The Southern Cross was written into the lyrics of " Advance Australia Fair " in 1901: " Beneath our radiant Southern Cross "; the song was adopted as the Australian National Anthem in 1984.

Controversy later surrounded Body Count over its song " Cop Killer ", a song intended as a narrative from the view of a criminal getting revenge on racist police officers guilty of brutality, from the National Rifle Association and various police advocacy groups.

The confusion, nonetheless, is so pervasive that, when " Take Me Out to the Ball Game " was selected by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Recording Industry Association of America as one of the 365 top " Songs of the Century ", the song was credited to Billy Murray, implying his recording of it as having received the most votes among songs from the first decade.

The song has been used by as a National Anthem by the Scotland national rugby union team, ever since the winger, Billy Steele, encouraged his team-mates to sing it on the victorious Lions tour of South Africa in 1974.

In 2008, this recording of " Waltzing Matilda " was added to the " Sounds of Australia Registry " in the National Film and Sound Archive which says that there are more recordings of " Waltzing Matilda " than any other Australian song.

Similarly, in 1969, a park ranger, Neville Fenton, recorded a lyrebird song which resembled flute sounds in the New England National Park, near Dorrigo in northern coastal New South Wales.

These fédérés were making their entryway into the city of Paris on 30 July 1792 after a young volunteer from Montpellier called François Mireur had sung it at a patriotic gathering in Marseille, and the troops adopted it as the marching song of the National Guard of Marseille.

* " Street Car ", a song by Canadian musician Hayden from his 2002 album Skyscraper National Park

However, when the National Anthem version of the song is sung, it is done in the traditional grandiose Martial Style of music.

* Jolie Blonde: lyrics & song history of the traditional Cajun waltz ( aka Jolie Blon, Jole Blon or Joli Blon ) often referred to as " the Cajun National Anthem ".

Performance of Aboriginal song and dance in the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney with traditional instrument, the Didgeridoo.

Waltzing Matilda, often regarded as Australia's unofficial National anthem, is a quintessential Australian folk song, influenced by Celtic folk ballads.

Redgum are known for their 1983 anti-war protest song " I Was Only Nineteen ", which peaked at # 1 on the National singles charts.

The National People's Congress made the song the official PRC anthem in a 2004 amendment of the Constitution of the People's Republic of China.

The " Freedonia National Anthem " is used frequently throughout the film, both as vocal and instrumental ; the entire song seems to consist of " Hail, Hail, Freedonia, land of the brave and free ", contrasting with the final line of The Star-Spangled Banner.

Ethel Waters's recording of the song in 1933 was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2003, and the Library of Congress honored the song by adding it to the National Recording Registry in 2004.

In 1929, Wage Rudolf Supratman changed the title of his song to " Indonesia Raya " and appended the phrase National Anthem of Indonesia below it, but the text of the song did not change.

In 2000, Sixpence None the Richer contributed the song " Us " to Today Presents: the Best of Summer Concert Series CD, which raised money for the National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance.

National recognition came from the Creedence Clearwater Revival song " Lodi.

* Johnny Prill, writer of official National Grandparents Day song

* Joseph Parry, Welsh-born composer of hymns whose song ' Aberystwyth ' was adapted into Nkosi Sikelel ' iAfrika, the National anthem of South Africa.

The sign has been in news and print in many magazines, including on the cover of National Geographic, and in the music video of Little Texas ' song " God Blessed Texas.

Bono of the band U2 mentions the Old-Time Gospel Hour in the 1988 live version of the song Bullet the Blue Sky on the album Rattle and Hum.

* " Stars " ( Hum song ), 1995

Tito also sang a part in other Jackson 5 hits such as " Mama's Pearl " and provided spoken vocal leads in the band's 1973 rendition of " Hum Along and Dance " and was the last of his brothers to sing a verse in the song before it faded.

* Venus Hum made a video for their song, " Fighting For Love ", with Playmobil characters in it.

The instrumental song " Aap Aur Hum " ( also known as " Jugalbandi ", from Talaash ) was covered by American rock band Black Clover Leaf, adding vocals to the instrumental and releasing it on their self-titled debut album as " Breathe ", in 2009.

Mohammed Rafi received the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer for the song Kya Hua Tera Wada from Hum Kisise Kum Naheen ( 1977 ), composed by RD Burman.

Inspired by a trip to India and " the exotic, luxurious, and seemingly wonder-filled scenarios played out in Indian cinemas ," it was an experimental " electro-exotica " album fusing exotic Indian music ( reminiscent of Ravi Shankar and Bollywood music ) with electronic music, including an early " synth raga " song entitled " Hum Ghar Sajan " ( from a Guru Granth Sahib phrase ).

A snippet of the song is often sung by Bono along with " Ruby Tuesday " during performances of " Bad " at U2 concerts, for example at Live Aid in London and in the concert film Rattle and Hum.

She took a small role in Yaadon Ki Baarat ( 1973 ), which became a hit, and her sizzling dance number to the song Lekar Hum brought her so much attention that she was immediately offered lead roles again.

A 50 second version of the song " Save Me " from The Golden Hum was used as the theme song for WB / CW's Smallville during its ten season run.

* The song " Van Diemen's Land " on U2's Rattle and Hum ( 1988 ) album refers to and is dedicated to O ' Reilly.

" Hum Along and Dance " is a soul song written for the Motown label by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong.

The Funk Brothers were the instrumentalists for this version of " Hum Along and Dance ", and Whitfield uses a number of echo effects and stereo-panning effects on their tracks during the song.

* Nominated, Best Lyricist-Prasoon Joshi For the song " Hum Tum "

In addition to that, he had Lata sing Tu Pyaar Kare Ya Thukraaye and Meri Veena Tum Bin Roye numbers, and he used Talat Mahmood for the song Hum Se Aaya Na Gaya in the same movie.

He made a brief appearance in the 2005 Bollywood film Kyaa Kool Hai Hum, providing the song " Dil Mera ( My Heart )" to the soundtrack, based on " One Night " from his own debut album.

U2 lead singer Bono referenced his disdain for Goldman in the song " God Part II " from the album Rattle and Hum:

On their 1988 album Rattle and Hum, U2 attacked Goldman's allegations about Lennon in the song " God Part 2 ", " sequel " of sorts to Lennon's song " God ", with the lyrics " Don't believe in Goldman / his type is like a curse / Instant karma's gonna get him if I don't get him first.

* The song was used for a dance-cum-fight sequence in Mukul S. Anand's 1991 hit flick Hum

" Chhod Aaye Hum " was the first Hindi film song sung by the now famous Indian singer KK.

* The popular song " Hum aapki aankhon mein " was added to the movie on behest of distributors to bring some relief in rather pessimist film.