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The Back Story Of 'Go Cubs Go'

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As enthusiasm for the Chicago Cubs run to the World Series has roared across the country, so has the omnipresence of the Cubs theme song penned by the late Steve Goodman.   But there's an interesting back story to how that song became the teams OFFICIAL theme song.  

Click the "Listen" button below to hear GLT's R.C. McBride narrate that story.  

Contact R.C. at rcmcbri@ilstu.edu.
Jon Norton is the program director at WGLT and WCBU. He also is host of All Things Considered every weekday.