Basketball starting lineup song: what to ask for and how to use it ($40)
A custom basketball starting lineup song with your school, mascot and player names for the pregame intros. $40, MP3 within 48 hours after the story form.
- A basketball starting lineup song is a custom track that plays while the starters are introduced before tip-off. Songs For Your Story writes the lyrics from your school, mascot and player names and produces the song with AI music tools. One song is $40, delivered as an MP3 within 48 hours after you send the story form.
A basketball starting lineup song plays while the starters run out for pregame introductions. You can get a custom one with your school, mascot and starters' names for $40. Our team writes the lyrics from your story and produces the song with AI music tools.
Looking for the team-song offer itself? See the basketball team song page. Hear a finished team song on the Bonita Bearcats page, or browse all high school team songs.
How does a starting lineup song work in a gym?
Lineup intros are a quick routine: the announcer reads five names and each player runs out. Some gyms also dim the lights. A song fits that routine in two ways:
- Under the announcer. The track plays while names are read, then lifts when the last starter hits the floor.
- As the team run-out. One song for the whole group, with the mascot in the chorus.
Because gyms are loud and announcers talk over the music, ask for a steady beat with a strong chorus. Fast lyrics that fight the announcer will get lost.
What should you put in the story form?
Names are the whole point of a lineup song, so spell them the way the announcer will say them.
- School, team name and mascot
- The five starters, or the whole roster, with the pronunciation of anything tricky
- Jersey numbers, if you want them in the lyrics
- A nickname or a signature move for each starter, if the player is happy with it
- This season's story: a new coach, a rivalry, a district title chase
- The feel you want: hip-hop, rock, pop, EDM or anything else
- A male or female vocal style
Starters change during a season. If a lineup moves a lot, ask for the whole team to be named in a chorus and keep the starters' names to a short verse. You can also leave names out of the lyrics and let the announcer read them over the beat.
How do you get it played before tip-off?
- Ask the person who runs the music. In many gyms that is the athletic director, a booster or a student at the scorer's table.
- Give them a clean MP3 on a USB stick, plus a copy on a phone.
- Agree on the cue. For example, lights down, music in, announcer starts on the first beat of the verse.
- Test it in the gym. Gym speakers echo, and a track that sounds fine on a phone can turn muddy.
- Check your school's rules on what can play during games.
If the lineup song is a walk-up for one player, our page on walk-up songs with a real name covers saying names correctly.
One basketball lineup song, $40
Pay first. Then the short form. You get an original MP3.
One free revision. If we can't get it right, you get your money back.
