Club Songs
Blau und weiß, wie lieb ich Dich ("Blue and White, How I Love You") and Königsblauer S04 ("Royal Blue S04") are the official club songs.
Popular unofficial chants are
- Ein Leben lang, Blau und Weiß ein Leben lang ("a life-long, blue and white a life-long"),
- Kennst du den Mythos vom Schalker Markt?! ("Do you know the Myth of the Schalke Market?!"), sung to the melody of "Haben Sie Gehört Das Deutsche Band" from The Producers.
- Opa Pritschikowski ("Grandpa Pritschikowski"),
- Wir sind Schalker ("We are Schalke"),
- Schalke ist die Macht ("Schalke is the Power"), and
- Steht auf, wenn ihr Schalker seid ("Stand up if you're Schalke"), sung to the melody of "Go West" by the Pet Shop Boys (itself a cover of a Village People song).
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