Songs About Chess

Queen on their second album Queen II had many chess references. 

I just wrote lyrics for Bob Seger's "Knight Moves"

I was a little bit behind
Could’ve used a few pawns
Staring at the black army, attack coming on
She was a boxwood beauty with a hand carved mane
A bridle on her head sitting way up high
Way up firm and high

Out past the mid ranks, where his pieces were collected 
Stood my lone bishop, unprotected
Picked up my piece, the one with hooves
And I made a knight move
Tried to offer a trade he could not refuse
When I made that knight move
To a square, sublime
My position was looking prime

He wasn’t in check, oh no far from it
Yet I knew his king would soon take a plummet
We jockeyed for position all over the board
Captures being scored
And we’d steal a pawn every chance we could
To the back rank, where we tried to push our wood
I used forks, he used pins
Neither would yield
While our kings still had shields 

Then I made a knight move
Tryin' to catch his queen in the middle of a snooze
Such a subtle knight move
Twas a sweet sacrifice
I knew he’d plunder
I laid the trap
And waited for his blunder
Waited for his blunder

I looked at the board to find a forced mate
How many moves? No more than eight
Started pushing my rook toward the square G2
Ain’t it funny how the knight moves
When you just don’t seem to have as much to lose
Strange how the knight moves
With checkmate closing in

I write my own chess songs. :)

@ SamD87:

Awesome. 

Where's the "like" button?  That was awesome!!! 

put your back into it by ice cube... talks about gettin check mate

Annihilator - Knight jumps the Queen

This is really about chess! Chess song all the way!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDIdvfzMHGM

This song also uses chess as a metaphor for deadly deeds of world powers:

and Dimmu Borgir...

How about The Pawn Shop Boys?

They sang about how The King lost his castle and now it's back to square one. 

FIDE has an anthem that is played (or sung) at the openeing cerimonies of FIDE tournaments.
go to  http://beemp3.com/index.php?q=fide+anthem&st=album 
and click on "song"
or go to 
http://www.mp3chief.com/music/fide-world-chess-federation-anthem/
and listen to the music 

why not show the Wu Tang Clan?

Oh, come on!  No one has yet mentioned Bobby Fischer, by Lazy Susan?

You can hear it here: http://lazysusan.bandcamp.com/track/bobby-fischer
YouTube video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-qCgpUTQbY


Here are the lyrics:

Bobby Fischer beat Spassky in Iceland in '72.
I know a girl who's better looking but who thinks like Bobby Fischer too.
When Bobby Fischer was a kid they knew he was a prodigy.
I know a girl who's somewhat older but no less of an authority.

I wish I had the smarts to understand her charts.
If I don't concentrate she'll have me in checkmate.

In Tampa Bay and Lafayette they all know Bobby Fischer's name.
I know a girl who made her mark in smaller cities but her fame's the same.
When Bobby Fischer made his comeback in the '90s he was worse for wear.
I know a girl who made a comeback but her mind was altogether there.

She said: "I drink chocolate milk, from a cow I built.
“Doot n'doot doot doot. Doot n'doot doot doot."

They're all saying that you'll never play again.
They're all saying that you're finished, that you're washed up as a friend.
All my life I've 'feather-dustered' but that's not how it's going to end. Oh no.

Spies in hideouts send their secret messages.
There's a thief caught in the headlights of a car beneath a bridge.
There's no lights on in the house except the lights on in the fridge. Oh yeah.

Reykjavik, no one ever says Reykjavik in a song.
Reykjavik, no one ever says Reykjavik in a song.

They're all saying that you'll never play again.
They're all saying that you're finished and that you're washed up as a friend.
All my life I've 'feather-dustered' but that's not how I'm going to end. Oh no.

Spies in hideouts send their secret messages.
There's a thief caught in the headlights of a car beneath a bridge.
There's no lights on in the house except the lights on in the fridge... Oh yeah.

I just took the chess poem by Amera Andersen and turned it into a hard rock song.  Something to get the blood pressure cranking in the last few minutes of the game!

https://soundcloud.com/richthomsen/prepare-for-battle

"Knights in White Satin"  (Moody Blues)

Is that the same as "White Knights in Satin"  By The Temperamental Pigments? 

Similar.

I thought so, that band was so yesterday, but that's how I roll!