Over There

This article is about the song. For other uses, see Over There (disambiguation).

"Over There"
1917 sheet music cover with Nora Bayes
Song
WrittenApril 7, 1917
PublishedJune 1917
ReleasedJuly 13, 1917
Genre
SongwriterGeorge M. Cohan
Audio sample
"Over There" sung in 1917 by Billy Murray
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"Over There" is a 1917 war song written by George M. Cohan that was popular with the United States military and the American public during World War I and World War II. Written shortly after the American entry into World War I, "Over There" is a patriotic propaganda song meant to galvanize American men to enlist in the American Expeditionary Forces and fight the Central Powers. The song is best remembered for a line in its chorus: "The Yanks are coming."

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