“Blue Moon” has become the soundtrack to Manchester City matchdays, played as the teams walk out at the Etihad Stadium and sung by supporters in the stands. Over time it has grown into the club’s best-known anthem, closely linked with City’s modern identity and the atmosphere around home games.
The song itself was not written for Manchester City. “Blue Moon” is a classic popular tune first published in 1934, with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart. It has since been performed by many artists over the decades and remains one of the most recognised songs in English-language music.
City supporters adopted “Blue Moon” as a terrace song and it eventually became the club’s walkout music. It is now a key part of the pre-match routine at the Etihad, with fans often joining in as the opening lines echo around the stadium before kick-off.
The lyrics are built around a simple theme: loneliness leading to sudden hope and happiness when love arrives. Sung as a football anthem, that message has been embraced by City fans, who turned it into a symbol of loyalty through hard times and belief when fortunes change.
The commonly used lyrics are:
Blue moon, you saw me standing alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own
Blue moon, you knew just what I was there for
You heard me saying a prayer for
Someone I really could care for
And then there suddenly appeared before me
The only one my arms will ever hold
I heard somebody whisper, ‘Please adore me’
And when I looked, the moon had
