Go, You Redbirds is the

fight song A fight song is a rousing short song associated with a sports team. 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 ...

for the athletic teams of

Illinois State University Illinois State University (ISU) is a public university in Normal, Illinois. Founded in 1857 as Illinois State Normal University, it is the oldest public university in Illinois. The university emphasizes teaching and is recognized as one of th ...

. It was written in 1932 by Kenyon S. Fletcher. The words have been changed from time to time. Prior to the fight song we know today, the Illinois State fight song was "Normal Loyalty." At sporting events when an ISU athletic team enters the field or floor, the students and fans sing the first stanza of “Go, You Redbirds.” A new growing Redbird tradition amongst several redbird teams is to sing the fight song with the marching band to the home crowd after victories. The line "Lets win this game" is changed to "We've won this game."

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*Trophy, w. t., years, t. R., & h. w. (n.d.). Illinois State University Official Athletic Site - Traditions. Illinois State University Official Athletic Site. Retrieved March 20, 2011, from https://web.archive.org/web/20110711113646/http://www.goredbirds.com/trads/ilsu-trads-school-songs.html *Trophy, w. t., years, t. R., & h. w. (n.d.). Illinois State University Official Athletic Site - Traditions. Illinois State University Official Athletic Site. Retrieved March 20, 2011, from https://web.archive.org/web/20101231151811/http://www.goredbirds.com/trads/fight-song.html American college songs Illinois State Redbirds Missouri Valley Conference fight songs 1932 songs {{Illinois-sport-stub