The Brown Band is best known for its scrambling, its skating, and its satire, but few people realize that we are also the only student group to carry on many traditions of Brown that would have otherwise been lost. Most important of these traditions are Brown songs, which were composed upwards of a century ago. Today, the Brown Band brings this music out of commencement ceremonies and alumni reunions and into sporting events and campus marches where they can be heard and enjoyed all over Rhode Island.
2008 Recordings
Over three weeks in 2008, the Brown Band recorded songs that were arranged by members of the Brown University Band.
| Song (Click to listen) | Arranger |
|---|---|
| Brown-Eyed Girl | Nicholas Hagerty '10 |
| Crazy | Stephen Babish '08 |
| Don't Stop Believing | Katherine Fritzsche '10 |
| Fun, Fun, Fun | Nicholas Hagerty '10 |
| Ghostbusters | Eli Fieldsteel '08 |
| Hips Don't Lie | Paula Miller '08 |
| I Touch Myself | Eli Fieldsteel '08 |
| My Sharona | Eli Fieldsteel '08 |
| Stacy's Mom | Eli Fieldsteel '08 |
| Sweet Caroline | Eli Fieldsteel '08 |
| The Hey Song | Eli Fieldsteel '08 |
| Thriller | Eli Fieldsteel '08 |
| Uptown Girl | Eli Fieldsteel '08 |
The Brown University Band 75th Season
The Brown Band's latest CD is The Brown University Band 75th Season. Here is a listing of the tracks off of this CD and for your entertainment, some MP3s and lyrics.
| Track (Click to listen) | Lyrics |
|---|---|
| 1. Brown University Songs, Part 1 | |
| 2. Brown University Songs, Part 2 | |
| 3. The Brown Victory March | |
| 4. The Horse | |
| 5. Brunonia As We Go Marching | |
| 6. Can-Can | |
| 7. Championship: CBS Sports Theme | |
| 8. Horizontal Hold: NFL Today | |
| 9. Bring the Victory to Brown |  |
| 10. Smells Like Teen Spirit | |
| 11. Brown Bear | |
| 12. The Brown Commencement March | |
| 13. On the Chapel Steps | |
| 14. Ki-Yi-Yi | |
| 15. When Our Men Get In the Fray | |
| 16. I'm a Brown Man Born | |
| 17. Alma Mater | |
| 18. For Bruno and For Brown | |
| 19. Brown Forevermore | |
| 20. The Brown Cheering Song | |
| 21. Ever True to Brown (official lyrics) | |
| 22. Joshua | |
| 23. Time Warp | |
| 24. Johnny's Mambo | |
| 25. You Can Call Me Al | |
| 26. Ever True to Brown (unofficial lyrics) | |
The Brown University Band: Dusky
The Brown Band's previous CD was Dusky, which was recorded digitally at Fulton Rehearsal Hall in March of 1993. Here are the tracks and information.
| Track (Click to listen) | Lyrics |
|---|---|
| 1. Fire | |
| 2. Birthday | |
| 3. Overture from "Tommy" | |
| 4. Freeze Frame | |
| 5. Locomotive Breath | |
| 6. Easy Lover | |
| 7. Black Coffee in Bed | |
| 8. Right Here, Right Now | |
| 9. Smells Like Teen Spirit | |
| 10. Born to Run | |
| 11. Heartbreaker | |
| 12. I'm a Brown Man Born | |
| 13. Brunonia (As We Go Marching) | |
| 14. On the Chapel Steps | |
| 15. Bring the Victory to Brown | |
| 16. When Our Men Get In the Fray | |
| 17. Brown Bear | |
| 18. Alma Mater | |
| 19. Ki-Yi-Yi | |
| 20. For Bruno and For Brown | |
| 21. Brown Forevermore | |
| 22. The Brown Cheering Song | |
| 23. Ever True to Brown | |