"Bound For Glory" is a song that was released in 1990 by Angry Anderson

Angry Anderson

Gary Stephen "Angry" Anderson AM is an Australian rock singer, television presenter/reporter, actor and conservative political activist. He is best known as the vocalist with the hard rock band Rose Tattoo since 1976 but he is also recognised for his acting roles and his charity work...

. It soon became very successful in Australia.

AFL Anthem

The song was featured in a range of advertisements, was named the unofficial anthem of the AFL

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

 and performed at the 1991 AFL Grand Final at Waverly Park. (See below)

Background

This song was released in Australia on 7 October, 1990, and entered the charts at #50. It remained in the charts for eleven weeks, jumping in the second week from #50 to #34. It continued to climb into the top twenty in the third week at #18. It jumped again into the top five in week four at #3. It remained at #3 for two weeks, before climbing to the top spot in week six, where it remained for three consecutive weeks. It then dropped dramatically to #47 in the tenth week and to #78 in week eleven, before dropping out of the top 100 altogether. In the United Kingdom, the song entered the charts at #15, before climbing to a peak of #3 for one week and then dropping for three weeks in a row: charting at #19, #32 and then #47, before slipping out of the top fifty.

Grand Final 1991

Angry Anderson entered Wavely Park for the AFL Grand Final clash between Hawthorn and West Coast on what looked like
The Batmobile. After a short speech he performed "Bound For Glory". The song was later counted down on Australia TV show
20 to 1 Greatest Sporting Anthems. He was later noted he performed it live but dramatically out of tune. The day was also memorable for the half-time entertainment which featured a parade of sporting celebrities in Ford Capris, and Angry Anderson singing "Bound for Glory" on a pseudo-Batmobile. The entertainment has been the subject of derision, and footage of the performance featured in a 2008 Carlton and United Breweries satirical television advertisement, with the caption stating that "CUB is a proud supporter of AFL footy since 1877 (except for 1991)".

Charts

Charts 1990	Peak Charts	Chart 2006
Australian ARIA Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...  Singles Chart",	1	6
UK Singles Chart	3	65
New Zealand Singles Chart	15	18
US Billboard Singles Chart	58	-
Germany Singles Chart	85	-

Blood For Stone (Album Charts)	Peak Position
Australian ARIA Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956... Album Chart",	9
UK Album Chart	36