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The original version was known as "Fight, Eagles, Fight," something that was changed in the newer lyrics. It was designed to be Philadelphia's version of Washington's song, which is now known as ...
"Hail to the Redskins" is the second oldest fight song for a professional American football team; the oldest fight song is "Go! You Packers! Go!", composed in 1931 for the Green Bay Packers. The original fight song lyrics [2] are as follows: Hail to the Redskins! Hail Vic-to-ry! Braves on the warpath, Fight for old D.C.
"The Eagles' Victory Song", popularly known as "Fly, Eagles Fly", [1] is the fight song of the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League. The song is played following each Eagles touchdown during Eagles' home games at Lincoln Financial Field and as part of pre-game festivities before the playing of the national anthem .
An analysis of 65 college fight songs by FiveThirtyEight identified words commonly used in the lyrics of these songs, including fight, win, and victory. [4] Other common elements of fight song lyrics are mentioning the team's colors, spelling out the school's name, and using the words "hail" and "rah."
According to University of Michigan music historian Joseph Dobos, "The Victors" had all but disappeared from campus in the 1900s, and the most popular songs at football games and pep rallies were the alma mater, "The Yellow and Blue", and a modified version of "Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight" that included Michigan-specific lyrics. [4]
The lyrics were written by Moritaka and the music was composed by Yuichi Takahashi. The single was released by Warner Music Japan on October 25, 1991. [1] The '70s-style rock song was used as an image song for the 1991 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup, which was held in Tokyo. [2]
The song was the freshman class' winning entry in the university's annual song and stunt fest in May 1930, [3] [7] [8] and was soon played by the UI pep band at football games at MacLean Field. Previously, the Vandals had used a variation of " On, Wisconsin " as its fight song.
It is also played as a secondary fight song at Columbia University. [1] Another version was created by popular songwriters Lew Brown (lyrics) and Harry Akst (music) for the 1934 film Stand Up and Cheer! starring Shirley Temple. It is the fight song of: Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky, [2] Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, [3]