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class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/File:March,_%22The_Stars_and_Stripes_Forever%22_%C2%B7_Colonel_John_R._Bourgeois,_Director_%C2%B7_John_Philip_Sousa_%C2%B7_United_States_Marine_Band.ogg" title="File:March, "The Stars and Stripes Forever" · Colonel John R. Bourgeois, Director · John Philip Sousa · United States Marine Band.ogg">file</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Help:Media" title="Help:Media">help</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>"<b>The Stars and Stripes Forever</b>" is a patriotic American <a href="/wiki/American_march_music" title="American march music">march</a> written and composed by <a href="/wiki/John_Philip_Sousa" title="John Philip Sousa">John Philip Sousa</a> in 1896. By a 1987 act of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">U.S. Congress</a>, it is the official National March of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="United States of America">United States of America</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Stars_and_Stripes_Forever&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In his 1928 autobiography, <i>Marching Along</i>, Sousa wrote that he composed the march on <a href="/wiki/Christmas" title="Christmas">Christmas Day</a>, 1896. Sousa was on board an ocean liner on his way home from a vacation with his wife in Europe and had just learned of the recent death of David Blakely, the manager of the Sousa Band. He composed the march in his head and committed the notes to paper on arrival in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was first performed at the <a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Music_(Philadelphia)" title="Academy of Music (Philadelphia)">Philadelphia Academy of Music</a> on May 14, 1897, and was immediately greeted with enthusiasm.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following an <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Congress" title="Act of Congress">Act of Congress</a> in 1987, it was officially adopted as the national march of the United States of America.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Historically, in show business and particularly in theater and the circus, this piece is called "the Disaster March".<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the early 20th century, when it was common for theaters and circuses to have house bands, this march was a traditional code signaling a life-threatening emergency.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It subtly notified personnel of emergency situations and ideally allowed them to organize the audience's exit without causing the chaos and panic that an overt declaration might. Except for impending disaster, circus bands never played the tune under any circumstances.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> One memorable example of its use was during the <a href="/wiki/Hartford_circus_fire" title="Hartford circus fire">Hartford circus fire</a> of July 6, 1944. 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Arranged by American concert pianist <a href="/wiki/Giorgi_Latso" title="Giorgi Latso">Giorgi Latso</a>, performed by <a href="/wiki/The_Latsos_Piano_Duo" title="The Latsos Piano Duo">The Latsos Piano Duo</a></div></div></div></div> <div class="side-box-abovebelow"><hr /><i class="selfreference">Problems playing this file? See <a href="/wiki/Help:Media" title="Help:Media">media help</a>.</i></div> </div> <p>"The Stars and Stripes Forever" follows the standard U.S. <a href="/wiki/American_march_music#Military_march_form" title="American march music">military march form</a>—of repeated phrasing of different <a href="/wiki/Melody" title="Melody">melodies</a> performed in sections called <a href="/wiki/Strain_(music)" title="Strain (music)">strains</a>: a Sousa legacy. Performances vary according to the arrangements of individual band directors or orchestrators, especially regarding <a href="/wiki/Tempo" title="Tempo">tempo</a> and the number and sequence of strains employed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Analysis">Analysis</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Stars_and_Stripes_Forever&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Analysis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The march begins with a four-bar <a href="/wiki/American_march_music#Military_march_form" title="American march music">introduction</a>, following with the <a href="/wiki/American_march_music#Military_march_form" title="American march music">first strain</a>, which is repeated; then the <a href="/wiki/American_march_music#Military_march_form" title="American march music">second strain</a>, which is also repeated; and sometimes both are repeated again if (the band is) marching in parade (or the <a href="/wiki/American_march_music#The_trio_and_repeats" title="American march music">breakstrain</a> may be interjected and repeated). Now follows the dominant <a href="/wiki/Woodwinds" class="mw-redirect" title="Woodwinds">woodwinds</a> in the first run of the famous <a href="/wiki/American_march_music#The_trio_and_repeats" title="American march music">Trio strain</a>—familiar to many for the <a href="#Parody_lyrics">nonsense lyrics</a>: "Be kind to your web-footed friends..."