* 2004 – The National Assembly of Serbia unanimously adopts new state symbols for Serbia: Bože pravde becomes the new anthem and the coat of arms is adopted for the whole country.

" Advance Australia Fair " is the official national anthem of Australia.

* 1984 – Advance Australia Fair is proclaimed as Australia's national anthem, and green and gold as the national colours.

*" Take Me Out to the Ball Game " is a 1908 Tin Pan Alley song by Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer which has become the unofficial anthem of baseball, although neither of its authors had attended a game prior to writing the song.

An anthem is a form of church music, particularly in the service of the Church of England, in which it is appointed by the rubrics to follow the third collect at both morning and evening prayer.

Though the anthem of the Church of England is analogous to the motet of the Roman Catholic and Lutheran Churches, both being written for a trained choir and not for the congregation, it is as a musical form essentially English in its origin and development.

In the context of an Anglican service, an " anthem " is a composition to an English religious text.

Examples include Edward Elgar's Great is the Lord ( 1912 ) and Give unto the Lord ( 1914 ) ( both with orchestral accompaniment ), Benjamin Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb ( 1943 ) ( a modern example of a multi-movement anthem and today heard mainly as a concert piece ), and, on a much smaller scale, Ralph Vaughan Williams ' O taste and see ( 1952 ) ( written for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II ).

The word " anthem " is commonly used to describe a celebratory song or composition for a distinct group, as in the term " national anthem ".

Many pop songs are used as anthems, such as Queen's " We Are the Champions ", which is commonly used as a sports anthem.

* 1792 – La Marseillaise ( the French national anthem ) is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle.

Today it is best known as the anthem " Jerusalem ", with music written by Sir Hubert Parry in 1916.

The tradition is often carried out at other sporting events, both professional or amateur, and even sometimes at non-sporting events where the anthem is played, throughout the Baltimore / Washington area and beyond, notably at Baltimore Ravens, Washington Capitals, Georgetown Hoyas, Maryland Terrapins, Virginia Cavaliers, Virginia Tech Hokies, West Virginia Mountaineers, Penn State Nittany Lions and Aberdeen Ironbirds games.

The most famous bush ballad is " Waltzing Matilda ", which has been called " the unofficial national anthem of Australia ".

Eventually this song became " Bro goz va zadoù " (" Old land of my fathers ") and is the most widely accepted Breton anthem.

In the celebrations marking the return of democracy in March 1990 at Santiago's Estadio Nacional de Chile, the anthem was played in its present melody, raised to F Major ( the Royal Musical Official Version of the anthem ) which is the original melody of the second anthem by Carnicer, but using the 1847 lyrics as text, save for the original chorus.

The five stars are also in the logo of the Brazilian football team Cruzeiro Esporte Clube and the Brazilian coat of arms ; it is mentioned in the Brazilian national anthem, and even featured as the name of the currency ( the cruzeiro from 1942 to 1986 and again from 1990 to 1994.

The ceremonial playing of the Russian national anthem before the game is an important tradition.

The words " God save Emperor Francis " were inspired by the British anthem, though not the melody, which is from the ( Croatian ) folk tradition.

At various times in the more than 100 years that have elapsed since the song was written, particularly during the John F. Kennedy administration, there have been efforts to give " America the Beautiful " legal status either as a national hymn, or as a national anthem equal to, or in place of, " The Star-Spangled Banner ", but so far this has not succeeded.

The music was written by Joseph Haydn in 1797 as an anthem for the birthday of the Austrian Emperor Francis II of the Holy Roman Empire.

From a letter written by Thomas Purcell, and still extant, we learn that this anthem was composed for the exceptionally fine voice of the Rev.

* 1977 – Minister of Internal Affairs Allan Highet announces that ' the national anthems of New Zealand shall be the traditional anthem " God Save the Queen " and the poem " God Defend New Zealand ", written by Thomas Bracken, as set to music by John Joseph Woods, both being of equal status as national anthems appropriate to the occasion.

On 27 September 2004, Yerevan adopted an anthem, " Erebuni-Yerevan ", written by Paruyr Sevak and composed by Edgar Hovhanisyan.

* Orlando Gibbons ' anthem See, the Word is Incarnate is written.

Some see this as evidence that neither Marnix or Coornhert wrote the anthem as they were both experienced poets when the Wilhelmus was written and they would not have taken these small liberties.

According to legend, the Belgian national anthem was written in September 1830, during the Belgian Revolution, by a young revolutionary called " Jenneval ", who read the lyrics during a meeting at the Aigle d ' Or café.

The city is called Nice la Belle ( Nissa La Bella in Niçard ), which means Nice the Beautiful, which is also the title of the unofficial anthem of Nice, written by Menica Rondelly in 1912.

During 2006, the group released the album Volk ( German for People ), featuring cover versions of national anthems, including the NSK state anthem " Das Lied der Deutschen ", originally written in 1979 and used during the Weimar Republic.

March of the Volunteers () is the national anthem of the People's Republic of China ( including the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region since 1 July 1997, and the Macau Special Administrative Region since 20 December 1999 ), written by the poet and playwright Tian Han with music composed by Nie Er.

Originally written as incidental music, it did not have words when it was adopted as the national anthem of the Philippines and subsequently played during the proclamation of Philippine independence on June 12, 1898.

The Impressions's " We're a Winner ", written by their lead singer Curtis Mayfield, became a virtual anthem of the black power and black pride movements, as did James Brown's " Say It Loud-I'm Black and I'm Proud ", Collin Carlone's " Life As a ' Boro Black Boy ", and, unwittingly, Martha & the Vandellas ' " Dancing in the Street ".

Weiland intended it as a feminist anthem, with its lyrics written in mockery of the narrator.

Besides this anthem, the Romanians also have " Hora Unirii " (" The Unity Hora ( dance )"), written in 1855 by the poet Vasile Alecsandri ( 1821 – 1890 ), which was sung a great deal on the occasion of the Union of the Principalities ( 1859 ) and on all occasions when the Romanians aspired to union and harmony among themselves.

The music of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic's anthem was composed by Gustav Ernesaks, and the lyrics were written by Johannes Semper.

* Dr. William Beanes ( 1749 – 1828 ), indirectly responsible for precipitating the situation in which the American national anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner, was written

For an anthem, lyrics were written by the poet Johannes R. Becher ( who later became Minister of Culture ).

The lyrics of the modern Japanese national anthem, Kimi ga Yo, were written in the Heian period, as was The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu, one of the first novels ever written.

For this version, the lyrics were not translated but rather changed completely to an anti-drug anthem about a young man dying because of his drug addiction-an extremely hot topic in that year, when heroin was making the first big inroads in Germany.

In 1986, the band issued two completely different singles simultaneously on the same day: one was an instrumental initially intended as a World Cup anthem (" The Official Colourbox World Cup Theme "); the other, a cover of Augustus Pablo's " Baby I Love You So ," featured third member Lorita Grahame on vocals.

When Syria seceded from the union in 1961, the anthem was completely restored and has been used ever since.

It was revived in 1929 with completely new lyrics, known as Sei gesegnet ohne Ende, which remained the national anthem until the Anschluss.

Henderson claimed critics who judged Jackson harshly for her thin voice " somehow missed the explosive ' gimme a beat ' vocal pyrotechnics she unleashes all over " Nasty " ... Or that they completely dismissed how perfect her tremulous hesitance fits into the abstinence anthem " Let's Wait Awhile.

Weir's verses of O Canada were published in an official form for the Diamond Jubilee of Confederation in 1927, and gradually became the most generally accepted anthem in English-speaking Canada, completely winning out over the alternatives by the 1960s.