Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part I of a two part pancocojams series that presents a small number of titles of popular stomp & shake cheers that have been attributed to a specific stomp & shake cheerleading squad and/ or have been popularized by specific cheerleading teams or other entities*.
These cheers are from cheerleading squads on middle schools (or younger), high schools, or universities.
These posts don't include the words for these stomp &
shake cheers.**
THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. Please add to these list and include any documentation that you are aware of. Thanks!
The content of this post is presented for historical,
cultural, and recreational purposes.
Thanks to all the originators and the popularizers** of these
cheers and thanks to ll of the past and present members of the cheerleading
teams who are noted in this pancocojams post.
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*By "popularized" I mean a cheerleading squad or some other entity such as a movie or another mass media entity that was the first or the most well known entity to popularize a stomp & shake cheer when the originator for that cheer isn't known, or even if the originator for that cheer is known (Example: "Shabooya Roll Call" was featured in Spike Lee's 1996 movie Get On The Bus and was popularized by the 2006 cheerleader movie Bring It All Or Nothing. However, there's anecdotal records that "Shabooya Roll Call" was performed by African American high school cheerleaders before either of those movies.)
**Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/06/examples-of-stomp-shake-cheerleading.html for Part I of a three part pancocojams series entitled "Words For Some Stomp & Shake Cheerleading Cheers." The links to the other posts in that series are given in each of those posts.
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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
Most traditional, mainstream ("Go team go") cheers have no known composer.
They are called "universal cheers" only because it's likely that no
attempt was made to document their composers. But that doesn't have to be the
fate of stomp & shake cheers. We can do the work that is needed to document
which cheerleading squad was the first to perform a specific stomp & shake
cheer.
Just as it is routine for collectors of songs and rhymes to attempt to gather as much demographic information as possible (such as who, where & when), it should be routine for people interested in stomp & shake cheers to document which stomp & shake cheerleader squad (and/or the member/s of that squad) composed specific cheers, when that was, and if the words for that cheer were modified by that squad, when that occurred.
These attributions include online links for sources, or other citations. In some cases, the term "YouTube videos" are used when I (and/or others) believe that those videos attribute that particular cheerleading squad as the original composer of that cheer.
Unfortunately, this project is complicated as there is disagreement among some stomp & shake cheerleading squads about which squad performed specific cheers first, and/or whether a particular cheer that is associated with one stomp & shake cheerleading squad is based on a cheer that is attributed to another stomp & shake squad. This list might include such entries, along with the notes that indicates this disagreement.
Unless former and present day stomp & shake cheerleaders and others people who have direct knowledge about the composition of stomp & shake cheers begin to document which cheers were originally composed by which cheerleading squads, any attempts to document those cheers will be in vain. Instead, just like traditional cheers, all or most stomp & shake cheers will be considered "universal cheers" with no squad given their proper respect for their compositions.
I hope this doesn't happen, but I'm concerned that it will.
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LISTS OF STOMP & SHAKE CHEER TITLES WITH ATTRIBUTIONS (A-P)
The entries on this list includes link to a pancocojams post that features that cheer or a link to a YouTube video of that cheer.
When possible, these attributions are given with dates and
with online documentation (as is the case with WSSU’s cheer "Rock" in Part III of this series.)
Note- Multiple cheers can have the same title or very similar titles, but different words.
"ALL Y' ALL CHEERS ARE BORING"
Western Guilford Middle School, Greensboro, North Carolina. This cheerleader team's name is "The Tigers".
https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/05/similarities-and-differences-between.html
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"BEST GET BACK"
Virginia State University Cheerleaders The Woo Woos
(also popularized by SASSY cheerleaders from Prince George County High School, Virginia).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P3qHt49qPU and video/my notes included in Part I of pancocojams compilation of stomp & shake cheers
https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/06/examples-of-stomp-shake-cheerleading.html
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C, D
originator?
(popularized by a number of high school YouTube videos.
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Update: Here's the response that I received from Dana Robinson on July 6, 2017. Thanks, Dana!
"Azizi Powell The full school name is Crispus Attucks Medical Magnet High School and it's located in Indianapolis, Indiana. This school was built in the 1920's for the African American population of indianapolis as an answer to segregation. There is a museum located within the school as this was the first school with an all African American basketball team to win its state finals. A basketball great that came from this school is Oscar Robertson who played for a number of NBA teams. This is an article done by IndyStar, the Indianapolis newspaper, highlighting stomp and shake cheerleading and the Attucks cheerleaders.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10155193197523914&id=347221378913 ),,,
Click Part I of https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/06/examples-of-stomp-shake-cheerleading.html for three other 2016 examples of this cheer.
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"DON'T STOP. ROCK WITH IT"
Originator- Winston-Salem State University cheerleaders/WSSU ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPgNkpo9Z-g
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E, F
"FIGHT THE POWER"
Winston Salem State University (WSSU, Winston-Salem, North Carolina)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyRaRAge3PE WSSU CHEERLEADERS GETTIN' CRUNK
published by CHEERPHI., Feb 22, 2008
"WSSU CHEERLEADERS SHOWING U HOW IT SHOULD BE DONE AT THE
ULTIMATE CHEER & DANCE EXPERIENCE TRIAD HIGH SCHOOL CHEERLEADING
COMPETITION 2007"
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2012/01/stomp-shake-cheerleading-who-cheers.html for a video of this cheer and forvthe words to this cheer.
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"FIRE IT UP"
Originator- Winston-Salem State University cheerleaders/WSSU ?
