One of the reasons for commissioning the song was to give UCLA its own fight song, separate from the
University of California, Berkeley. UCLA has used
Sons of Westwood, taken from the Cal
Big C tune, as its best known fight song since the All-California football weekends. Another of the reasons for the commissioning was to replace some other lesser known UCLA fight songs such as "Sing U.C.L.A.", "By the Old Pacific's Rolling Waters", "Team, Hear our Song", and "Fight on Men of Westwood". • "
Fight on Men of Westwood", simply known as "Fight", uses the tune "
Fight on, Pennsylvania!", a fight song of the
University of Pennsylvania. It was written by David B. Zoob. Until the 1986 football season, "Fight" was played following a UCLA touchdown. • "'''By the Old Pacific's Rolling Waters'''", or more simply "By", was written in 1948 specifically for UCLA by
Thomas V. Beall. • "
Sing UCLA" was written by
Irving Bibo and appears on a number of recorded college football song compilations. • "
Team, Hear Our Song", simply known as "Team" has words by
Don Davis, music by
Harry Fillmore. • "
Strike Up the Band for UCLA" was another
leitmotif of the school teams from the time it was donated to the school by
George and
Ira Gershwin in 1936. •
Go On Bruins written by Milo Sweet and copyrighted in 1944. Milo also composed the USC fight song
Fight On in 1922 Although the
UCLA Band no longer performs "Fight on Men of Westwood", "Team, Hear Our Song", or "Sing UCLA" ("By The Old Pacific" is still heard occasionally, and is featured on the official band CDs), they are a part of the musical repertoire performed by the UCLA Alumni Band as part of their pre-game concert during every home game. ==Other UCLA school songs==