“Go U Northwestern” was composed by Theodore Van Etten in 1912. Since its debut, it has been played thousands of times and adapted by numerous high schools. It’s a versatile piece of music, simple yet catchy. It’s a tad repetitive, but what fight song isn’t?
Of course, in this day and age, there is nothing more important for millennials than the YouTube remix or mashup. In order to properly appeal to the youth market in this desert of Northwestern sports, here are the top 10 remixes of Northwestern’s fight song, from 8-bit to trap. Let’s get going.
[Five years ago, Northwestern ran a contest to get submissions for best remix, which is where many of these come from.