—which repeats, and later repeats again as the piccolos <a href="/wiki/Obligato" class="mw-redirect" title="Obligato">obligato</a>. (Here, in some performances, <a href="#Sousa's_lyrics">Sousa's patriotic lyrics</a> may be sung in a choral overlay.) Then follows the breakstrain, the final strain, and the breakstrain repeated. The final repeats of the Trio (the <a href="/wiki/Grandioso" class="mw-redirect" title="Grandioso">Grandioso</a>) render the famous obligato of the piccolo players—joined to a subdued but prominent <a href="/wiki/Countermelody" class="mw-redirect" title="Countermelody">countermelody</a> by the brass section, then bringing everything to a close with once-more repeats of the grand finale. </p><p>Sousa explained to the press that the three themes of the final trio were intended to represent the three regions of the United States. The broad melody, or main theme, portrays the North. The South is represented by the famous piccolo obligato, and the West by the bold countermelody of the trombones. The three come together in the climax, representing the Union itself.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Instrumentation">Instrumentation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Stars_and_Stripes_Forever&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Instrumentation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The march is written for a standard full American concert band. On the page for <i>The Stars and Stripes Forever</i> on the official United States Marine Band website, under <i>The Complete Marches of John Philip Sousa</i>, additional parts are written in at the bottom of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.marineband.marines.mil/Portals/175/Docs/Audio/Complete%20Marches%20of%20JPS/Volume%203/Scores/stars_and_stripes_ABA.pdf?ver=2020-05-13-171740-703">downloadable score</a>. These parts are from Sousa's Encore Book, and are handwritten for "Drums & Bells" and harp. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lyrics">Lyrics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Stars_and_Stripes_Forever&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Lyrics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sousa's_lyrics"><span id="Sousa.27s_lyrics"></span>Sousa's lyrics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Stars_and_Stripes_Forever&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Sousa's lyrics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sousa wrote the lyrics to the piece, although they are not as familiar as the music itself.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A typical pairing of Sousa's lyrics with various sections of the march—here the First strain and the Grandioso strain—is noted in the colored bars.<sup id="cite_ref-choral_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-choral-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="margin-left: 1em;" class="poem"> <p><b>First strain</b><br /> Let martial note in triumph float<br /> And liberty extend its mighty hand<br /> A flag appears 'mid thunderous cheers,<br /> The banner of the Western land.<br /> The emblem of the brave and true<br /> Its folds protect no tyrant crew;<br /> The red and white and starry blue<br /> Is freedom's shield and hope.<br /> <br /> Let eagle shriek from lofty peak<br /> The never-ending watchword of our land;<br /> Let summer breeze waft through the trees<br /> The echo of the chorus grand.<br /> Sing out for liberty and light,<br /> Sing out for freedom and the right.<br /> Sing out for Union and its might,<br /> O patriotic sons.<br /> <br /> <b>Second strain</b><br /> 𝄆 Other nations may deem their flags the best<br /> And cheer them with fervid elation<br /> But the flag of the North and South and West<br /> Is the flag of flags, the flag of Freedom's nation. 𝄇<br /> <br /> <b>Trio</b><br /> Hurrah for the flag of the free!<br /> May it wave as our standard forever,<br /> The gem of the land and the sea,<br /> The banner of the right.<br /> Let tyrants remember the day<br /> When our fathers with mighty endeavor<br /> Proclaimed as they marched to the fray<br /> That by their might and by their right<br /> It waves forever.