Why Are the Boston Red Sox Singing ‘Dancing on My Own’?
The New York Times
A dance club anthem has become the unexpected soundtrack of a red-hot team. Credit (or blame) goes to a backup catcher.
BOSTON — The soundtrack of a baseball clubhouse tends to follow a predictable pattern, its beat sticking mostly with hip-hop, country, rock and Latin music. But when video clips emerged in recent weeks of the Boston Red Sox celebrating various playoff milestones, what stood out was the players’ enthusiasm — and full-throated singalong — to a melancholic club song from a Swedish pop star.
Or, more accurately, a Dutch DJ’s remix of a British singer’s cover of the Swedish pop star’s melancholic club song.
The Swedish star, Robyn, first wrote and performed the hit, “Dancing on My Own,” in April 2010. That was years before Calum Scott sang it for his audition on the reality show, “Britain’s Got Talent,” in 2015. The Dutch DJ, Tiësto, then added his own beats for the version adopted by the Sox.
