty Water" single fared much better, peaking at #11 in Billboard and #8 in Cashbox.
Dodd was a drummer and vocalist for the Standells starting in 1964. The group's biggest hit, "Dirty Water", recorded in 1965, became an anthem for sports fans in Boston with its refrain of "Boston, you're my home," [4] despite the group having no direct connection with the city. [7]
The Dirty Water Club was a long-running (in a town where most tend to be short-lived) London club night featuring bands influenced by 1960s garage punk. It was named after The Standells ' 1966 hit single " Dirty Water ".
On Aug. 21, 1987, summer vacations changed forever when Dirty Dancing premiered.. The film told the stories of resort dance director Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze, then 34) and young guest Frances ...
In July, the Standells from Los Angeles almost made it into the US top ten with "Dirty Water", [104] a song now often associated with Boston. [105] "Psychotic Reaction" by the Count Five went to No. 5 on Billboard ' s Hot 100 and was later memorialized by Lester Bangs in his 1971 piece "Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung". [106
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)