31 January 1964
Football watchers will know the stompy, shouty chorus of ‘Glad All Over’ from being played pre-match and post-goal by Crystal Palace, the song’s early adopter, and several other club sides since, including Shamrock Rovers. To be honest, that second career in football cheerleading is probably the only reason anyone still thinks of ‘Glad All Over’ today.
Its call-and-response verses are heavily loan-sharked to The Beatles’ ‘Twist And Shout’, with no creative capital to progress beyond hackneyed never-be-blue always-be-true lyrics. Dave Clark is the drummer, by the way, not the singer. I suppose if your drummer runs the band and co-writes the songs, ‘Glad All Over’ is the best you can hope for.
