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This is a list of national and regional anthems used in the countries of the United Kingdom, crown dependencies and British overseas territories. United Kingdom songs [ edit ]
"God Save the King" (Afrikaans: God Red die Koning, God Red die Koningin when a Queen) was a co-national anthem of South Africa from 1938 until 1957, [118] when it was formally replaced by "Die Stem van Suid-Afrika" as the sole national anthem. [118] The latter served as a sort of de facto co-national anthem alongside the former until 1938. [118]
There is no agreed national anthem of England but it is usually defaulted in the absence of agreement to be "God Save the King", the national anthem of the United Kingdom as a whole. In 2016 some MPs felt that England should have its own distinct anthem with the result that there have been discussions on the subject in the UK Parliament. [1]
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, the composer of the French national anthem "La Marseillaise", sings it for the first time. The anthem is one of the earliest to be adopted by a modern state, in 1795. Most nation states have an anthem, defined as "a song, as of praise, devotion, or patriotism"; most anthems are either marches or hymns in style. A song or hymn can become a national anthem under ...
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Multi-talented performer Jon Batiste sang the national anthem before the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles face off in the 2025 Super Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 9 in New Orleans.
Former national anthem Adopted Current national anthem Date replaced Note South Korea: Aegukga: 1919 Aegukga: 1948 Both national anthems used to be sung to the tune of Auld Lang Syne. Maldives: Qaumee Salaam: 1948 Qaumee Salaam: 1972 Yugoslavia: Hej, Slaveni: 1945 Hej, Slaveni: 1992 The same current anthem of Poland. Serbia and Montenegro: Hej ...
Five-time Grammy-winning country singer Faith Hill appeared Tuesday on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, where she shared the horrifying moment she forgot the lyrics to "The Star-Spangled Banner