Blue is the Colour (Chelsea)

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"Blue is the Colour"
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Single by {{{Artist}}}
B-side(s)	All Sing Together
Released	1972-02-26
Format	7"
Genre	Novelty song
Length	2:21
Label	Penny Farthing Records
Writer(s)	D Boone and R McQueen
Producer(s)	Larry Page
Chart positions
#5 (UK Singles Chart)
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N/A	"Blue is the Colour" (1972)	N/A

Blue is the Colour is a football song associated with Chelsea Football Club. It was released in 1972 for the club's appearance in the League Cup final of that year and performed by the squad. It was issued on the Penny Farthing Records label and reached number 5 in the charts in March of that year. It has become one of the most well-known English football songs.

Singing squad members include:

Tommy Baldwin Peter Bonetti Charlie Cooke John Dempsey Ron Harris Marvin Hinton John Hollins

Peter Houseman Alan Hudson Steve Kember Eddie McCreadie Paddy Mulligan Peter Osgood David Webb

[edit] Trivia

Song was later covered by Czech singer František Ringo Čech under title "Zelená je tráva" (Green is the grass) and it has become a very popular football anthem in former Czechoslovakia.^{[citation needed]}