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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.
The Northwestern Wildcats have several traditions relating to its athletics teams including the official chant, "Go U! NU!” and the Wildcats' fight song, "Go U! Northwestern!” A secondary fight song is "Rise Northwestern (Push on Song),” the final 4-measure tag (ending with a shouted "Go 'Cats!”) of which is often played after first downs.
The Visiting Team's Fight Song "Go U Northwestern," featuring drill in the shape of the Northwestern Athletics "sculpted N" logo "Star-Spangled Banner" The pregame show is performed using traditional chair-step marching only because Northwestern is in the Big Ten. The band's halftime shows primarily use the glide step technique.
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."
The lyrics to "Fight! Wildcats! Fight!" consists of a verse and chorus. [3] Originally the verse had two versions: One for students or other members of the university, and another version for the "Towncats", the now-defunct alumni club of the University of Arizona. The chorus also features different lyrics depending on whether it is being ...
The "Alma Mater" (the traditional school song, different from the fight song, "Go U Northwestern") is usually sung at the end of the game and played by the marching band at halftime. Push-Ups Cheerleaders, along with Willie the Wildcat and the marching band's "SpiriTeam", perform push-ups after every touchdown, equal to Northwestern's ...
The song portrays a man in love with a woman at Rosa’s Cantina, but one day he arrives and sees her being charmed by a “wild young cowboy.” They settle this complicated proprietary matter by ...
In addition to this song, the Kansas State University Marching Band also commonly plays "Wabash Cannonball" as an alternate fight song. [3] John Philip Sousa's "Kansas Wildcats March," written for the school, is Kansas State's official march. On occasion, "Wildcat Victory" may be played for notable alumnus of Kansas State University by other ...