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"Go New York! Go New York! Go New York! Go New York! Go New York! Go New York! Go New York! Go New York! Go!" Thus begins the Rapture's soccer-fied version of "Whoo! Alright, Yeah... Uh Huh", recorded as part of "MLS Represent", a collaborative campaign between Major League Soccer and Adidas to get artists from cities with MLS teams to record theme songs for their local clubs.

The campaign also includes contributions from the Polyphonic Spree (for FC Dallas), Bad Brains (D.C. United), RJD2 (Columbus Crew), OK Go (Chicago Fire), Mike Jones (Houston Dynamo), and... Barenaked Ladies (Toronto FC), among others. The Rapture explain their involvement in the project by saying, "We love soccer. We love New York. It makes sense. Anything we can do to help Juan Pablo Angel score more goals."

The themes are all pretty uniformly funny and kind of awesome, if only for the novelty of hearing so many indie bands get in touch with their jock sides. And thank god, now we can hear the Rapture rework the "people don't dance no more" breakdown as "You people can't score no more/ You just stand there like this/ You cross your arms and stare around/ And whinge and moan and diss!" Ooh, they said "whinge"!

To experience the magic for yourself and download each and every theme (listed after the jump) for free, head on over here.

Theme songs:

Akwid: "¡Chivas Explosivas!" (Chivas USA)
Bad Brains: "D.C. United" (D.C. United)
Barenaked Ladies: "TFC" (Toronto FC)
Blackpool Lights: "Ain't Nobody Gonna Stop Us Now" (Kansas City Wizards)
Damone: "Revolution" (New England Revolution)
Mike Jones: "Houston Dynamo (Don't Play)" (Houston Dynamo)
Kinky: "We Are the Galaxy" (L.A. Galaxy)
Meg & Dia: "The Mighty R-E-A-L" (Real Salt Lake)
OK Go: "Here Comes the Fire" (Chicago Fire)
The Polyphonic Spree: "H-O-O-P-S Yes!" (FC Dallas)
The Rapture: "Whoo! Alright, Yeah... Uh Huh" (New York Red Bulls)
RJD2: "It's Your Crew" (Columbus Crew)
Rose Hill Drive: "Goal!" (Colorado Rapids)