Sport Examples Of "I Believe That We Will Win" Chant (information & videos)

  

Dirt Bike Ricers, Jun 26, 2014

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post presents some some information about the "I believe that we will win" chant (also known as the "I Believe" chant.) 

This post also showcases seven sports videos of the "I believe that we will win" chant.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/08/examples-of-i-believe-that-we-will-win.html for the closely related pancocojams post "Examples Of "I Believe That We Will Win" Chant At Political Rallies & Protests (along with a video of Pop Singer Pittbull's "I Believe We Can Win" Pop Song)".

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All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Naval Academy Preparatory School (NAPS) student Jay Rodriguez, the creator of this chant. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to all the publishers of these videos on YouTube.

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE  " I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN" CHANT
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_believe_that_we_will_win!
" "I believe that we will win!" is a chant commonly performed at American sporting events. Originating in the Naval Academy Preparatory School, it became a tradition among fans and students of the United States Naval Academy, with other schools later also adapting the phrase. In 2014, the chant gained national recognition as a rallying call among United States men's national soccer team (USMNT) fans for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, becoming an unofficial motto of The American Outlaws supporters' group.

The chant is a call and response interaction between two parties. It begins with one call of "I", "I believe", followed by "I believe that", and "I believe that we", before concluding with repeated shouts of "I believe that we will win!"[1]

History

In 1998, Naval Academy Preparatory School (NAPS) student Jay Rodriguez was assigned to create a chant to be used by his platoon and came up with "I believe that we will win!". It was first used during a NAPS basketball game against the United States Military Academy Preparatory School in Newport, Rhode Island. A year later, now a Naval Academy student, Rodriguez taught it to his classmate, cheerleader Corey Strong, who began using it during the 1999 Army–Navy Game; in the fourth quarter of the 19–9 Navy victory, Strong led the 4,000-student Brigade of Midshipmen in the chant.[3] In 2003, the Midshipmen team showed marked improvement over their 3–30 record in the last three years; during a game against the No. 25-ranked Air Force Falcons at FedExField, Navy students began reciting the chant as the Midshipmen won 28–25. In preparation for the Army–Navy Game later that year, Navy sold T-shirts with the phrase written on them.[2] The chant is currently performed by midshipmen in the closing stages of a victory.[3]

The chant eventually spread to other college sports, with fans of the Utah State Aggies men's basketball team adopting its usage in 2009.[4] .

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San Diego State University trademark

Strong, who was taught the chant by Rodriguez, was later stationed in San Diego and earned his Master of Business Administration at San Diego State University (SDSU).[12] In 2011, SDSU clothing store Aztec Shops Ltd. attempted to trademark the phrase.[4] Strong opposed the trademark, stating "everybody would be best served if they removed their attempt to trademark the cheer" and that the Naval Academy would be resisting it.[12] In 2017, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board rejected the trademark, saying it had been "widely used over a long period of time by various groups."[13]

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Non-sports usage

After the death of Osama bin Laden in 2011, the Naval Academy celebrated with Commandant Robert E. Clark II. Clark led the midshipmen in a modified chant of "I believe that we have won!"[17]

The chant has also seen use in protest, such as during the Occupy Wall Street march in 2011. The Florida-based organization Dream Defenders adopted the phrase for protests following the 2012 killing of Trayvon Martin, used during a protest at the Florida state capital in 2012.[18] Phil Agnew of the Dream Defenders also led the chant during the 50th anniversary of the "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom" in 2013, leading to its nationwide prominence during Black Lives Matter protests between 2012 and 2016.[19]

On April 13, 2020, Pitbull released a promotional single titled "I Believe That We Will Win (World Anthem)" (which samples the "I believe that we will win!" chant) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The song inspires those affected by the COVID-19 outbreak to lift themselves up and rise above the situation. The promotional single was premiered in full on April 12 on the virtual TrillerFest, and made its TV debut on April 13 on Good Morning America. An accompanying music video was also released. Pitbull is donating all proceeds from song sales, streaming, and views to COVID-19 affiliated nonprofits.[20]”...
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The original way of performing the "I believe that we will win" chant is in a call and response pattern as described above in that Wikipedia page. This Wikipedia description doesn't note that a lead caller or callers begin the chant and that when the entire chant is shouted in unison, the chanters are quite boisterous and are usually jumping up and down while they are chanting. 

