Take Me Out to the Ball Game

For other uses, see Take Me Out to the Ball Game (disambiguation).

"Take Me Out to the Ball Game"
Song by Edward Meeker
LanguageEnglish
GenreTin Pan Alley
Length1:14
Composer(s)Albert Von Tilzer
Lyricist(s)Jack Norworth
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
This, the original version of the song, was sung by Edward Meeker in 1908, and is one of the first ever recordings of the song.
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Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Typical modern ball park instrumental version performed by Kaila Rochelle on a Roland GR-09 organ with a Roland RD-700 keyboard midi controller. The performance is of the chorus.
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"Take Me Out to the Ball Game" is a 1908 Tin Pan Alley song by Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer which has become the unofficial anthem of North American baseball, although neither of its authors had attended a game before writing the song.[1] The song's chorus is traditionally sung as part of the seventh-inning stretch of a baseball game. Fans are generally encouraged to sing along, and at some ballparks, the words "home team" are replaced with the team name.

"Take Me Out to the Ball Game" is one of the three-most recognizable songs in the US, along with "The Star-Spangled Banner" and "Happy Birthday."[citation needed] However, most people are only familiar with the chorus.[2]

  1. ^ "Take Me Out to the Ball Game". Performing Arts Encyclopedia. Library of Congress. Retrieved July 17, 2008.
  2. ^ "Take Who Out to the Ball Game?". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved June 18, 2024.