# OU Chant > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/OU_Chant > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/OU_Chant.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OU_Chant > Source revision: 1165831178 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1936 song by The Pride of Oklahoma "OU Chant" Song by The Pride of Oklahoma Released 1936 Genre alma mater Songwriter Jessie Lone Clarkson Gilkey The **OU Chant** is the [alma mater](/source/Alma_mater) of the [University of Oklahoma](/source/University_of_Oklahoma). The chant was written in 1936 by Jessie Lone Clarkson Gilkey, the coach of the OU girl's glee club from 1936 to 1938. It is played by [The Pride of Oklahoma](/source/The_Pride_of_Oklahoma) and sung by fans and alumni during pregame festivities prior to home football games in [Oklahoma Memorial Stadium](/source/Oklahoma_Memorial_Stadium). The Chant is played and/or sung at other official University gatherings and sporting events. ## External links - [OU Chant at SoonerSports.com](http://www.soonersports.com/trads/okla-fight-songs.html) v t e University of Oklahoma Academics Advanced Radar Research Center American Indian Law Review Carl Albert Center Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies Institute for U.S.-China Issues Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy Julian P. Kanter Political Commercial Archive K20 Center National Weather Center OU Center for Public Management University of Oklahoma Press Society for Cinema and Media Studies World Literature Today Schools College of Engineering College of Architecture Price College of Business College of Arts and Sciences Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts University College College of Law College of Medicine College of Dentistry Hudson College of Public Health Athletics Facilities Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Kimrey Family Stadium Lloyd Noble Center Love's Field McCasland Field House Culture RUF/NEKS Sooner Schooner Bedlam Boomer and Sooner Boomer Sooner OU Chant Football Seasons Coaches In the NFL draft Red River Showdown Red River Shootout trophies All-Americans Starting QBs Next season Basketball Men's basketball Women's basketball Coaches Men's seasons In the drafts Other sports Baseball Softball Men's gymnastics Women's gymnastics Women's soccer Women's volleyball Campus List of buildings Bizzell Memorial Library Boyd House Carl Albert Center Museum of Art National Weather Center Natural History Museum Student Union Westheimer Airport Student life Oklahoma Daily Campus Corner The Pride of Oklahoma Army ROTC People List of University of Oklahoma people History 2005 bombing 2015 racism incident‎ Kanter Archives Ledbetter House McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents NCAA v. Board of Regents OU-PRIME Sipuel v. Board of Regents OU during the second presidency of Donald Trump Essay controversy Established: 1890 Endowment: $1.65 billion Students: 30,303 This University of Oklahoma-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:UOklahoma-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3AUOklahoma-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:UOklahoma-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [OU Chant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OU_Chant) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OU_Chant?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.