<br /> <br /> <b>Grandioso</b><br /> Hurrah for the flag of the free.<br /> May it wave as our standard forever<br /> The gem of the land and the sea,<br /> The banner of the right.<br /> Let tyrants remember the day<br /> When our fathers with mighty endeavor<br /> Proclaimed as they marched to the fray,<br /> That by their might and by their right<br /> It waves forever. </p> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tidmarsh's_additional_lyrics"><span id="Tidmarsh.27s_additional_lyrics"></span>Tidmarsh's additional lyrics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Stars_and_Stripes_Forever&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Tidmarsh's additional lyrics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1942 the <a href="/wiki/John_Church_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="John Church Company">John Church Company</a> published a four-part choral version of the march with a piano arrangement by Elmer Arthur Tidmarsh.<sup id="cite_ref-choral_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-choral-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This arrangement has additional lyrics written by Tidmarsh for the Breakstrain section of the march. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parody_lyrics">Parody lyrics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Stars_and_Stripes_Forever&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Parody lyrics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There is a parody of the lyrics to "The Stars and Stripes Forever" that begins "Be kind to your web-footed friends". Its exact origin is unclear, but versions of it were being quoted as early as the 1930s on college campuses,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and during the 1940s, where it was sung for entertainment by soldiers at the USO.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some newspapers of that time referred to it as the "Duck Song."<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1954, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Randolph_Grean" title="Charles Randolph Grean">Charles Grean</a> and Joan Javits composed "Crazy Mixed Up Song", using these lyrics along with the march's theme. It was made somewhat popular by <a href="/wiki/Peter_Lind_Hayes" title="Peter Lind Hayes">Peter Lind Hayes</a> & <a href="/wiki/Mary_Healy_(entertainer)" title="Mary Healy (entertainer)">Mary Healy</a> in that year.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the early 1960s, it reached a wider audience as a part of <a href="/wiki/Mitch_Miller" title="Mitch Miller">Mitch Miller</a>'s nationally syndicated sing-along show, <i><a href="/wiki/Mitch_Miller" title="Mitch Miller">Sing Along with Mitch</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This version has perhaps the best known lyrics,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which were used to end every show:<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="margin-left: 1em" class="poem"> <p>Be kind to your web-footed friends,<br /> For a duck may be somebody's mother.<br /> Be kind to your friends in the swamp,<br /> Where the weather is very, very damp,<br /> Now, you may think that this is the end,<br /> Well, it is! </p> </div> <p>The last two lines were later used for the theme song of the 1985 television series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Berenstain_Bears_(1985_TV_series)" title="The Berenstain Bears (1985 TV series)">The Berenstain Bears</a></i>, but with the lyrics changed to: </p> <div style="margin-left: 1em" class="poem"> <p>You may think that this starts our show,<br /> Well, it does! </p> </div> <p>Later versions of "Be kind to your web-footed friends" extended the lyrics of the second verse. One popular version goes like this:<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="margin-left: 1em" class="poem"> <p>Be kind to your web-footed friends<br /> For that duck may be somebody's mother,<br /> She lives in a nest in a swamp<br /> Where the weather is always damp.<br /> <br /> You may think that this is the end,<br /> Well it is, but to prove we're all liars,<br /> We're going to sing it again,<br /> Only this time we'll sing a little higher. </p> </div> <p>And the song repeats itself ad infinitum, getting higher in tone each repeat until the singer is ready for the final as per Mitch Miller:<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="margin-left: 1em" class="poem"> <p>You may think that this is the end,<br /> Well, it is! </p> </div> <p>"Well, you're right!" may be substituted for "Well, it is!". </p><p>Another version goes like this: </p> <div style="margin-left: 1em" class="poem"> <p>Be kind to your web-footed friends<br /> For a duck may be somebody's mother,<br /> Be kind to your friends in the camp, <br /> Where the weather is always damp.