We're gonna win
It's taken a few days, but now it's abundantly clear: The NDP theme song is "We're gonna win," by Bryan Adams.
It's not been played at every rally, but it is the official theme song of the campaign. It's one of those relentlessly high energy tracks, filled with urgent lyrics and fast, simple, catchy guitar licks.
Perhaps a little too high-energy for some crowds.
At a Jack Layton rally in Dartmouth-Cole Harbour today, there was a brief discussion among staffers about whether to play the song.
The crowd might not appreciate its rock-y goodness, the thinking went. Maybe something a little, er, softer would be in order, the crowd there being blessed as they were, with an abundance of grey hair.
In the end, the song won. It seemed to be a hit, too.
Shame on that young NDP staffer for thinking seniors don't wanna rock.
Here (with thanks to Al Gore for creating the internet) are the lyrics:
Were gonna win
Don't wanna be a loser - gonna win
Cuz winnin' really is the only thing
Get out of the way were comin' in
If ya wanna fight just step inside the ring
Does anybody wanna take a swing?
It's gotta be all or nothing
Oh were gonna be the champions
Ya were goin' all the way — we're gonna win win
Were gonna win
Forget about a draw — we're gonna score
And then we're gonna get a few more
Maybe another one just to be sure
We'll make ya look just like an amateur
Until the final whistle it's a war
And then we're gonna pick ya off the floor
We wanna hear the crowd really roar
Ya — we're comin' in, we're gonna win win
We're gonna win — we wanna win
Cuz number one is everything
We're gonna win — we wanna win
Were gonna be the champions
Were gonna win
— James Cudmore
About the Authors
- Rosemary Barton started her television career reporting from Quebec City where she covered the ins and outs of Quebec politics. She moved to the CBC Parliamentary Bureau in 2007. She also stood on the side of road awaiting U.S. President Barack Obama's motorcade for hours in the cold. When she finally spotted him, all of Canada heard her shriek, "I saw him!"
- Alison Crawford worked in Fredericton, Calgary and Winnipeg before returning to her hometown to work in the CBC parliamentary bureau. Her beats include the RCMP, justice, public safety and the Liberals. Alison credits her investigative skills as well as a national etiquette column and coverage of a ferret Christmas party, with having prepared her for covering national politics.
- Andrew Davidson is a producer for the CBC politics page in Toronto. He joined CBCNews.ca's national desk in 2006 and was the lead news writer for the website's 2008 federal election coverage.
- Chris Hall is the National Affairs Editor for CBC News. He's been a member of the CBC Parliamentary Bureau since 1998. That adds up to 11 budgets, four elections, three prime ministers and too many confidence votes to count. Chris started his career in print before moving to the CBC in 1992. Since then, he's worked in Toronto, Halifax and St. John's, as well as Ottawa.
- Leslie MacKinnon Leslie's been working in news and current affairs since newsrooms used teletype, televison was shot on film and radio tape was edited with a razor blade. She saw through The Journal's long run on CBC-TV, and since then has worked in Halifax, Toronto and Ottawa in the CBC's various permutations. Right now, she's a TV news reporter in the political bureau, and likes certain parts of Ottawa - the canal, the Hill - a lot.
- Janyce McGregor has been a television producer in the CBC's Parliamentary Bureau since 2001. She started her career working for Studio 2 on TVOntario. In 2005 her then-doctoral student husband persuaded her to follow him to the U.K., where she worked for BBC World Service Radio in London. Janyce is originally a farm girl from southwestern Ontario. Her most important job title is "Norah's Mom."
- Chris Rands has been a member of the Parliamentary bureau since 2001. He started at Toronto's AM Radio giant CFRB before moving to CBC's National Radio News in 1996. Chris has worked in Toronto, Moncton, Sudbury, Regina, Washington and St John's. Every time Chris walks up to the Peace Tower, he wants to throw his hat in the air like Mary Tyler Moore.
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