Je suis très surpris que ça soit aussi récent que ça ! Maintenant, on l’entend dans les 32 arénas. Le Canadiens est toujours à domicile 😂😂😂
Go Habs Go ! et Oléeeeee Olé Olé Olé, Oléeeeeeee, Oléeeeeeee
Ok_Level4057
Anyone wanna translate I am actually interested
CrisCollinsbot
Cowboys Fringants chants that eventually migrated to the Habs games.
Elkatar
J’aime beaucoup le Olé Olé Olé.
Mais ça me manque le « Nanana hey hey hey goodbye ».
Je le chante encore dans mon salon ahah
Flacksguy
Do they play ‘Les Canadiens Sont La’ any more?
(pardon me if I have the title incorrect) I use to love when the crowd did the end part of the song in unison.
DionysusBurning
I’ve always strongly disliked the Ole Ole chant. Most embarrassing part of our fandom. Miss me with that soccer shit
Laydownthelaw
I’m pretty sure it came after the 2005 lockout. You can find a lot of Habs games on YouTube, and I’ve yet to hear the chant on games that were played pre-lockout.
My guess is that it really took off in 2007-2008, when the Habs had their first great season since the Cup. It came at the same time as the flags on the cars in the playoffs.
biloutte
2007 was the first time it was shown on the scoreboard, vs Atlanta, and also vs Boston. I have screenshots of video taken during those games. The scoreboard is asking people to chant the Ole Ole
MTLisCool
So I have my own version of the origin of the Ole chants at the Habs Games. It all started in 2002 when Canada won the gold medal at the Olympics. At the time, people took to the streets to celebrate like winning a Stanley cup. And that was the night the chants took on mainstream and started at the bell center afterwards.
For me it wasn’t the first time I heard the chants. They used to be chanted on the corner of Ste-Catherine and Saint-Laurent blvd every Saturday night leading up to the olympics.
There used to be a famous Montreal nightclub there called the Dome. At the end of every Saturday night the party would spill out in the streets where hundred if not thousands would continue partying. That’s where the chants started. They would sing that outside the club.
Anyways, fast forward to the Olympics, the club Dome had a Dome themed Jeep and parked it on Ste-Catherines that night. I was there with some of the Dome staff. And it kinda became a central point of the Olympic celebrations. We were standing on top of the car and hundreds of people all around it. As we did every Saturday night, we chanted Ole all night. It caught on and hundreds if not thousands were chanting along.
After that night, I started hearing it at the Bell center during Habs games.
I was 20 at the time. I had never heard the chants before that, but maybe I’m wrong.
Anyways, that’s my version of the history of the chant. I believe we were on the news that night as well so there probably is video evidence out there that can prove this.
yanni99
90% certain que ça a commencé en 2000, après L’Euro. Beaucoup de gens se sont interressé au foot après la victoire de la France en 98 et la chanson était partout en 2000. Je dis pas que c’est nous mais 2000, c’est l’année que je suis le plus allé au Centre Molson, et, on le commençait tout le temps avec les autres dans la zone Molson Export.
Chose certaine, on le faisait en 2000.
Kuzark
« There is another theory that it was imported from the Montreal soccer club, the Impact (now CF Montréal), and that soccer fans brought the tradition over to the Bell Centre in the early 2000s. »
That’s not a theory, That is exactly what happened. When Montreal Impact were winning the voyageur cup consecutively from 2002-2007 pre MLS and people could afford to attend more than 1 teams sporting events. I remember hearing it at the end of a hockey game on tv and hating it because I still feel it belongs in soccer but it’s growing on me now as Montreal is the most European city in North America.
DCHacker
We have sung it when the Habs come to Capital One.
One time, during a Chicago game, or something like that, the guy did play it on the PA. I yelled « **THAT IS** ***OUR*** **TUNE! YOU CAN NOT PLAY THAT!** » I always wear a Habs jersey to hockey gamies, regardless of who is playing. Before fans’ wearing jerseys became popular, I always wore a Habs T-shirt or sweat shirt. Yes, i even did it at Maple Leaf Gardens, the Spectrum and the *Gahden*. I did live to tell about it.
dylanjmp
J’aime bien l’histoire nous le dira mais je suis un peu déçu que la réponse courte soit on sait pas lol
SuggestionCrafty9541
1998 not 1988.