<br /> <br /> You may think that this is the end,<br /> Well it's not, we are just teasing.<br /> There's something that you need to know,<br /> We're gonna sing it _______________, here we go. </p> </div> <p>The blank may be filled with appropriate adjectives like "low", "high", "silly", "fast", etc., until ready for the finale, when the singer may end with "Well, it is!" as did Mitch Miller. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Soccer_chants">Soccer chants</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Stars_and_Stripes_Forever&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Soccer chants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"<a href="/wiki/Here_We_Go_(football_chant)" title="Here We Go (football chant)">Here We Go</a>", the British <a href="/wiki/Football_chant" title="Football chant">soccer chant</a>, consists of the words "here we go" continuously repeated to the tune of "The Stars and Stripes Forever". It was described by <a href="/wiki/Auberon_Waugh" title="Auberon Waugh">Auberon Waugh</a> as the national anthem of the <a href="/wiki/Social_class_in_the_United_Kingdom#Working_class" title="Social class in the United Kingdom">working classes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the basis of <a href="/wiki/Everton_F.C." title="Everton F.C.">Everton F.C.</a>'s official song for the <a href="/wiki/1984_FA_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1984 FA Cup Final">1984 FA Cup Final</a>. The tune has been repurposed for many other, similarly repetitive, football chants. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Variations_and_notable_uses">Variations and notable uses</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Stars_and_Stripes_Forever&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Variations and notable uses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444" /><table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/The_Stars_and_Stripes_Forever" title="Special:EditPage/The Stars and Stripes Forever">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. 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There was also an orchestral arrangement of the march by <a href="/wiki/Carl_Davis" title="Carl Davis">Carl Davis</a> and David Cullen for the album <i>Carl Conducts...Classical Festival Favourites</i>. Orchestral versions are typically transposed one-half step lower than the original band version, to put the march in a key that is more familiar to string players.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The tune is widely used by soccer fans, with the trio/grandioso section sung with the words "<a href="/wiki/Here_We_Go_(football_chant)" title="Here We Go (football chant)">Here We Go</a>". The supporters of Spanish association football team <a href="/wiki/Valencia_CF" title="Valencia CF">Valencia CF</a> used to sing it with the words <span style="padding-left:.15em;">"</span><i><a href="/wiki/Che_(Spanish)#Other_uses" class="mw-redirect" title="Che (Spanish)">Xe</a> que bó!</i><span style="padding-left:.15em;">"</span> which means something like "Oh! How good" in <a href="/wiki/Valencian_language" title="Valencian language">Valencian</a>, and those words have become a symbol for the team. Another version uses the word <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cheerio" class="extiw" title="wikt:cheerio">cheerio</a> repeatedly, normally sung to players or coaches when they have been <a href="/wiki/Ejection_(sports)" title="Ejection (sports)">sent off</a> or occasionally when an <a href="/wiki/Underdog_(term)" class="mw-redirect" title="Underdog (term)">underdog</a> has ended its opponent's <a href="/wiki/Single-elimination_tournament" title="Single-elimination tournament">cup</a> campaign. Finally, certain clubs such as <a href="/wiki/Forest_Green_Rovers_F.C." title="Forest Green Rovers F.C.">Forest Green</a> or <a href="/wiki/Sunderland_A.F.C." title="Sunderland A.F.C.">Sunderland</a> use the chant just using the club name; this only works if the name has three syllables. A nickname can instead be used for the chant, such as <a href="/wiki/Gateshead_F.C." title="Gateshead F.C.">Gateshead</a> fans chanting "Tynesiders".</li> <li>In the 1933 film <i><a href="/wiki/Duck_Soup_(1933_film)" title="Duck Soup (1933 film)">Duck Soup</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Harpo_Marx" title="Harpo Marx">Harpo Marx</a>, playing Pinky, a spy infiltrating a house in the middle of the night, attempts to open what he believes to be a safe, but turns out to be a large radio, which loudly begins playing "The Stars and Stripes Forever" when he turns the knob. Pinky spends the next several moments futilely (and loudly) trying to quell the noise before throwing the radio out a nearby window.