SAN JOSE - The Sharks opened the season with a new sound in the building, and it arrived exactly where the old one had worn out its welcome.
When Mason Marchment scored at 14:20 of the first period Thursday night to put San Jose ahead 1-0, SAP Center heard a fresh goal song for the first time. The new track leans on Green Day’s guitar riff from “Holiday,” the 2005 hit, while fans chanted “Hey” along with it. The choice fit the team’s wish for something tied to the Bay Area, since Green Day first came together in Rodeo.
The switch came after months of pushback over the previous song, which had become a lightning rod with fans. On Sept. 21, the Sharks announced on social media, with help from defenseman Sam Dickinson, that they would have a new goal song for 2026-27, beginning with Thursday’s opener against the Florida Panthers.
That marked the end of the run for “Power Bite,” the song selected before the 2025-26 season by elevated season ticket holders from four options created by music producer BVRNOUT. The Sharks had first unveiled it during a game against the Vegas Golden Knights on Oct. 9, 2025, in front of a sold-out Shark Tank crowd.
It never caught on. The team had said it would fully own the song and was “planning to use it beyond the arena on digital platforms and through remixes.” Instead, fans soured on it quickly, and the track was widely suspected to be AI-generated after members of the Sharks’ subreddit noticed how closely it resembled another AI-generated remix called “Sharky Party.”
“Power Bite” got two final plays at SAP Center during the preseason, in a 2-1 shootout loss to Vegas on Sept. 22 and a 10-0 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Sept. 24.
Will Smith was among the players who heard the new song last month and said he liked it. When asked whether it was an actual song by an actual artist, Smith replied, “I don’t even know if I’m supposed to be talking about this,” Smith said with a smile.
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