Eventually, some people modified that pattern of performing the "I believe that we will win" chant. Instead of using that call and response pattern, chanters use/d a pattern in which the entire line of the chant is repeated in unison, or the chanters were/are divided into two groups who perform the chant as a musical round.

This "round" pattern results in a much more rhythmic rendition of the "I believe that we will win" chant. I've only come across a few examples of either one of these modified performance styles for the "I Believe That We Will Win" chant, and -with regard to the "in the round" version, the same Washington D.C. (August 11, 2025) video clip that is showcased in the pancocojams post whose link is given above has been published in at least two different YouTube videos. 

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SELECTED VIDEOS OF " I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN" CHANT (sports, and American Pop music)

These examples are given in chronological order except for Videos #1 and #2.

Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.

With the exception of Video #3, the "I believe that we will win" chant in these videos are performed as described in the Wikipedia page excerpt that is given above.

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VIDEO #1
This video is found at the top of this post. 

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VIDEO #2 - ESPN HISTORY OF I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN CHANT

BOBWASTINGTIME, Jun 30, 2014

ESPN ORIGIN I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN WITH BRICK TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL DRAGONS. a Navy Cheerleader Started the Viral 'I Believe That We Will Win' USA Soccer Chant 15 Years Ago

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VIDEO #3- "I Believe That We Will WIn" Chant by the SDSU SHOW!

TheAztecInsider, Feb 27, 2011

http://twitter.com/#!/TheAztecInsider Recorded on February 26, 2011 by The Aztec Insider before SDSU Aztecs game against BYU at Viejas Arena. Features the World Famous San Diego State Pep and Student Section known as...The SHOW. Chant takes place one minute prior to the opening tip. The guest chant leaders are the 2011 seniors from the San Diego State Football Team.

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VIDEO #4 - Utah State University (USU) Basketball "I Believe That We Will Win" Chant

EventPicz.com. Feb 27, 2011

USU Students doing the "I Believe" chant at the last home Men's Basketball game of the 2011 regular season.  Full student section with blue latex gloves. This is the same cheer/chant that is becoming famous in the 2014 World Cup with a commercial.

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VIDEO #5-Young Rome feat. JagSwag - I Believe That We Will Win

Uptown Rome, Feb 5, 2013

Shot by DreamVision+ produced by Sparks for The Augusta State Men's Basketball Team

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VIDEO #6 - I believe that we will win! Army Navy 2014

 

Kat H, Dec 16, 2014

Commandant of Midshipmen, Captain Bill Byrne leads the Brigade in the 'I believe' chant as America's team secures it's 13'th consecutive victory over Army.

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VIDEO #7 - Tech N9ne leads The Cauldron's "I Believe" chant before SKC's home opener

 

Kansas City Star, Mar 12, 2016

Rapper Tech N9ne led the traditional pregame "I Believe" chant from The Cauldron on Saturday at Children's Mercy Park where Sporting Kansas City played its home opener against the Vancouver Whitecaps. -snip- SKC (Sporting Kansas City) "is an American professional soccer club based in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The club competes in Major League Soccer as a member of the Western Conference" [Wikipedia]

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Non-Military Examples Of "Everywhere We Go/People Want To Know"

Edited by Azizi Powell

UPDATE: Nov. 20. 2022

This pancocojams post showcases four non-military examples of "Everywhere We Go". These examples are from an American movie, an American commercial, an American camp, an Italian football (soccer) game, and an English football (soccer) football game.

The content of this post is presented for folkloric, cultural, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE

My guess is that military examples and non-military examples the cadence/chant "Everywhere We Go" is a brief clip of two line from the Army cadence "Army Goes Rolling Along".  that were adapted into a call and response format.