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words posted by Nakayla Lane, 2011; quoted in
https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/06/examples-of-stomp-shake-cheerleading.html
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This commenter corrected the words that another person wrote for this cheer, saying "i Would Know Because I go To West Meck".
I remember reading in at least one YouTube discussion thread that WSSU had (has?) cheer camps for middle/high school students in their area which is where a commenter wrote she learned their cheers/cheer routines.
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G, H
"GET UP"
Howard University, Washington, D.C. Cheerleaders
MarcJamesEwell, Published on Sep 11, 2011
Howard University Cheer @ the Howard vs. Morehouse AT&T Classic Game. Look how they got the crowd going. Go Beautiful Bison Women!
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The video that was embedded with this example is no longer available
Here's one of two comments that I quoted from that now deleted video's discussion thread:
datchik75715, 2013
"GET UP OUT OF YOUR SEAT"
Winston-Salem State University cheerleaders/WSSU
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The words for this cheer were published in a YouTube video's discussion thread by cbutterfly95, 2015; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUp8jrbMht4&ab_channel=proximafase
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HUSTLE!!!!
Livingstone College cheerleaders, Salisbury, North Carolina
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/06/examples-of-stomp-shake-cheerleading.html
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"I BET YOU WON’T GET BUCK "
Monroe High School (Albany Georgia)
Here's an A I overview result for my question "Which cheerleading team was the first to publish a video of "I Bet You Won't Get Buck?
"The Monroe High School cheerleaders (specifically featuring
squad members like Audri Williams) are widely credited as the first team to
make the "I Bet You Won't Get Buck" (or "Cut Up")
stomp-and-shake cheer go viral on social media, sparking a massive TikTok trend
in late 2022.For a look at the original viral performance that started the
online craze:0:23I bet you won't get buck! 🤩 #monroecheerleaders
#fypaudriwill_TikTok• Dec 10, 2022
Since the Monroe squad's initial uploads, the chant has evolved into a staple across various high school and competitive programs."...
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Here's an A I Overview response to my question "Where is the Monroe High School located; with stomp and shake cheerleaders who have gone viral with some of their cheers?
" The viral Monroe High School stomp and shake cheerleaders are located at Monroe Comprehensive High School in Albany, Georgia."...
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/06/examples-of-stomp-shake-cheerleading_29.html for a version of the words to this cheer and a YouTube video of another cheerleading team performing this basketball cheer. (Sorry, I can't embed Tik Tok videos on this blog.)
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IT TAKES A
originator- North Carolina A&T University (?)
Here's a video of this cheer performed by Howard University Cheerleaders (Washington, D.C with the words "It takes a Bison" (their athletic team's name and their cheerleading team's name).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8UaG7o-Emk, "Howard University "Bison" Cheerleaders"
CoachSpence,Oct 19, 2006
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Here's a comment from that video's discussion thread:
"@candyman5228, 2018
"NC A & T Aggie Nation !!! This is there original cheer
but I guess cheers are universal soo.. GO HU!❤️"
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JUMP ON IT
originator- Virginia State University Woo Woo cheerleaders
Featured video: SASSY (Jump On It)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1xn9FA2AaE
woowooworkit, Published on Jan 30, 2007, Prince Edward Varsity Cheerleaders
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/06/examples-of-stomp-shake-cheerleading_29.html
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"I SEE YOU WANT TO BE"
NC A&T Cheerleaders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZDoZBLuouI
Kevin Crawford, Published on Mar 17, 2017
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(NC A&T), North Carolina Agricultural & Technological University is located in the city of Greensboro, North Carolina.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/06/examples-of-stomp-shake-cheerleading_29.html
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IT'S CALLED SURVIVAL
Winston-Salem State University cheerleaders/WSSU
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/06/examples-of-stomp-shake-cheerleading_29.html
2012 WSSU Cheerleaders, It's called Survival
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K, L
LET'S GO BRONCOS
Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Christopher Blacksher Published on Oct 4, 2015
[video's summary statement: Fayetteville State University's own cheerleading squad performs their signature and most poplar cheer during the FSU vs Lincoln University of Pennsylvania football game on October 3, 2015.]
An earlier video of FSU performing this cheer from 2009 is also featured on https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/06/examples-of-stomp-shake-cheerleading_29.html
Fayetteville State University (FSU) is located in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
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M, N
NO SMOKE (YOU DON'T WANT NO SMOKE)
Monroe High School Cheerleaders (Monroe, Georgia)
AI Overview:
"The viral "No Smoke" (You Don't Want No Smoke) stomp-and-shake
cheer was popularized by the Monroe High School Cheerleaders (Monroe, Georgia).
They originally published one of the earliest and most widely viewed videos of
this specific cheer on their social media platforms in early 2019.The Monroe
squad's 2019 performance footage helped establish the phrase as a cultural
staple in modern cheerleading. You can watch their early Monroe video directly on Facebook."
https://www.facebook.com/monroecheerleaders/videos/no-smoke-you-dont-want-it-ig-monroecheerleaders/806985626317271/ MCHS Cheerleaders, January 11, 2019.
Also, click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/06/examples-of-stomp-shake-cheerleading_29.html for the words to that viral cheer and a video of that cheer.
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O, P
PUT THAT BALL UP IN THE HOOP
originator ?
(This video helped that stomp and shake basketball cheer go viral: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhc3XCXl7xA , published by TINA PLUNK, August 15, 2018
Also, click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/06/examples-of-stomp-shake-cheerleading_29.html for the words to that viral cheer and a video of that cheer.
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This concludes Part I of this two part pancocojams series.
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