Yes Sir, They Can Boogie

December 28, 2021 6:32 PM

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra plays Yes Sir, I Can Boogie For entirely convoluted reasons, a 1977 Euro Disco hit performed by two Spanish ballerinas has become the unofficial anthem of Scottish football. Since the original is exceptionally heavy on the strings, why not have a symphony orchestra tear it right up?
posted by scruss (10 comments total)

For entirely convoluted reasons

I'm listening.
posted by ChurchHatesTucker at 6:43 PM on December 28, 2021 [3 favorites]

Here's an explainer on the weird path of the song through Scottish football, and here's a piss-drunk Hampden Park ecstatically belting it out after the final whistle of Scotland 3-2 Israel.
posted by suckerpunch at 7:16 PM on December 28, 2021 [7 favorites]

More proof that you never know what will catch on. I learned this from here and here
posted by not_on_display at 8:28 PM on December 28, 2021

Delightful!
posted by eustatic at 9:28 PM on December 28, 2021

Oh sublime :)
posted by amil at 12:28 AM on December 29, 2021

My dad's Scottish and there's just something delightful with a Scottish accent saying "boogie". Thanks for sharing, I'd missed this!
posted by freethefeet at 2:33 AM on December 29, 2021

Between this post and the one about the bear and the traffic cone my day is brighter. Thank you!
posted by Orange Dinosaur Slide at 9:30 AM on December 29, 2021

Disco, deserves more credit then it gets.
posted by oddman at 9:55 AM on December 29, 2021

Heh. Saw someone I vaguely know in the orchestra video - Scotland really is just a big village. Thanks for sharing, scruss!
posted by penguin pie at 3:31 PM on December 29, 2021

WTF how is this one of the best selling singles ever?!??!?!1/1/1
posted by not_on_display at 11:42 PM on January 23, 2022