Here's some information about that cadence from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Army_Goes_Rolling_Along
"  "The Army Goes Rolling Along" is the official song of the United States Army[1] and is typically called "The Army Song". It is adapted from an earlier work titled the "U.S. Field Artillery March".

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"Also known as   "The Army Song"

Lyrics     Harold W. Arberg, November 1956

Music    John Philip Sousa, 1917

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Lyrics
The following lyrics are to "The Army Goes Rolling Along." This is the current official version, dating to 1956. As of May 8, 2013, only the first verse, the chorus, and refrain are sung.

Verse:

March along, sing our song, with the Army of the free

Count the brave, count the true, who have fought to victory

We're the Army and proud of our name

We're the Army and proudly proclaim

First Chorus:

First to fight for the right,

And to build the Nation’s might,

And The Army Goes Rolling Along

Proud of all we have done,

Fighting 'til the battle’s won,

And the Army Goes Rolling Along.

Refrain:

Then it's Hi! Hi! Hey!

The Army's on its way.

Count off the cadence loud and strong

For where e’er we go,

You will always know

That The Army Goes Rolling Along."...

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This is just part of that song. I added italics for the "everywhere we go" lyrics.
  
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2013/11/everywhere-we-go-marine-corp-cadence.html for a pancocojams post that features examples of USMC versions of "Everywhere We Go".

WARNING: The examples of military cadences in that post are "clean" ("family friendly"). However, many other examples of military cadences & many comments about military cadences that are found in the website links given below (particularly in the Wikipedia page on cadences and in many YouTube viewer comment threads), as well as in many other websites/blogs about military cadences often contain profanity, explicit sexual references, excessive violence, and other content which isn't suitable for children.

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EXAMPLE ADDED Nov. 20, 2022
Notice that the lyrics (but not the tune) for the first part of this Italian chant is probably lifted from the American cadence "Everywhere We Go/People Want To Know".

From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RuMgKUmzf8, published by Sagnik Bose,2022

comment by ClaudeMagicbox, 2022
"One of the most impressing chants in Italian football, has been constantly performed in 100% of INTERNAZIONALE Milano matches both home and away since 1988 (34 years straight):

IN OGNI POSTO CHE ANDIAMO (Everywhere we go)

...

LA GENTE VUOL SAPERE (People want to know)

...

CHI NOI SIAMO (Who we are)

...

GLIELO DICIAMO (We will tell them)

...

CHI NOI SIAMO! (Who we are!)

(Mani in aria - hands in the air)

SIAMO L'ARMATA NEROAZZURRA E MAI NESSUN CI FERMERÀ (We are the Black&Blue Armada and nobody will ever stop us)

NOI SAREMO SEMPRE QUA, QUANDO L'INTER GIOCHERÀ (We will always be here when Inter will play)

PERCHÉ L'INTER È LA SQUADRA DEGLI ULTRÀ (because Inter is the team of the Ultras)

NERAZZURRO È IL COLORE CHE AMIAMO (Black&Blue are the colors we love)

NERAZZURRO SEI TUTTO PER NOI (Black&Blue are everything for us)

A SANSIRO, IN ITALIA E IN EUROPA (In SanSiro, in Italy and in Europe)

SEI LA FEDE DI NOI TUOI ULTRAS! (You are the Faith of us your Ultras!)

(battimano - hand clapping)

OHOHOOOOHOHOOOOOOHOHOHOOOOOO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0eINLtSqAA
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I added italics to highlight the portion of this chant that I believe comes from the American cadence/chant "Everywhere We Go/People Want To Know". 

-end of Nov. 20.2021 update-

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FEATURED VIDEOS & TEXT EXAMPLES

These examples are posted in chronological order based on their posting date with the oldest dated examples presented first.

WARNING: Although these are "clean" examples, viewer comment threads for these videos may contain profanity, sexually explicit references, racist comments, politically argumentative comments and other content that are inappropriate for people of any age.

