History Main / FootballFightSong

->Fight fiercely, Harvard
->fight, fight, fight!
->Impress them with our prowess, do!

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*** When they were still the NFL's butt of the joke, The Tampa Bay Buccaneers decided they needed one. "Hey, hey Tampa Bay" was born...and instantly reviled by everyone.

See also AlmaMaterSong.

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* ''GirlGenius'' has the [[http://girlgenius.wikia.com/wiki/Transylvania_Polygnostic_University Transylvania Polygnostic University Fight Song]], semi-officially filked by Tom Smith.

* "For Boston," the fight song for Boston College, was covered by the DropkickMurphys on one of their albums. They've been known to open a good portion of their shows with it.

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* ''GirlGenius'' has the [[http://girlgenius.wikia.com/wiki/Transylvania_Polygnostic_University Transylvania Polygnostic University Fight Song]], semi-officially filked by Tom Smith.

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* ''HomestarRunner'' has the Crazy Go Nuts University fight song:

** New Zealand's national team doesn't just have a fight song, they have a the Ka'Mate Haka, a Maori war dance. Seeing a team perform [[http://youtu.be/6g3QbH_i2VU this]] before they meet you on the field has to be a bit demoralizing....

* [[GeorgeOfTheJungle Super Chicken's]] alma mater, the Pittsburgh Intsitute of Watchmaking (a.k.a. Tick Tock Tech) has a fight song that includes the line "Shockproof, waterproof, seventeen jewels! Rah!!"

* Every AustralianRulesFootball team, from the AFL to local under-8s teams, has a theme song.

* ''Anchors Aweigh'' (Navy), ''Wild Blue Yonder'' (Air Force) and ''The Army Goes Rolling Army'' (Army) were originally written as fight songs for their respective military academies but now have become the official songs of their respective service branches.

* "For Boston," the fight song for Boston College, was covered by the Dropkick Murphys on one of their albums. They've been known to open a good portion of their shows with it.

-->'''-- TomLehrer''', "Fight Fiercely, Harvard"

-->Fight fiercely, Harvard
-->fight, fight, fight!
-->Impress them with our prowess, do!
-->'''-TomLehrer''', "Fight Fiercely, Harvard"

Despite how [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome epic some of these songs are,]] [[{{Nerd}} the people who play these songs]] [[{{Geek}} will still be bullied Monday morning.]]

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* In [[TheBeautifulGame soccer]], teams have full-fledged ''anthems''. And the supporters make fight songs too - sometimes "attack songs" about the team's archrival (which can be sung before any game, without said rival playing) or a rival player.

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* In Brazilian [[TheBeautifulGame soccer]], teams have full-fledged ''anthems''. And the supporters make fight songs too - sometimes "attack songs" about the team's archrival (which can be sung before any game, without said rival playing) or a rival player.

!!Examples:

* As quoted above, parodied by TomLehrer with the LighterAndSofter "Fight Fiercely, Harvard!" -- perhaps too [[AffectionateParody affectionately]], as it was adopted by Harvard in RealLife.
* Speaking of Harvard and parodies, LeonardBernstein rewrote the final chorus of Stravinsky's ''Oedipus Rex'' to what he thought it sounded like, and had the Harvard Glee Club record it.
* ''HomestarRunner'' has the Crazy Go Nuts University fight song:
-->Fighting, and sometimes striving,\\
Wondering what the Dumple is.\\
Excellence, and what is valor?\\
And The Cheat will hit stuff with a golf club!\\
C! G! N! U!
* ''GirlGenius'' has the [[http://girlgenius.wikia.com/wiki/Transylvania_Polygnostic_University Transylvania Polygnostic University Fight Song]], semi-officially filked by Tom Smith.

* Fight on Dear Old Muncie! in TheHudsuckerProxy

* In his Yale days, ColePorter wrote "Bulldog" and "Bingo Eli Yale" for his alma mater.

* With the power of rock, a high school team went from last place to winners all thanks to {{KISS}} songs.

* Averted in ''{{Eyeshield 21}}'' where the football teams in question have instead a BadassCreed.
* Perhaps the best known real life example from the NFL is the Philadelphia Eagles' fight song, "Fly, Eagles, Fly."

* Parodied by TomLehrer with the LighterAndSofter "Fight Fiercely, Harvard!" -- perhaps too [[AffectionateParody affectionately]], as it was adopted by Harvard in RealLife.