France fucks, any anthem about glorious dead and cunting monarchs in to the sun is immediately S tier.

Sincerely, F tier UK.

Unironically, the Soviet Union. I've herd that anthem a thousand times as a joke, but you know, it kinda slaps.

Obviously I'm just talking about the arrangement and music because I've no idea what the lyrics mean.

I've always liked Canada

Fuck all the war songs, Slovenia's anthem is a drinking song called The Toast if I remember correctly.

Not Australia. I can assure you

France no question

The Soviet Union

Brazil has a very complicated, beautiful and long national anthem. Its great and all but using such difficult words and being so long means most people here don't know the full song much less understand its meaning.

Funnily enough, I memorized and can sing the italian hymn because of my middle school, but can't sing the full national anthem from my own country

France and the Netherlands have war songs for their national anthems that are pretty good.

Romania

Note: I am not Romanian

The lyrics start with something like "Awaken from your graves and kill those barbaric tyrants".

It's not the best by a very big margin. But whenever I get up wasted after a night of partying and have a look at the mirror, I hear the anthem of long gone eastern Germany.

Auferstanden aus Ruinen Und der Zukunft zugewandt...

Risen from ruins And turned toward the future...

I'm a fan of the old East German anthem if that counts.

Also shout out to Azerbaijan for possibly the most metal anthem.

I have vague memories of playing Ivan "Ironman" Stewart's Super Off Road (1990) as a kid.

My country of choice was solely based on liking one of the anthems, but sadly I do not remember which one. Was Australia or New Zealand am option? I feel like it was one of those.

EDIT: Upon doing some research (watching YouTube videos), I think it may have been New Zealand. Still not sure if that was available in my game, but that's still my final answer. Australia is pretty cool too, so you aussies and kiwies can fight it out amongst yourselves - Knowing you, you already are anyway.

You would think the Caribbean national anthems would be straight choonz.

But they all kept the colonizer anthems. Which suck.

Not even a marimba in sight.

Mexico, hands down. If you grew up in San Diego and listens to cool radio, you heard this twice a day and it slaps!

The Italian anthem sung at the top of their lungs by the entire Ferrari crew after a win at Monza.

I get jealous every ANZAC day when they play the New Zealand national anthem. So good.

And they have their Mauri language right there too.

https://youtu.be/cOeFhSzoTuc

One of the best anthems in one of the best scenes followed by one of the best deadpan jokes In one of the best movies.

i'll go with spain, since there's no lyrics

I think we in the US should change our anthem to The Most Unwanted Song. It really captures our vibe right now as a nation.

Union Dixie

I was stationed in Japan with the US military between 2002-2005 and every evening at 5 PM, the Japanese and American national anthems would play on speakers across our base, signaling the end of the work day.

We were required to stop what we were doing and listen quietly and respectfully for both anthems. If we were outside, we'd have to stand at parade rest and face the nearest country flags we could see, or face toward the music if there were no flags visible nearby. When the American national anthem played, we had to snap to attention and salute for the entire song.

The Japanese national anthem is probably not my favorite ever national anthem, but I heard it every day for over 3 years and the hauntingly beautiful anthem has forever planted itself in my brain. It's so calm and smooth compared to the almost militaristic march of the American anthem.

American Dad. Oh wait you meant country?

I don't have a specific favorite national anthem, but I will take this opportunity to recommend the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra's renditions of every national anthem (plus a few regional and historical ones), which was one of the main things that started my interest in national anthems. [Youtube] [Invidious]

A few countries have changed their national anthems since it's release, but it's mostly up to date.

Norway

How it sounds.

🎺

...
SOYUZ NEERUSHIMY...

(USSR)

The lyrics, Uruguay's one is pretty good.

Orientales , la patria o la tumba. Libertad lo con gloria morir.

Easterners, the homeland or the grave. Freedom or die with glory.

AZERBAYCAN AAAAA ZERRR BAYYYY CAA AAAAAN

https://youtu.be/DLaFdEMnyKE

East germany and the EU.

Both make me hopeful for the future eventhough i know what is coming!

Azerbaijan anthem on lord of the rings.

Mecidiye march on star wars a close second.

The Welsh anthem is wonderful - the Welsh are famed as singers anyway, and it's a joy hearing them belt it out.

https://youtu.be/aVZHklqNGoo

Monaco and Italy both have really good ones

I’ve heard the Ottoman Empire anthem reminds people of Star Wars

Team America. Fuck yeah!

Not anthem, but Finland also has a national hymn. Which translates well to English.

You might recognize it from die hard 2.

I haven't really heard many of them, but I haven't heard one I like yet. Like, that I would listen to just because it's a banger of a song.

Not Australia's. Sounds like a fucking dirge. Can we not have something by INXS?

I'm Danish so clearly I'm biased in saying this: Danish national anthem. Mainly because

1. almost every Dane knows the lyrics (of at least the first verse)
2. it's quite some chill lyrics about Danish nature and the people here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbUy6-1WCHE

Italy or Russia

The URSS, then Russia (the soviet lyrics are better tbh) then Turkey.

The Ottoman Empire