Faith 2014

Welcome to the Show as a Walkup Song

by Britt Nicole

Preview

Is "Welcome to the Show" a good walkup song?

The drum entrance hits hard and Britt Nicole's vocal is full energy from second one. The lyrical theme — 'welcome to the show' — directly fits the walkup moment, which is rare among Christian songs. Fully clean, fully energetic, fully appropriate for any age or league.

Notable players who've used it

Welcome to the Show has been a softball walkup standard for years — particularly common at the travel ball, high school, and college level. The faith-pop production fits softball culture's preference for empowerment anthems with clean lyrics.

How to trim "Welcome to the Show" for a walkup

Start at 0:00, run for 18 seconds. The drum hits and Britt Nicole's vocal entrance are the hook. Trim from zero.

The trim point is the difference between a great walkup song and a great walkup. A song's first 15-20 seconds rarely happen to be the best 15-20 seconds — most popular tracks have a build, an intro, or a bridge before the hook lands. Pick the slice that hits hardest. The last second of your trim window should land on a peak, right as the player steps into the box.

Best for

• Softball players
• Youth players
• Any hitter

Clean / explicit version notes

"Welcome to the Show" has no explicit content — it's safe for any age and any league. No need for a clean version or careful trimming. Pick the song, set the trim, lock it in.

Songs that pair well with "Welcome to the Show"

If "Welcome to the Show" is on your shortlist, these are the walkup songs players most often consider alongside it. Same vibe, same energy, same kind of moment at the plate.

• Up! — Forrest Frank & Connor Price
• The Champion — Carrie Underwood ft. Ludacris
• HEAVEN ON THIS EARTH — Forrest Frank & Torey D'Shaun

How to set up "Welcome to the Show" for your team

Setting up a walkup song requires three things: an app that handles per-player audio, custom trim points, and one-tap playback on game day.

1. Build your roster in Walkup Pro — assign "Welcome to the Show" to the player who picked it
2. Scrub to 0:00 and set the trim duration to 18 seconds
3. Connect a Bluetooth speaker at the field (a JBL Charge or similar will cover any youth field — see our guide to the best Bluetooth speakers for a baseball field)
4. On game day, tap to play as the player walks to the box

For a complete game-day setup walkthrough, see how to play walkup songs at baseball games. For more on what makes a great walkup work, see the anatomy of the perfect walkup song.