Example #1: Remember The Titans - We are the Titans



rudyy16, Uploaded on Jun 21, 2007
we are the titans
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Military cadences used for most non-military purposes are called "chants". This chant begins at .059

This video included Portuguese subtitles on the screen. Here are those words:

Portuguese subtitles from that video:
cinco, seis,
cinco, seis, sete, oito!
Aonde quer que vamos
Sempre nos perguntam
Quem somos
Entao respondemos
Somos os Titas
Os poderosas Titas
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Here's the English language translation:
[One person counts down to the beginning of the chant]*
5,6,
5, 6, 7, 8
Everywhere we go
People wanna know
Who we are
So we tell them
We are the Titans

Mighty Mighty Titans
Ooh ah Oh yeah
Ooh ah oh yeah

[repeat the entire chant a number of times]

*These chants often begin with counting down numbers. This is one way of ensuring that everyone starts chanting & moving [if there is an accompanying routine] at the same time.
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From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remember_the_Titans
"Remember the Titans is a 2000 American sports film produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Boaz Yakin. The plot was conceived from a screenplay written by Gregory Allen Howard. The film is based on the true story of African American coach Herman Boone portrayed by Denzel Washington, as he tries to introduce a racially divided team at the T. C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia during the early 1970s."

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Example #2: Frosted Flakes we are tigers commercial.mpg

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Kevin Moriarty, Uploaded on Jan 8, 2010
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Here are the words to this chant, as posted by countryladyfromNC answered, 2006 on http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061114085652AAUXC6I

WE ARE THE TIGERS
we are the tigers

THE MIGHTY MIGHTY TIGERS
the mighty mighty tigers

EVERYWHERE WE GO
everywhere we go

PEOPLE WANNA KNOW
people wanna know

WHO WE ARE
who we are

SO WE TELL THEM
so we tell them

WE ARE THE TIGERS!!
we are the tigers!!

THE MIGHTY MIGHTY TIGERS!!
the mighy mighy tigers
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The caller's words are capitalized.

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Example #3: Everywhere We Go

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CampHerrlich, Uploaded on Jun 26, 2010
Fun Camp song complete with Kazoos!
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Transcription*
Everywhere we go
People always ask us
Who we are
Where do we come from
We always tell them
We come from Wilbur Herrlich**
And if they can’t hear us
We shout a little louder.

[continue from the beginning, each time getting louder]
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*Transcription by Azizi Powell

**Substitute the name of your city or camp, or school or other group
Some versions add the line “and we can’t be prouder” after this line

Note: Some versions of "Everywhere we go", after the line "We come from ___", this line is added "and we can’t be prouder”.
Also note that some versions of "Everywhere we go" end with the line “If they can’t hear us, they must be Deaf. However, I think that reference is insensitive. Instead of that line, my suggestion is that at the end of the last & loudest rendition, the group can yell “YEAH!

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Example #4: Everywhere We Go', Barmy Army, 5th day/5th Ashes Test, SCG 2011, recorded in the crowd.

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gogetyerselfalife, Uploaded on Jan 6, 2011

Play this very LOUD and scare the neighbours. My best recording of the Barmy Army singing 'Everywhere We Go', final day of 5th Test @ SCG, Sydney, Australia, Ashes tour 2010-2011. This was about an hour before England cleaned up the last 3 wkts to win the Test by an innings, and make the final score England 3, Australia 1. Also see my channel to watch the 'Moment of Victory' with the Last Post playing when the final wicket falls and the Barmy Army chants '3-0 to the Ingerland'.
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Here the words to that chant:
http://test.barmyarmy.com/barmysongs/

[caller]: Everywhere we go
Crowd: Everywhere we go
The people want to know
The people want to know
Who we are
Who we are
Where we come from
Where we come from
Shall we tell them
Shall we tell them
Who we are
Who we are
Where we come from
Where we come from
We are the England
We are the England
The Mighty Mighty England
The Mighty Mighty England
We are the Army
We are the Army
The Barmy Barmy Army
The Barmy Barmy Army
Andrew Strauss's Barmy Army
Etc Etc

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