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Seven Nation Army. " Seven Nation Army " is a song by American rock duo the White Stripes. It is the opening track on their fourth studio album, Elephant (2003). V2 Records released the song to American alternative radio on February 17, 2003, as the lead single from the album. Worldwide, the single was issued through XL Recordings.
Arirang (아리랑 [a.ɾi.ɾaŋ]) is a Korean folk song. [ 1 ] There are about 3,600 variations of 60 different versions of the song, all of which include a refrain similar to "Arirang, arirang, arariyo" (" 아리랑, 아리랑, 아라리요 "). [ 2 ] It is estimated the song is more than 600 years old. [ 3 ]
The song originally appeared in the Alfred Hitchcock film The Man Who Knew Too Much, where it appears diegetically and serves an important role in the film's plot. In the film, Day plays a retired popular singer, Jo Conway McKenna, who, along with her husband (played by Jimmy Stewart) and son, becomes embroiled in a plot to assassinate a foreign prime minister.
The Sacred War. " The Sacred War ", [a] also known as " Arise, Great Country! ", [b] is one of the most famous Soviet songs of World War II. The music is by Alexander Alexandrov, founder of the Alexandrov Ensemble and the musical composer of the State Anthem of the Soviet Union. The lyrics are by Vasily Lebedev-Kumach. [1]
In 2004, the album won a Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album, while "Seven Nation Army" won a Grammy for Best Rock Song. [74] Also in 2004, the band released its first music film Under Blackpool Lights, which was shot entirely on super 8 film and was directed by Dick Carruthers. [75] [76] The White Stripes performing in 2005
Skáld (band) Skáld (stylised as SKÁLD) is a French Nordic folk group formed in 2018. Their songs bear a heavy Norse influence, making use of traditional instruments and the themes they treat are mostly centred on Scandinavian culture, especially on Norse mythology and they use mostly Nordic languages, particularly Old Norse.
Tiến Quân Ca. " Tiến Quân Ca " (lit. "The Song of the Marching Troops") is the national anthem of Vietnam. The march was written and composed by Văn Cao in 1944, and was adopted as the national anthem of North Vietnam in 1946 (as per the 1946 constitution) and subsequently the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1976 following the ...
The " March of the Volunteers ", [ b ] originally titled the " March of the Anti-Manchukuo Counter-Japan Volunteers ", [ c ] has been the official national anthem of the People's Republic of China since 1978. Unlike previous Chinese state anthems, it was written entirely in vernacular Chinese, rather than in Classical Chinese.