What is "going up"

vb. (present participle of go up English)

Going up may refer to:

• Going Up, a musical comedy that opened in New York in 1917 and in London in 1918
• Going up and going down, terms in commutative algebra which refer to certain properties of chains of prime ideals in integral extensions
• "Going Up", a song by Echo & the Bunnymen from their 1980 album Crocodiles
• Going Up, a 1923 film starring Douglas MacLean

Going Up is a musical comedy in three acts with music by Louis Hirsch and book and lyrics by Otto Harbach and James Montgomery. Set in Lenox, Massachusetts, United States at the end of World War I, the musical tells the story of a writer turned aviator who wins the hand of the high society girl that he loves by his daring handling of the joystick of a biplane. Popular songs included "Hip Hooray," "If You Look in Her Eyes," "Kiss Me," "Going Up," "Do It for Me," "The Tickle Toe," and "Down! Up! Left! Right!".

The musical was a hit on Broadway in 1917 and again the following year in London. Revivals and a film adaptation followed.