Islanders: Ranking The Top Goal Horns And Songs

Ranking the 14 horns and goal songs the New York Islanders have used in their history from worst to best.

Did you know the New York Islanders have had 14 different variations of goal horns, songs, and celebrations in the history of their franchise? The longest run was the original goal horn and song which came out in 1980 and lasted through 1993.

It was the longest-tenured horn in their history, with the current one as the next closest. There has been some good ones with just a few clunkers mixed into it. Let’s take a look at the worst to best horns

14. Barclays Center Preseason Horn

It’s awful. It was so bad, infact the Islanders decided to change it after just one (1) preseason game at the Barclays Center. Their biggest swing and a miss and thank goodness it didn’t last very long.

13. 2010-2011 – Live is Life

You can thank Zenon Konopka for this one. For some reason, Konopka, who played just one year with the Islanders, was behind changing the song to this one. It didn’t last very long, just that one season.

12. 2009-2010 – Nickelback Instrumental

The team was bad and so was the song choice. A Nickelback instrumental? Really?

11. 2006-2008 – Rock & Roll With Quagmire

The “Giggity” at the end just doesn’t do it for me. There were much better goal celebrations in the Islanders history.

10. 2008-2009 – Gold on The Ceiling

I actually like this song a lot. It’s different and was only used briefly but it was better than Live is Life and Nickelback, that much is for certain.

9. 2015-2019 Barclays Center

It just didn’t sound the same at the Barclays Center. Is this my anti-Brooklyn stance talking? Perhaps, but don’t deny it. The atmosphere wasn’t nearly the same at the Barclays Center.

8. 2002-2006

Not the biggest fan of Rock and Roll part 1. It was adequate, but there were better in Islanders history. The woo’s and organ save it for me.

7. 2001-2002

The horn is a little more stretched out here. For whatever reason I like the longer horns, very similar to 02-06 but the touch of difference makes it one spot ahead.

6. 1993-1995

I like this horn a lot and the addition of the siren is pretty cool as well. Rock and Roll Part 1 is okay, but the beginning is what really does it for me.

5. 2000-2001 – Rock and Roll Part 2

Rock and Roll Part 2 is such a classic stadium song. I can’t get enough of it. When people think Gary Glitter they think of Rock and Roll Part 2, not part 1!

4. 1980-1993/99-00 (The Original)

It’s hard to beat the classics. So much nostalgia from Fort Neverlose. You can just picture Mike Bossy scoring and this coming on with the crowd going crazy in the playoffs.

3. 2011-2015 Crowd Chant (Pre Yes Chant)

Crowd Chant is a great goal song, I hope the Islanders don’t change it anytime soon either. This was the goal song for the final years at the Old Barn.

2. 2015/2019-Current Crowd Chant (With Yes Chant)

The “Yes Chant” started in the 2014-2015 season from the Blue and Orange Army and it’s now a staple for the Islanders. Whether it’s after goals, in the parking lot tailgating, or Jon Ledecky trying to hype people up the “Yes Chant” is now synonymous with the Islanders, sorry Daniel Bryan.

1 1995-1999

I absolutely love the fog horn and the siren. This screams Long Island and it’s absolutely perfect. It doesn’t get as much love because of how bad the team was during that era but from a “cool” perspective, this is it.