Editing Seattle Mariners (section)

==="Louie Louie"===
From the 1990 season through the 2021 season, as part of the seventh-inning stretch, after the crowd was led in singing "[[Take Me Out to the Ball Game]]" or "[[God Bless America]]" the public address system played [[the Kingsmen]]'s version of "[[Louie Louie]]". The song was a regional hit in the Northwest, covered by many local bands for nearly a decade until the [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]]-based Kingsmen recorded their version in 1963. In 1985, the song's regional importance was publicized by a campaign to make it the official state song of Washington. The tradition to play the song during the seventh inning stretch began as an attempt for the then new ownership group to put its stamp on the team, and was solidified on June 2, 1990, when the Kingsmen performed the song in the middle of the seventh inning live from atop a dugout. That game, [[Randy Johnson]] threw the first no-hitter in Mariners history.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stone |first=Larry |date=April 19, 2021 |title=Here's why the Mariners aren't playing 'Louie Louie' during the seventh-inning stretch |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/mariners/heres-why-the-mariners-arent-playing-louie-louie-during-the-seventh-inning-stretch/ |work=[[The Seattle Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Mason |first1=Zach |last2=Leary |first2=Adrianne |date=April 18, 2022 |title=Oh, baby, "Louie Louie" did not have to go |url=https://www.lookoutlanding.com/2022/4/18/23029816/oh-baby-louie-louie-did-not-have-to-go-mariners-seventh-inning-stretch-macklemore-change |access-date=April 20, 2022 |website=Lookout Landing |publisher=SB Nation}}</ref>

For the 2022 season, the Mariners replaced "Louie Louie" with the [[Macklemore & Ryan Lewis]] song "[[Can't Hold Us]]". Replacing "Louie Louie" has been a source of contention for some fans.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 24, 2022 |title=Rant & Rave: What happened to 'Louie Louie' at Mariners games? |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/life/lifestyle/rant-rave-what-happened-to-louie-louie-at-mariners-games/ |website=[[The Seattle Times]]}}</ref> The Mariners stopped playing "Can't Hold Us" after Macklemore's comments at a Palestinian benefit concert in September 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-27 |title=Mariners don't play Macklemore song after rapper's controversial remarks |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/mariners/mariners-dont-play-macklemore-song-after-rappers-controversial-remarks/ |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US}}</ref>