A fight song is primarily an American and Canadian sports term, referring to a song associated with a team. In both professional and amateur sports, fight songs are a popular way for fans to cheer for their team. Although the term "fight song" is primarily used in America, the use of fight songs is commonplace around the world, but they may be referred to as team anthems, himnos de equipos (Spanish language), or team songs in other countries, such as Australia, Mexico and New Zealand. Fight songs differ from stadium anthems, used for similar purposes, in that they are usually written specifically for the purposes of the team, whereas stadium anthems are not.
Hundreds of colleges have fight songs, some of which are over a century old. The oldest collegiate fight song in the United States is Boston College's "For Boston", composed by T.J. Hurley in 1885.
Read more about Fight Song: List of College Fight Songs
Other articles related to "fight song, song":
... The university also has a fight song entitled "Down the Field," commonly played after SU scores in athletic matches ...
... Also on this date, the school fight song "Phoenix Rising" was played in public for the first time by the band under the direction of Mr ... The fight song is set to the tune of the University of Michigan's fight song "The Victors" by Louis Elbel with lyrics written by Mr ...
... Yale University – Bingo, Eli Yale Boola Boola Bull Dog Down the Field Glory for Yale and Whoop It Up Youngstown State University – "Wave For The Red and White (YSU Fight Song)". ...
... Auburn Loyalty Auburn High School's primary fight song is "Hooray for Auburn!" ... Tommy Goff wrote music to fit those lyrics to create the current fight song ... In subsequent years, the fight song was adopted by other schools, including Prattville High School and Opelika High School ...
... OLD USC FIGHT SONG Carolina Let Your Voices Ring The fight song immediately predating the current and official fight song ("The Fighting Gamecocks Lead the Way Step to the Rear. 1933, OΔK Omicron Delta Kappa fraternity sponsored a contest for a fight song for the University of South Carolina ... I entered this contest and my song was declared the winning song ...
Famous quotes containing the words song and/or fight:
“To you, God the Singer, our voices we raise,
to you Song Incarnate, we give all our praise,
to you, Holy Spirit, our life and our breath,
be glory for ever, through life and through death.”
—Peter Davison (20th century)
“Defoe says that there were a hundred thousand country fellows in his time ready to fight to the death against popery, without knowing whether popery was a man or a horse.”
—William Hazlitt (1778–1830)