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Oskee-Wow-Wow (along with "Illinois Loyalty") is the official fight song of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. [1] The song was written in 1910 by two students, Harold Vater Hill, Class of 1911 (1889–1917), credited with the music, and Howard Ruggles Green, Class of 1912 (1890–1969), credited with the lyrics.
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 .
"Hooray for Auburn!" (sometimes Hurrah for Auburn! or simply Hooray!) is the fight song of Auburn High School in Auburn, Alabama, United States.The melody and basic wording of "Hooray for Auburn" have been adopted for use in the fight songs of many schools in the United States, including Hoover High School ("Hooray for Hoover"), Sheffield High School ("Hurrah For Sheffield") and Prattville ...
The Clinton cheerleaders sing the school fight song after the team scores versus the South Shore Vikings in the Division 7 first round playoff on Friday November 3, 2023.
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."
"On, Wisconsin!" was regarded by John Philip Sousa as "the finest of college marching songs". [2] [3] It has become one of the most popular fight songs in the country, with some 2,500 schools using some variation of it as their school song. [4] There have been persistent rumors that the rights to the song are owned by Paul McCartney or Michael ...
Along with being the Fight Song of Northwestern University, "Go U Northwestern" is the fight song for many high schools, with some using it under the original name. [3] Several other colleges and universities use the song as well, including Northern Oklahoma College Enid [ 4 ] and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro from 1998 to 2010.
Hail, Dear Old Rensselaer" is the school's fight song. [2] [3] It is still played today by the RPI Pep Band at athletic events and other school functions. At some point someone updated the words of the fight song to make it more politically correct than it was back in the 60's. Where it now says "We all must do our part" used to be "Each man ...