Saw Doctors 'amazed' as their 34-year-old Mayo anthem soars to no. 1 on Spotify
The Saw Doctors' 1992 song 'The Green and Red of Mayo' has reached number one on Spotify's Ireland chart following Mayo's recent football victory. The band expressed surprise at the song's enduring popularity and its adoption as a regional anthem.
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AS THE HOOTER blew at Croke Park on Sunday and confirmed that Mayo had just ended 75 years of pain, a fitting song began to play across the stadium: the Green and Red of Mayo.
The song, an ode to the idyllic landscape of the county, was released by the Saw Doctors in 1992, but its presence at full-time also came as a shock to the band’s co-founder Leo Moran.
“We got heavy rotation yesterday but, oh god, I no idea that they would play it,” Moran told The Journal .
There was further good news on Monday evening as the song soared to number one spot on Spotify’s Ireland chart.
Like many others, he “had no great hopes” of success for Mayo against Kerry, but “to be involved in the biggest day of their football in more than 70 years” has been a nice surprise.
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