"Hall of Fame" is a song by Irish pop rock band The Script. The track features American hip-hop artist will.i.am of The Black Eyed Peas. The track was given its first radio play on Capital on 23 July 2012. Written and co-produced by the band, the song is about following dreams and making an impact on the world.

Get up, you good-for-nothing lazy.

Morning, beautiful.

Don't you forget something?

Don't forget the trash!

Yeah, you can be the greatest
You can be the best
You can be the King Kong banging on your chest

You can beat the world
You can beat the war
You can talk to God, go banging on his door

You can throw your hands up
You can beat the clock (yeah)
You can move a mountain
You can break rocks
You can be a master
Don't wait for luck
Dedicate yourself and you gon' find yourself

Standing in the hall of fame (yeah)
And the world's gonna know your name (yeah)
'Cause you burn with the brightest flame (yeah)
And the world's gonna know your name (yeah)
And you'll be on the walls of the hall of fame"
You could go the distance
You could run the mile
You could walk straight through hell with a smile

You could be the hero
You could get the gold
Breaking all the records that thought never could be broke

Do it for your people
Do it for your pride
How you ever gonna know if you never even try?

Do it for your country
Do it for you name
'Cause there's gonna be a day

When you're standing in the hall of fame
And the world's gonna know your name
'Cause you burn with the brightest flame
And the world's gonna know your name
And you'll be on the walls of the hall of fame

Be a champion, be a champion, be a champion, be a champion

On the walls of the hall of fame

Be students, be teachers
Be politicians, be preachers

Be believers, be leaders
Be astronauts Be champions
Be truth seekers

Be students, be teachers
Be politicians, be preachers

Be believers, be leaders
Be astronauts, be champions

Standing in the hall of fame
And the world's gonna know your name
'Cause you burn with the brightest flame
And the world's gonna know your name
And you'll be on the walls of the hall of fame

You could be the greatest, you can be the best
(You can be a champion)You can be the King Kong banging on your chest
You could beat the world (you can be a champion)
You could beat the war (you can be a champion)
You could talk to God, go banging on his door (you can be a champion)

You can throw your hands up (you can be a champion)
You can beat the clock (you can be a champion)
You can move a mountain (you can be a champion)
You can break rocks (you can be a champion)

You can be a master (you can be a champion)
Don't wait for luck (you can be a champion)
Dedicate yourself and you can find yourself (you can be a champion)
Standing in the hall of fame (you can be a champion)

GOOD-FOR-NOTHING= Useless.

MORNING= (coll.) Good morning.

TRASH (AmE) = Rubbish (BrE)

BANG= Hit powerfully.

BEAT= Win over, defeat. If you beat someone, you win, they lose.

YOU GON' = (coll.) you are going to.

THE HALL OF FAME = (figurative) A place where only famous people can be. If ou are in the hall of fame, that means that you are famous.

GONNA= (coll.) Going to.

GO THE DISTANCE= Go very far.

RUN THE MILE= Go very far.

GET THE GOLD= Obtain the gold medal, that is, be Number One.

BREAKING ALL THE RECORDS= The record is the best recording result. If you break a record, you get a better result than the previous record, so you set a new record better than ever before.

PRIDE= A high sense of your dignity and self-respect.

'CAUSE= (coll.) Because.

PREACHER= A clergyman.

TRUTH SEEKERS= A truth seeker is a person who looks for the truth and tries to find meaning in life.

The lyrics, written by O'Donoghue, focus on perseverance and making a difference. As reported in The Guardian, "O'Donoghue's real metier is lyrics: he's a striking and emotional storyteller". Billboard describes the song as "a swelling, piano-driven number with an uplifting, earworm of a chorus that soars, 'Standing in the hall of fame / And the world's gonna know your name / Cause you burn with the brightest flame.'" O'Donoghue explains that this song was about the band as he tells "the title is mostly about us. As any geek fan of the band could tell you, we're all extremely different people, but magic happens when you mix us together. Well, magic or a car crash, which is how we describe the songs we scrap." He also said: "We wanted to inspire people to stop trying to be famous for the sake of it."