Why Scotland fans sing ‘Yes, Sir I Can Boogie’, plus the lyrics for Euro 2020 disco anthem made famous by Baccara

In case you missed it, Scotland and their vocal support can boogie.

Yep, as you may have heard, the Tartan Army and the players have repurposed an old disco classic and turned it into one hell of a football anthem. 

Scotland fans were heard singing along to the Baccara disco hit among other things as they arrived in London

The Scotland players sang their hearts out in the aftermath of their win over Serbia that sent them to Euro 2020

‘Yes, Sir I Can Boogie’, the 1977 disco tune by Spanish duo Baccara, was sung by happy players after Scotland beat Serbia to qualify for a major international tournament for the first time in 22 years and was heard by the few thousand at Hampden Park for the Euro 2020 opener.

After the video of the squad singing the tune went viral, it re-entered the iTunes top 40, almost 50 years after it’s release.

And Baccara singer Maria Mendiola is delighted, saying: “With this pandemic, I have been sitting at home and this has uplifted me in a way you cannot imagine.

“I will always thank the Scottish team, and especially Andy Considine for making me so happy after 43 years.” 

Why do they sing it?

It appears it is down to Considine, the defender who received his first call up to the full Scotland squad in 2020 at the age of 33.

In 2015, he was on his stag do and starred in a spoof video of the song, which somehow made its way into the public domain.

Originally adopted by the ever cheerful Tartan Army, it was initially sung as a tribute to Considine, but is now the unofficial anthem thanks to the players’ joyous rendition.

He was there, along with Kieran Tierney, Andy Robertson and Scott McTominay belting out the number in celebration.

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Scotland have a team capable of competing at a major tournament

What are the lyirics?

The all important chorus goes like this:

“Oooohh! Yes sir, I can boogie,
But I need a certain song,
I can boogie, boogie woogie all night long,
Yes sir, I can boogie,
If you stay, you can’t go wrong,
I can boogie, boogie woogie all night long.”

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Scotland fans had their voices on them at Hampden before descending on London

Scotland have one of their strongest squads in a long time, but were undone by a moment of genius against Czech Republic to ultimately lose 2-0.

Supporters, though, were in full voice and talkSPORT host Jim White, had to briefly stop his broadcast so loud was the Hampden Roar, on Monday.

The fans then travelled to London in their thousands for the much anticipated England game and made Wembley sound like Hampden and the players will need the support again against Croatia.

Paris certainly felt them ‘coming down the road’ when they were there to watch Scotland take on France in 2007 and now Londoners have seen them, too.

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