Ali in the Jungle

I’ve got another morning song to put some pep in your step. It’s called “Ali in the Jungle” by the band The Hours. Now if you think you’ve heard this song before you’re probably right. It was used ingeniously in a Nike campaign. It’s where I first heard it and fell in love with it. It asks that age old question about after you get knocked down, how quick are you going to get back up. As you may have also already figured (thanks to the title of the song) Muhammad Ali is mentioned numerous times in the song but so are other prominent historical people who’ve dealt with difficult circumstances only to overcome them and succeed.

Now while the lyrics are uplifting and encouraging, they would almost be insignificant if it weren’t for the backing track. The music grabs you and propels you forward. It starts of some double time percussion which is joined by a guitar lick and piano. Then comes one of the greatest opening lines to any song, ever “It’s not how you start, its how you finish” and after that the song is off and running. And to top it off, at the end of the song you get the radio broadcast that was aired when Ali beat George Forman in Kinshasa, Zaire which was the perfect finishing touch. This song will definitely recharge your battery and if it doesn’t you might want to look into getting a new battery, asap!