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Chicago bears players listed alphabetically or numerically. The single sold more than 500,000 copies and reached no. Description if you have the 45 or the cd of the super bowl shuffle, play it while you watch my video. Covert, dent, duerson, hampton, hilgenberg, mcmahon, payton, singletary, wilson. Random house sued over super bowl shuffle rights law360. Some players were invited, but refused to participate. In january 1986, the 1985 chicago bears arguably the greatest team of any single. The rise and fall of the 1985 chicago bears, the greatest super bowl team. In the song, prominent team members rap about their playing.
Fuller was awarded a gold record and a platinum video award for the 1985 super bowl shuffle, for which he was the sixth of the ten solo singers. The super bowl shuffle was made by the players of the chicago bears football team as the chicago bears shufflin crew in 1985. The chicago bears enter the studio to record a music video for the super bowl shuffle. Opinions expressed by forbes contributors are their own. In 2010, during super bowl xliv, fuller joined other members of the 1985 chicago bears in recreating the super bowl shuffle in a boost mobile commercial. This was my most popular video on my vcreditor channel. Hell even tell you how awesome the super bowl shuffle was. Ironically, bears players gathered the following day to record the super bowl shuffle video and single.
A post from the community filming is currently underway for a new featurelength documentary on the 1985 super bowlchampion chicago. Every year brings a super bowl, world series, nba, and stanley cup champion. Mckinnon was an undrafted free agent rookie when he joined the chicago bears in 1983. The 1985 chicago bears were such a team, a melange of talents and outsize personalities that captivated and embodied a city. Six members of the 1985 super bowl champion chicago bears football team have filed a lawsuit over the super bowl shuffle.
The bears finished with a 151 record for the 1985 season. Bears beat patriots in super bowl xx on january 26, 1986, in new orleans, louisiana, the chicago bears score a super bowl record number of points to. Amid all the 50s and super bowl cachet, a team and game from 30 years ago have roared back into the picture. The talented, hardnosed wide receiver and punt returner played a pivotal role on the 1985 super bowl. New documentary tells untold story of 85 super bowl. Super bowl shuffle lawsuit filed by former members of 1985. In cohens book, nothing matters more than football, and no one has ever played the game quite like the 1985 chicago bears. The rise and fall of the 1985 chicago bears, the greatest.