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"Up the U's" is a
football chant A football chant or terrace chant is form of vocalisation performed by supporters of association football, typically during football matches. Football chanting is an expression of collective identity, most often used by fans to express their p ...
regularly sung by fans of the
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and is generally considered to be the club's anthem. It has also been recorded twice by local punk band and fans of the club,
Special Duties Special Duties are a British punk rock band from Colchester, Essex. History Special Duties was created in October 1977 by schoolfellows Steve Green (Aka Arrogant), Steve Norris (Aka Duty) and Nigel Baker. They were punks at school, but the ...
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Lyrics

:''Up the U's, Up the U's, Up the good old white and blues,'' :''When we get together what a game we'll see,'' :''We're as strong as the old oak tree,'' :''All for one and one for all,'' :''We're football good and clean,'' :''You can hear the crowd shout oh what a team,'' :''Up the U's, up the U's, up the U's!''


Notable recordings

The song has been recorded twice by the Colchester-based punk band Special Duties. It originally appeared as a B-side to the song "Wembley! Wembley! (Wembley, here we come)" which was released in support of Colchester United reaching the final of the Auto Windscreens Shield. Both songs were included in a compilation of Special Duties' singles which was released in 2000. It was later re-recorded in 2006 to raise money for the
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in memory of fan of the club, Emily Begg who had been suffering from
leukemia Leukemia ( also spelled leukaemia and pronounced ) is a group of blood cancers that usually begin in the bone marrow and result in high numbers of abnormal blood cells. These blood cells are not fully developed and are called ''blasts'' or ' ...
and had died earlier that year aged fourteen. A version of the song by Colchester indie rock band Absent Kid is currently played at home games.


See also

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References

{{Colchester United F.C. , state=collapsed Association football songs and chants Colchester United F.C. Songwriter unknown Year of song unknown