Spirit of the blues with lyrics (Everton anthem)

Spirit of the blues is a traditional Everton chant sung at games and is an official song by Everton F. C music. The song was released in 1995 and a part of the album “forever Everton” (an album by Graham Gouldman. The vocals were sung by Kenny Parry and Billy Kinsley ready for the 1984 Merseyside derby.

In September 2020, the song became popular having been featured in social media memes. The origin of the meme was posted on September 2 2020 by user Adamsg1878; it contained footage of Coldplay’s “adventure of a lifetime” featuring chimpanzees dancing around and enjoying themselves while “spirit of the blues” music played. It was accompanied with the text “We’re actually signing James Allan and Doucoure”.

The song reached #65 in the official Singles chart Top 100 and #1 in the downloads chart for 2-8 October 2020. It was re-released on vinyl on 2 October 2020 by Everton F. C. In conjunction with cherry red records with a piano version of Z-cars on the B-side