Dirty Water

Dirty Water is a song composed in the 1960's and performed by the California rock and roll band, The Standells.

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1960's - California - Rock and roll - The Standells

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It was their first hit single and reached #11 on the Billboard charts on June 11, 1966.

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Billboard charts - 1966

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The song is a paean to the City of Boston and the famously polluted Boston Harbor. The Boston Red Sox baseball team plays the song immediately following a home victory at Fenway Park (much as their rival, the New York Yankees play New York, New York by Frank Sinatra whenever they win at Yankee Stadium).

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Paean - City of Boston - Boston Harbor - Boston Red Sox - Fenway Park - New York Yankees - New York, New York - Frank Sinatra - Yankee Stadium

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British garage rock revivalists, The Inmates, covered "Dirty Water" in 1981,

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British - Garage rock - The Inmates - 1981

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a version which was a medium sized international hit.

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An ESPN special on the Red Sox showed that Red Sox pitcher Bronson Arroyo also covered the song while in a recording studio. His version appears on his album, "Covering the Bases" (which is entirely composed of cover songs), released in summer 2005.

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ESPN - Bronson Arroyo

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