Chas & Dave performed "Snooker Loopy" at their live shows with the original lyrics during the subsequent part of their career, even after all the players mentioned had retired from the professional game; this included a performance at
Glastonbury Festival in 2007, and a performance by Chas' band alongside Willie Thorne and Dennis Taylor in 2014. The song was mentioned to
Ronnie O'Sullivan during an episode of
A League of Their Own in 2012, leading to
Freddie Flintoff singing the chorus, with the audience joining in at the end. A rival single was released in the same year by snooker players
Tony Knowles,
Alex Higgins,
Kirk Stevens and Jimmy White; it was a cover of
"The Wanderer", released under the name
Four Away. A Dutch cover of the song was released in 1986. In 2001, the song was covered by V/Vm and released on vinyl. It was pressed in all snooker ball colours (white, red, yellow, green, brown, blue, pink, black), in editions of 147 hand-numbered copies. In January 2023, comedian Tom Mayhew and YouTuber Joe Hannard launched
The Snooker Loopy Podcast, which takes its name from the song. The podcast features a regular section,
Cue the Music, where Joe and Tom review music either related to snooker, or recorded by snooker players. This has included numerous different recordings of the song itself, including solo versions by Dennis Taylor,
John Virgo, and listeners of the podcast. == See also ==