Favorite National Anthem

[Ashen Pathfinder 16,151]

This might be due to Michael Schumacher's domination of F1 over a decade ago, but considering how many times the German national anthem was played after the many races he won, I would have to go with that. Something about it sounds so grand. <3

[N.W. 3,619]

I do prefer the instrumental version of this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh9XN9z1lzo

[Valencia 9,504]

https://youtu.be/U06jlgpMtQs

 

I really enjoy this past nations anthem. The piece is a beautiful work and in this version , I find the performance to be excellent

 

(Just the anthem though,comrade)

[Scrubbed user 3,415]

This might be due to Michael Schumacher's domination of F1 over a decade ago, but considering how many times the German national anthem was played after the many races he won, I would have to go with that. Something about it sounds so grand. <3

 

Schumacher, then Vettel, and now Mercedes. (with the occasional Vettel)   

 

 

Sounds beautiful.

 

Oh, and 1998-2002, 2004-2008, and 2010-2015 at Le Mans too.

[ChB 18,532]

Listened to a lot of National Anthems. So far, my two favorite are the Israeli and the Russian

 

 

Also love the Equestrian National Anthem  

 

[Lucky Bolt 34,914]

The Star-Spangled Banner (aka the US national anthem) has been and always will be my favorite, I'm proud to be an american pony! 

[zerox 1,050]

the soviets had a powerful anthem. I like it a lot

[Squiggle 9]

The French followed by the Italian.

The Soviet one was good, too, and I like the Japanese. And the Romanian. The Greek one has great words.

Edited April 19, 2017 by Squiggle

[BlueStreak98 828]

I'm excluding the US National Anthem, because I live there, I'm biased!

Outside of that, I'd have to go with Mazurek Dąbrowskiego, the National Anthem of Poland.

It's even more impressive to hear at a national team sporting event:

 

[Alice.EM 42]

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

RULE BRITANNIA!

[Colt 45 148]

My favourite is the USSR's anthem and behind that would be the CSA's unofficial anthem: Dixie.

[ArDee 100]

Oddly enough I used to listen to the various national anthems of the world years ago, and some of them have stuck with me as personal favorites, really just based on tone and feeling alone rather than lyrics.

It's hard to choose a favorite simply because of how many I've heard and liked, so here's a list! In no particular order:

Barbados has a nice, cheery, regal sounding one.

The Netherlands Antilles also have a nice one. (Or had, at any rate, since their dissolution into separate islands in 2010. Also, I'm sensing a theme here with island nations having really nice national anthems.)

Albania. The country may be among the poorest in Europe, but their anthem is undeniably cool.

Belgium's "La Brabançonne". Played this one at high volume after Brussels last year.

Bosnia and Herzegovina. Still probably one of the prettiest anthems I've heard.

Cambodia's "Nokoreach". Also ranks among the prettiest.

Fiji. Again, really cheery island nation anthem, but also has that distinct feeling of pride that really gives this anthem emotion and power. The buildup is lovely. It was awesome to see the islanders' reactions when their country's athletes won gold medals at Rio!

Edited April 23, 2017 by ArDee

[Victoria Sponge 1,014]

I quite like the Russian one. I don't like the British one, they should change it to Land of Hope and Glory.

[Zyrael 1,471]

Scotland the Brave.

 

Followed by God save the King/Queen

[KatonRyu 1,026]

Het Wilhelmus, of course. I wouldn't be a true Dutchman if I didn't think my own anthem was the best one. That said, it is a tad too religious for my tastes, but since it's so old that was to be expected. I think I'm one of the few people nowadays who actually knows the first and sixth verses of it, and why the sixth is often used alongside the first rather than the second. (The sixth one was popular in WW2 and it became customary to know it.)

Plus, the first letter of each verse spells out the name of William of Orange, which is kind of cool.

[Faze Five 61]

What did he mean by National Anthem?

[RavenholmZombie 1,329]

I love the anthem of the USSR (also the current one as well) because it's so powerful.

I'm also partial towards the Star-Spangled Banner because it's the anthem of my country (the only time I don't like it is when the singer screws it up)

[Nsxile 25,630]

I'd say the USSR's is the best.