Harbour-Jigger91
Mike Ribeiro was of Portuguese decent and the chant is based from the Portugal football ole chant. So its Mike’s fault lol.
killyerscene
Wrong on all of the above, Bouncing Souls
Unfair_Bluejay_9687
Catchy tune. Even if it’s above my understanding of French. It helps that I’m a Habs fan for the last 60 years.
Moreinius
I think it’s simply because the « Olé » just came from the French of « Allez » like he said. And because it’s French, it matches with the French Canadian culture a bit more.
chrisqc01
d’apres moi quelqun de bin motivé peut retrouv le tape de la premiere fois que ca la été joué au centre bell
Ok-Vermicelli1117
I miss Rock and Roll by Gary Glitter.
Motions_AX
I love here the oles but. My favourite which we haven’t done since 2010 at least from when I remember was “na na na na hey hey hey. Goodbye” when we knock a team out of the playoffs
imhere8888
My cousin claims he started it at a game
WelcomeToTheZoo
The Olé chants started out as José chants back in the day when José Theodore was playing for the Habs. I think after we traded him, fans just loved the cadence of chant so the switch over was kind of seamless. I might be misremembering, but that’s how I remember its evolution. I don’t recall any Olé chants before the Theodore years.
growne
Does nobody else have this memory of the early years of the Molson Centre? The milk industry was a sponsor of the team and they’d put O’lait O’lait O’lait (with its white text on baby blue background logo, [like this but 90’s version](https://shedmtl.com/sites/default/files/projects/1478/01-14x48homme-253586.jpeg)) on the scoreboard every once in a while. It would get very minimal uptake, most fans would ignore it, back in those days.
Fedquip
Really looking forward to the OLE cheer after they win the cup, so we can finally sing the 2nd verse « NOUS SONT LES CHAMPIONS »
SlimySquamata
We’ve been singing olé olé olé for Encore for music shows in Montreal since at least the 2010s.
kamikazeboy
Je suis belge et je confirme.
Original_Bed_3237
Bouncing souls… the rest is bullshit
November11
From what I remember, it started during Cristobal Huet’s tenure as a Habs goalie. I always assumed it was an hommage to his French roots
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Je suis très surpris que ça soit aussi récent que ça ! Maintenant, on l’entend dans les 32 arénas. Le Canadiens est toujours à domicile 😂😂😂
Go Habs Go ! et Oléeeeee Olé Olé Olé, Oléeeeeeee, Oléeeeeeee
Anyone wanna translate I am actually interested
Cowboys Fringants chants that eventually migrated to the Habs games.
J’aime beaucoup le Olé Olé Olé.
Mais ça me manque le « Nanana hey hey hey goodbye ».
Je le chante encore dans mon salon ahah
Do they play ‘Les Canadiens Sont La’ any more?
(pardon me if I have the title incorrect) I use to love when the crowd did the end part of the song in unison.
I’ve always strongly disliked the Ole Ole chant. Most embarrassing part of our fandom. Miss me with that soccer shit
I’m pretty sure it came after the 2005 lockout. You can find a lot of Habs games on YouTube, and I’ve yet to hear the chant on games that were played pre-lockout.
My guess is that it really took off in 2007-2008, when the Habs had their first great season since the Cup. It came at the same time as the flags on the cars in the playoffs.
2007 was the first time it was shown on the scoreboard, vs Atlanta, and also vs Boston. I have screenshots of video taken during those games. The scoreboard is asking people to chant the Ole Ole
So I have my own version of the origin of the Ole chants at the Habs Games. It all started in 2002 when Canada won the gold medal at the Olympics. At the time, people took to the streets to celebrate like winning a Stanley cup. And that was the night the chants took on mainstream and started at the bell center afterwards.
For me it wasn’t the first time I heard the chants. They used to be chanted on the corner of Ste-Catherine and Saint-Laurent blvd every Saturday night leading up to the olympics.
