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The song follows a chord progression of G – D – Em – C, and Platten's vocals span from G 3 to E 5. [3] Musically, "Fight Song" is a pop rock song backed by a piano. "Fight Song" starts off with a simple melody played on the piano, as Platten starts to sing the first stanza and pre-chorus which introduces a drum and horns that play throughout.
Washington began playing the song at home games for the 1938 season. "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!
A fight song is a rousing short song associated with a sports team. [1] The term is most common in the United States and Canada. In Australia, Mexico, and New Zealand, these songs are called the team anthem, team song, or games song. First associated with collegiate sports, fight songs are also used by secondary schools and in professional sports.
The fight song of North Carolina State University is a sped-up version of the tune. [13] (See NC State Wolfpack.) The Australian A-League Club Adelaide United FC uses the tune for their club song "United Is Rolling Along." A version of the song is in the Girls und Panzer Original Soundtrack, under the title "America Yahoutai March."
Originally, the song was titled "Army Air Corps."Robert MacArthur Crawford wrote the initial first verse and the basic melody line in May 1939. [1] During World War II, the service was renamed "Army Air Forces" because of the change in the main U.S. Army's air arm naming in mid-1941, and the song title changed to agree.
Song. Written. 1955. Genre. Fight song. Songwriter (s) Charles Borrelli and Roger Courtland. " 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 ...
On, Wisconsin! " On, Wisconsin! " is the fight song of the Wisconsin Badgers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. A version with modified lyrics is the official state song of Wisconsin . "On, Wisconsin!" was also the cry that Arthur MacArthur Jr. used in the Battle of Chattanooga at Missionary Ridge in the Civil War .
The Victors. " The Victors " is the fight song of the University of Michigan. [1] Michigan student Louis Elbel wrote the song in 1898 after the football team's victory over the University of Chicago, which clinched an undefeated season and the Western Conference championship. An abbreviated version of the song, based on its final refrain, is ...