</li> <li>The march was used in the 1939 cartoon <i><a href="/wiki/Officer_Duck" title="Officer Duck">Officer Duck</a>,</i> after Donald Duck successfully subdues Tiny Tom, played by Pete. It is played by a marching band of police officers who further advance Tom's arrest. On the highest note of the brass, Donald kicks Tom on his rear end.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Popeye_the_Sailor_(animated_cartoons)" class="mw-redirect" title="Popeye the Sailor (animated cartoons)">Classic Popeye the Sailor cartoons</a> by Fleischer Studios make frequent use of the tune in the music score accompanying the climactic fight between Popeye and the villain starting with the moment Popeye gets a spinach power boost.</li> <li>Parts of the tune feature in two <a href="/wiki/Laurel_and_Hardy" title="Laurel and Hardy">Laurel and Hardy</a> short films, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Chimp_(1932_film)" title="The Chimp (1932 film)">The Chimp</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Come_Clean_(1931_film)" title="Come Clean (1931 film)">Come Clean</a></i>.</li> <li>In show business, as said before, particularly <a href="/wiki/Theater" class="mw-redirect" title="Theater">theater</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Circus" title="Circus">circus</a>, this piece is called "the Disaster March". It is a traditional code signaling a life-threatening emergency. This helps theater personnel to handle events and organize the audience's exit without panic. Circus bands never play it under any other circumstances. One memorable example of its use was at the <a href="/wiki/Hartford_Circus_Fire" class="mw-redirect" title="Hartford Circus Fire">Hartford Circus Fire</a> in July 1944, in which at least 160 people were killed.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A 1952 biographical film, <i><a href="/wiki/Stars_and_Stripes_Forever_(film)" title="Stars and Stripes Forever (film)">Stars and Stripes Forever</a></i>, gives an account of the composer's life and music.</li> <li>Russian-American pianist <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Horowitz" title="Vladimir Horowitz">Vladimir Horowitz</a> wrote a famous transcription of "The Stars and Stripes Forever" for solo <a href="/wiki/Piano" title="Piano">piano</a> to celebrate his becoming an American citizen. In an interview, Horowitz opined that the march, being a military march, is meant to be played at a walking tempo. He complained that many conductors played the piece too fast, resulting in music that is "hackneyed".</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timmy_Mallett" title="Timmy Mallett">Timmy Mallett</a> was fond of chanting "Wacaday, Wacaday, Wacaday" to the tune in children's TV show <i><a href="/wiki/Wacaday" title="Wacaday">Wacaday</a></i>, often getting child guests to do the same.</li> <li>In "<a href="/wiki/Evolution_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)" title="Evolution (Star Trek: The Next Generation)">Evolution</a>", the first episode of the <a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation_(season_3)" class="mw-redirect" title="Star Trek: The Next Generation (season 3)">third season</a> of the television series <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation" title="Star Trek: The Next Generation">Star Trek: The Next Generation</a></i>, a malfunction in the ship's systems causes the main computer to play Sousa's march on all channels throughout the ship. The episode was first aired on September 25, 1989.</li> <li>The song is usually played for the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a> after he gives a speech at a public forum, event, or ceremony, whereas "<a href="/wiki/Hail_to_the_Chief" title="Hail to the Chief">Hail to the Chief</a>" is played when the President is introduced.</li> <li>The tune of the song appears in the <a href="/wiki/Horton_Hears_a_Who!_(TV_special)" title="Horton Hears a Who! (TV special)">1970 animated TV special adaptation</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/Horton_Hears_a_Who!" title="Horton Hears a Who!">Horton Hears a Who!</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Dr._Seuss" title="Dr. Seuss">Dr. Seuss</a>, used as the melody for the song <i>Be Kind To Your Small Person Friends</i>.