There used to be a famous Montreal nightclub there called the Dome. At the end of every Saturday night the party would spill out in the streets where hundred if not thousands would continue partying. That’s where the chants started. They would sing that outside the club.
Anyways, fast forward to the Olympics, the club Dome had a Dome themed Jeep and parked it on Ste-Catherines that night. I was there with some of the Dome staff. And it kinda became a central point of the Olympic celebrations. We were standing on top of the car and hundreds of people all around it. As we did every Saturday night, we chanted Ole all night. It caught on and hundreds if not thousands were chanting along.
After that night, I started hearing it at the Bell center during Habs games.
I was 20 at the time. I had never heard the chants before that, but maybe I’m wrong.
Anyways, that’s my version of the history of the chant. I believe we were on the news that night as well so there probably is video evidence out there that can prove this.
90% certain que ça a commencé en 2000, après L’Euro. Beaucoup de gens se sont interressé au foot après la victoire de la France en 98 et la chanson était partout en 2000. Je dis pas que c’est nous mais 2000, c’est l’année que je suis le plus allé au Centre Molson, et, on le commençait tout le temps avec les autres dans la zone Molson Export.
Chose certaine, on le faisait en 2000.
« There is another theory that it was imported from the Montreal soccer club, the Impact (now CF Montréal), and that soccer fans brought the tradition over to the Bell Centre in the early 2000s. »
That’s not a theory, That is exactly what happened. When Montreal Impact were winning the voyageur cup consecutively from 2002-2007 pre MLS and people could afford to attend more than 1 teams sporting events. I remember hearing it at the end of a hockey game on tv and hating it because I still feel it belongs in soccer but it’s growing on me now as Montreal is the most European city in North America.
We have sung it when the Habs come to Capital One.
One time, during a Chicago game, or something like that, the guy did play it on the PA. I yelled « **THAT IS** ***OUR*** **TUNE! YOU CAN NOT PLAY THAT!** » I always wear a Habs jersey to hockey gamies, regardless of who is playing. Before fans’ wearing jerseys became popular, I always wore a Habs T-shirt or sweat shirt. Yes, i even did it at Maple Leaf Gardens, the Spectrum and the *Gahden*. I did live to tell about it.
J’aime bien l’histoire nous le dira mais je suis un peu déçu que la réponse courte soit on sait pas lol
1998 not 1988.
Mike Ribeiro was of Portuguese decent and the chant is based from the Portugal football ole chant. So its Mike’s fault lol.
Wrong on all of the above, Bouncing Souls
Catchy tune. Even if it’s above my understanding of French. It helps that I’m a Habs fan for the last 60 years.
I think it’s simply because the « Olé » just came from the French of « Allez » like he said. And because it’s French, it matches with the French Canadian culture a bit more.
d’apres moi quelqun de bin motivé peut retrouv le tape de la premiere fois que ca la été joué au centre bell
I miss Rock and Roll by Gary Glitter.
I love here the oles but. My favourite which we haven’t done since 2010 at least from when I remember was “na na na na hey hey hey. Goodbye” when we knock a team out of the playoffs
My cousin claims he started it at a game
The Olé chants started out as José chants back in the day when José Theodore was playing for the Habs. I think after we traded him, fans just loved the cadence of chant so the switch over was kind of seamless. I might be misremembering, but that’s how I remember its evolution. I don’t recall any Olé chants before the Theodore years.
Does nobody else have this memory of the early years of the Molson Centre? The milk industry was a sponsor of the team and they’d put O’lait O’lait O’lait (with its white text on baby blue background logo, [like this but 90’s version](https://shedmtl.com/sites/default/files/projects/1478/01-14x48homme-253586.jpeg)) on the scoreboard every once in a while. It would get very minimal uptake, most fans would ignore it, back in those days.
Really looking forward to the OLE cheer after they win the cup, so we can finally sing the 2nd verse « NOUS SONT LES CHAMPIONS »
We’ve been singing olé olé olé for Encore for music shows in Montreal since at least the 2010s.
Je suis belge et je confirme.
Bouncing souls… the rest is bullshit
From what I remember, it started during Cristobal Huet’s tenure as a Habs goalie. I always assumed it was an hommage to his French roots