Boston Red Sox Walkup Songs
Fenway Park · Boston
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The Red Sox walk-up playlist
30 songs from the Red Sox roster in one playlist, in batting order from the latest lineup. It is rebuilt every night, so a new walk-up shows up the day after it changes.
Boston Red Sox roster & walkup songs (46 players)
Boston Red Sox walk-up songs for 2026: Caleb Durbin walks up to "Alive (nightmare)" by Kid Cudi, Adley Rutschman walks up to "Gorgeous - Album Version (Edited)" by Kanye West, Wilyer Abreu walks up to "Un Día Más o un Día Menos" by Miky Woodz, and Jarren Duran walks up to "Obsessed" by Mariah Carey. Below is the full roster of 40 active players plus 6 on the injured list, 36 with a confirmed song — each with a 30-second preview, the trim point, and where to listen.
Tap the heart to save a song to your shortlist. Run a team's music? Walkup Pro plays every player's walk-up at the field, trimmed to the perfect 15 seconds. Free for up to 3 players. Have Apple Music?
Recent Red Sox walk-up changes
Song swaps our nightly check of the official Red Sox walk-up list has caught this season — old track, new track, and the date we spotted it.
La Fama 21 · Don Miguelo, Lapiz Conciente Preview not available 
Prófugo · Rochy RD Preview not available 
Missing · Everything But The Girl Preview not available 
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) · ABBA Preview not available 
Wall To Wall · Chris Brown Preview not available 
Obsessed · Mariah Carey Preview not available 
Alive (nightmare) - Album Version (Edited) · Kid Cudi Preview not available 
Gorgeous - Album Version (Edited) · Kanye West Preview not available 
Chill Bill (feat. J. Davi$ & Spooks) · Rob $tone Preview not available 
Kick in the Door - Radio Edit; 2014 Remaster · The Notorious B.I.G. Preview not available What the Red Sox clubhouse actually plays
Across the 27 confirmed Red Sox walk-ups we could classify, hip-hop / rap is the most common choice at 40.7%, ahead of latin at 14.8%. The median release year on this roster is 2009, 5 years older than the league median of 2014.
See how that compares with the rest of the league on the MLB walk-up charts, where every team's genre mix and median release year sit side by side.
The Red Sox' walkup tradition
Fenway Park has the most participatory music tradition in baseball. Sweet Caroline in the eighth inning is mandatory; Dirty Water after wins is mandatory; and individual walkups thread the needle of fitting that crowd-singalong tradition. Boston walkups skew classic rock and Boston-area hip hop, with a strong country crossover from the team's recent waves of southern players.
The most iconic Red Sox walkup moment
David Ortiz's late-career walkups — especially the run from the 2013 marathon-bombing season through his retirement — became inseparable from Boston identity. Big Papi changed walkup songs constantly, but every one became part of the city's at-bat ritual.
How to use Red Sox walkup songs for your team
Whether you're coaching Little League, travel ball, high school, or college baseball, picking a walkup song from a Boston Red Sox player is one of the cleanest ways to give a kid a confidence boost at the plate. The trick: most MLB walkups need a careful trim point — the 15-second window is rarely the song's first 15 seconds.
- Pick the Red Sox player whose walkup style fits the kid (power hitter, leadoff, closer, etc.)
- Open the song's page on this site to see the recommended trim window
- Build your roster in Walkup Pro, assign the song, and set the trim
- Connect a Bluetooth speaker at the field and tap to play on game day
For a complete 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.
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