</li> <li>In 1981, <a href="/wiki/Fingerstyle_guitar" title="Fingerstyle guitar">fingerstyle guitarist</a> <a href="/wiki/Guy_Van_Duser" title="Guy Van Duser">Guy Van Duser</a> made an arrangement of the march for guitar. It was later performed by guitarists such as <a href="/wiki/Chet_Atkins" title="Chet Atkins">Chet Atkins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rick_Foster" title="Rick Foster">Rick Foster</a> and Doug Smith.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The march was used during the Opening Ceremonies of the <a href="/wiki/1984_Summer_Olympics" title="1984 Summer Olympics">1984</a>, <a href="/wiki/1996_Summer_Olympics" title="1996 Summer Olympics">1996</a> and <a href="/wiki/2002_Winter_Olympics" title="2002 Winter Olympics">2002 Olympics</a>, all hosted by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="United States of America">United States of America</a>: while in 1984 was immediately played after the <a href="/wiki/United_States_of_America_at_the_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="United States of America at the Olympics">USA Olympic Team</a> was introduced at the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Memorial_Coliseum" title="Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum">Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum</a>, both in 1996 and 2002 the tune was played after <a href="/wiki/John_Williams" title="John Williams">John Williams</a> <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Fanfare" class="mw-redirect" title="Olympic Fanfare">Olympic Fanfare</a> (that "introduced" Team USA at the former <a href="/wiki/Centennial_Olympic_Stadium" title="Centennial Olympic Stadium">Centennial Olympic Stadium</a> and six years later at <a href="/wiki/Rice-Eccles_Olympic_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium">Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium</a>).</li> <li>The march was adapted for the theme song to <a href="/wiki/The_Berenstain_Bears_(1985_TV_series)" title="The Berenstain Bears (1985 TV series)"><i>The Berenstain Bears</i></a> 1985 cartoon.</li> <li>An 8-bit version of the song is used in the <a href="/wiki/MS-DOS" title="MS-DOS">MS-DOS</a> and <a href="/wiki/Commodore_64" title="Commodore 64">Commodore 64</a> versions of <a href="/wiki/Wheel_of_Fortune_(American_game_show)" title="Wheel of Fortune (American game show)">Wheel of Fortune</a> when solving a puzzle correctly.</li> <li>The student band <a href="/wiki/Strindens_Promenade_Orchester" title="Strindens Promenade Orchester">Strindens Promenade Orchester</a> in <a href="/wiki/Trondheim" title="Trondheim">Trondheim</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a>, has the world record in "speed playing" of "The Stars and Stripes Forever" (absolutely all notes must be played). The band calls their speedy rendering of the march "Stars and Stri<i>b</i>es", and performs the march at all solemn occasions at the <a href="/wiki/Studentersamfundet_i_Trondhjem" class="mw-redirect" title="Studentersamfundet i Trondhjem">Trondheim Student Society</a>. Set during the fall term of 1999, the record time is 50.9 seconds (nominal time is 3 minutes 50 seconds). For this, the band is noted in the Norwegian edition of the <a href="/wiki/Guinness_Book_of_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Guinness Book of Records">Guinness Book of Records</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>The march in a specific rendition is in the soundtrack of the video game <i><a href="/wiki/Postal_2" title="Postal 2">Postal 2</a></i>, where it's performed by the <a href="/wiki/Marching_band" title="Marching band">marching band</a>.</li> <li>American composer <a href="/wiki/Robert_W._Smith_(musician)" title="Robert W. Smith (musician)">Robert W. Smith</a> parodied <i>Stars and Stripes Forever</i> along with "Jingle Bells" with his composition "Jingle Bells Forever", published by Alfred Publishing Co.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 2008, the <a href="/wiki/Muppets" class="mw-redirect" title="Muppets">Muppets</a> performed a web version starring <a href="/wiki/Sam_Eagle" title="Sam Eagle">Sam the Eagle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beaker_(muppet)" class="mw-redirect" title="Beaker (muppet)">Beaker</a>, a clucking <a href="/wiki/Chicken" title="Chicken">chicken</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bobo_the_Bear" class="mw-redirect" title="Bobo the Bear">Bobo the Bear</a>, <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Chef" title="Swedish Chef">The Swedish Chef</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Crazy_Harry" class="mw-redirect" title="Crazy Harry">Crazy Harry</a>.</li> <li>The video game <i><a href="/wiki/Fallout_3" title="Fallout 3">Fallout 3</a></i> has the <i>Stars and Stripes Forever</i> as one of the songs on the Enclave Radio.