[2025] Entrance songs in sports: Cool Western music and entrance BGM

Jump AroundHouse Of Pain

House of Pain – Jump Around (Official Music Video)

Brian Wilson’s entrance song in America’s MLB.

It’s a track frequently used in commercials and sporting events.

Amy Winehouse’s 2007 single “You Know I’m No Good” was inspired by this song’s bassline.

Club FootKasabian

Kasabian – Club Foot (Official Video)

A no-nonsense indie rock band from Leicester, UK.

They also incorporate electronic sounds and are hugely popular in clubs! Many of the members come from modeling backgrounds, and you can hear their refined taste in the sound they create.

The hefty low end thumps right through to your heart.

Battle ScarsLupe Fiasco & Guy Sebastian

Lupe Fiasco & Guy Sebastian – Battle Scars [Official Music Video]

Led by a lyrical piano phrase, this moving number weaves a soaring vocal melody with a cool, restrained rap.

The song was released in 2012 by Australian singer-songwriter Guy Sebastian featuring American rapper Lupe Fiasco, and became a hit not only in Australia but also in the United States.

This classic track is used as the entrance song by Mikuru Asakura, who is known as a mixed martial artist, YouTuber, and sports instructor.

Although the lyrics depict the painful emotions of a heartbroken protagonist through skillful metaphors, the beauty and melancholy that permeate the song may also serve to inspire a solitary fighter locked in a battle with himself.

Simple ManLynyrd Skynyrd

Lynyrd Skynyrd – Simple Man

Dustin Ackley’s walk-up song in America’s MLB.

It’s also used in the movie “Most Famous.” Released in 1973, it appears on Lynyrd Skynyrd’s debut album and has been covered by heavy metal bands such as Shinedown and Deftones.

We Will Rock YouQueen

Queen – We Will Rock You (Official Video)

Andy Hug was a kickboxer whose style, based on Kyokushin karate, made him popular in Japan.

One of the K-1 “Four Kings” who energized the early days of K-1, he was known for his masterful use of kicking techniques.

Sadly, he passed away at the age of 35, but the classic bouts he left behind influenced many fighters.

His entrance theme was “We Will Rock You,” Queen’s famous anthem.

Thanks to the song’s catchiness, Andy Hug’s ring walk always had tremendous flair.

Crank ThatSoulja Boy Tell ‘Em

Soulja Boy Tell’em – Crank That (Soulja Boy) (Official Music Video)

The smash hit “Crank That (Soulja Boy)” by Illinois-born American rapper Soulja Boy Tell’em was self-produced and released in 2007 using YouTube and Myspace, becoming a buzzworthy track across the internet.

Considering he was only 17 at the time, you have to admit he had remarkable foresight.

The original choreographed dance also became a sensation, and the number of views on YouTube reached staggering figures.

That very song has been Yu Darvish’s entrance music since his Major League debut.

It wasn’t his own choice—his teammates picked it for him—but it fits him perfectly, doesn’t it?

Burning HeartSurvivor

Survivor – Burning Heart (Rocky IV)

In the boxing world of the 2000s, when you think of a boxer whose name became known in living rooms across the country, it’s Koki Kameda, the eldest of the Kameda brothers.

Now the CEO of his own private agency, Kameda Promotion, Kameda used the song “Burning Heart” by the popular American hard rock band Survivor as his ring entrance music.

Depending on your generation, you might remember this track as the theme song from Rocky IV.

While Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger,” the theme from Rocky III, is more famous, choosing the more rugged and wistful “Burning Heart” instead gives off a sense of distinctive taste, doesn’t it?