The original Pepperdine Fight Song was written in 1946 by Pepperdine alumnus Chuck Baber. After decades without a fight song, Pepperdine University had a contest looking for someone to write a new fight song. In 1979, Marc McGee, who worked for Pepperdine Student Recruitment and Admissions at the time, won the contest by writing "Fight for Pepperdine." With the help of Eric Iverson, who worked in the Music Department and helped arrange the song, Pepperdine had a new fight song. In 2008, UCLA's Jay Dillon rearranged the fight song. In 2021, Jimmy Dunne created a new arrangement with updated lyrics. Dunne also wrote a new alma mater for the University.
Fight For Pepperdine
Up on the hills of Malibu...
We are the Waves of Orange & Blue
Waves. Will.
Waves. Will. Crush. You!
We're gonna fight, fight, fight For Pepperdine!
We're gonna win for the Orange and the Blue!
The mountains and the sea inspire victory in the waves of Malibu!
We're gonna fight, fight, fight for Pepperdine!
And show our pride now for everyone to see
Come on and raise your voice
to show the world your choice
And cheer our team to victory!
Go Waves!
Fight! Fight! Fight!
We're gonna fight, fight, fight for Pepperdine!
We're gonna win for the Orange and the Blue!
The mountains and the sea inspire victory in the waves of Malibu!
We're gonna fight, fight, fight for Pepperdine!
And show our pride now for everyone to see
Come on and raise your voice
to show the world your choice
And cheer our team to victory!
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Alma Mater:Â We Will Climb
In front of me, the most amazing vista
All I see—the richest college memories
Looking back,
I realize I’m right where I should be
Will I climb
Will I dare to dream
The light of the lantern
Will it shine through me
Will I catch
A wondrous wave
Will I ride on a crest
That shapes my days
And when the storms out on the sea
Test all I’m born to be
I will draw from my days here
You’ll always be, always be with me
We will climb
We will dare to dream
The light of the lantern
It will shine through me
We will climb
We will reach for more
We’ll hold this light together
We’ll share these days forever
We will climb
Pepperdine
Pepperdine
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