It’s no secret, we like pep bands.  They add so much to the atmosphere of a college and high school athletic event and when coordinated well, really bring it to a new level.

A few weeks ago, we had the pleasure of hearing a lot of great pep bands during the ACC basketball tournament.  During the tournament, we saw dancing, costumes, and great coordination with other parts of the spirit programs.  Below, we’ve included a list of some of the songs the different schools played during the tournament.

This isn’t all of the songs that they played, however a good listing of the songs that we could grab while enjoying the tournament.  We hope this list helps other pep bands choose music to play, or gives them inspiration to think outside of the box like we saw with the Green Machine at George Mason University.

We would like to apologize to Virginia Tech’s band.  They were fun and had a great time, but for some reason, we can’t find the list of music they played, though did attend a graduation ceremony last November and were impressed with their sound at Cassell Coliseum.

All Schools

Played their school’s fight song, some played the National Anthem before the first game of their session.  Songs marked with an asterisk are songs that are specific to the school, and tie in the athletic program.

Pittsburgh

• Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars
• The Kids Aren’t Alright – The Offspring (originally listed as “Chances Are” because of a wrong request at a party years ago!)
• Paralyzer – Finger Eleven

Syracuse

• College Basketball on CBS
• Time Warp – Rocky Horror Picture Show
• Crazy Right Now – Beyonce
• Gimmie Some Lovin – Spencer Davis Group
• Blues Brothers Theme

Duke

• Shut Up And Dance – Walk the Moon
• Crazy Right Now – Beyonce
• Power – Kanye West
• Bang Bang – Jessie J featuring Ariana Grande
• Everytime We Touch – Cascada*
• All of the Lights – Kanye West

North Carolina State

• Holiday – Green Day
• 25 or 6 to 4 – Chicago
• My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark – Fall Out Boy
• Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars
• Hungry Like the Wolf – Duran Duran*
• September – Earth Wind & Fire
• Black Dog – Led Zeppelin
• Twilight Zone – 2 Unlimited

Georgia Tech

• Word Up – Cameo
• She Blinded Me With Science – Thomas Dolby*
• Uma Thurman – Fall Out Boy
• Bang Bang – Jessie J featuring Ariana Grande
• Time Warp – Rocky Horror Picture Show

Clemson

• Hey Mama – David Guetta
• Eye of the Tiger – Survivor*

University of North Carolina

• No Scrubs – TLC
• Tear in My Heart – Twenty One Pilots
• My Songs Know What You Did In the Dark – Fall Out Boy
• Pompeii – Bastille
• Sugar – Maroon 5
• Rock & Roll Part 2 – Gary Glitter

Notre Dame

• Just a Gigolo – David Lee Roth
• Walk of Life – Dire Straits
• Take on Me – A-ha
• Jump – Van Halen
• Drag Me Down – One Direction
• Victory March – Notre Dame Band*

Miami

• Fantasy – Earth Wind & Fire
• Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars
• Another Star – Stevie Wonder
• You Should Be Dancin – Bee Gees
• Take on Me – A-ha
• Fireball – Pitbull
• Rock You Like A Hurricane – Scorpions*

Virginia

• Cake by the Ocean – DNCE
• Word Up – Cameo
• Livin’ La Vida Loca – Ricky Martin
• Hotline Bling – Drake
• Talkin Out The Side of Your Neck – Cameo
• So What – Pink
• Happy – Pharrell Williams
• Rock & Roll Part 2 – Gary Glitter
• The Good Old Song – UVA Alma Mater

Wake Forest

• Shut Up And Dance With Me – Walk the Moon
• Stitches – Shawn Mendes
• Give Up The Funk – Parliament Funkadelic
• Word Up – Cameo
• Hawaii 5-0 – The Ventures

Boston College

• Can’t Hold Us – Macklemore
• Viva La Vida – Coldplay
• I Saw Her Standing There – The Beatles
• Happy – Pharrell Williams
• Honey I’m Good – Andy Grammar
• Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond*

Florida State

• Motown Philly – Boyz II Men
• PYT (Pretty Young Thing) – Michael Jackson
• This Is How We Do It – Montell Jordan
• Just A Friend – Biz Markie