</li> <li>In 2009, <a href="/wiki/Fetch!_with_Ruff_Ruffman" title="Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman">Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman</a> used this tune as a jingle in advertising character Ruff Ruffman's "RuffMeal" in the episode "The RuffMeal Needs More Roughage".</li> <li>At the conclusion of WWE's <a href="/wiki/Extreme_Rules_(2011)" title="Extreme Rules (2011)">Extreme Rules</a> pay-per-view in 2011, <i>Stars and Stripes Forever</i> played following <a href="/wiki/John_Cena" title="John Cena">John Cena</a> announcing the <a href="/wiki/Reactions_to_the_death_of_Osama_bin_Laden" class="mw-redirect" title="Reactions to the death of Osama bin Laden">death of Osama Bin Laden</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was also played during the January 5, 2015 episode of <i><a href="/wiki/WWE_Raw" title="WWE Raw">WWE Raw</a></i> from <a href="/wiki/Corpus_Christi,_Texas" title="Corpus Christi, Texas">Corpus Christi, Texas</a>, also involving Cena, during the main event segment called <i>John Cena Appreciation Night</i>, where <a href="/wiki/The_Authority_(professional_wrestling)" title="The Authority (professional wrestling)">The Authority</a> (<a href="/wiki/Triple_H" title="Triple H">Triple H</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stephanie_McMahon" title="Stephanie McMahon">Stephanie McMahon</a>) thanked Cena for (<a href="/wiki/Kayfabe" title="Kayfabe">kayfabe</a>) re-hiring them following the previous year's <a href="/wiki/Survivor_Series_(2014)" title="Survivor Series (2014)">Survivor Series</a> event's main event match, only to slander him and then (kayfabe) fire his teammates from that night, <a href="/wiki/Dolph_Ziggler" title="Dolph Ziggler">Dolph Ziggler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ryback" title="Ryback">Ryback</a> and <a href="/wiki/Erick_Rowan" title="Erick Rowan">Erick Rowan</a>. <a href="/wiki/Big_Show" title="Big Show">The Big Show</a>, who was also Cena's teammate during the aforementioned match, was not fired since he turned his back on Cena during the match and then joined The Authority. Balloons and confetti then fell from the rafters as Cena and his teammates stood in the ring, dejected, as the song played.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In Argentina, a sensationalist news channel, <a href="/wiki/Cr%C3%B3nica_TV" title="Crónica TV">Crónica TV</a>, always uses the first 22 seconds of this march as a background music on reporting breaking news stories.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Grateful_Dead" title="Grateful Dead">Grateful Dead</a> finished their 50th reunion concert on July 4, 2015 with fireworks accompanied by a recording of "The Stars and Stripes Forever", in front of 70,000 people in <a href="/wiki/Soldier_Field" title="Soldier Field">Soldier Field</a> in Chicago.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 2022, a <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">March Madness</a>–themed commercial from <a href="/wiki/Capital_One" title="Capital One">Capital One</a> featured the opening notes of "The Stars and Stripes Forever" being played by a marching band led by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Barkley" title="Charles Barkley">Charles Barkley</a>, who claimed to represent a fictional university named "Chuck U". <a href="/wiki/Samuel_L._Jackson" title="Samuel L. Jackson">Samuel L. Jackson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Spike_Lee" title="Spike Lee">Spike Lee</a> are also featured in the commercial.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Boston_Pops_Orchestra" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston Pops Orchestra">Boston Pops Orchestra</a> is well known for playing "The Stars and Stripes Forever", especially as an encore.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 2,</span> 2006</span>. <q>The composition by John Philip Sousa entitled 'The Stars and Stripes Forever' is the national march.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=United+States+Code&rft.atitle=36+U.S.+Code+%C2%A7+304+%E2%80%93+National+march&rft.date=1998-08-12&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.law.cornell.edu%2Fuscode%2Ftext%2F36%2F304-&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Stars+and+Stripes+Forever" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120606011809/https://www.pbs.org/capitolfourth/starsandstripes.html">"The Story of 'Stars and Stripes Forever'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Public_Broadcasting_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Broadcasting Service">Public Broadcasting Service</a>. 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