Not Australia. I can assure you

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 don't want to be girt by sea?

American Dad.
Oh wait you meant country?

Norway

I’m thinking Isla Island and the new dictator dancing to Venus by Bananarama.

You win https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrA79mqEZnA

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

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

Bit of a fancy recording that. The version on Wikipedia sounds like any other anthem...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand

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

I guess you're right. Maybe, this is the best version of an anthem?

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

It is used as the Russian anthem too, which is currently unfortunate because it's amazing.

No lyrics? And what's Chan chan, chan chan chanchanchan charachanchan... etc. then?

I am not sure they still do but back in the day at least some Brazilian text books used to have the national anthem on the back, thats how I learned the words.

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.

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

Sincerely, F tier UK.

Are you not fair?

I'm glad at least that it's secular and inclusive. At least, the modern lyrics are - the original are a cringe product of their time.

I vote we move to You're The Voice by John Farmham.

Romania's is an underrated banger, in my opinion.

https://youtu.be/zTwgwEHiWm0

Qu'un sang impur
Abreuve nos sillons !

(May impure blood
Water our furrows!)

Can't see anyone misinterpreting that.

Don't get me wrong, the Marseillaise slaps, but it does have some slighltly problematic aspects.

The lyrics are good too

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

You might recognize it from die hard 2.

France no question

Here's what they mean. 😂

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.

The tune but not the lyrics, which honestly suck.

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

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

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.

I'm pretty sure that's about basting potatoes in too much butter.

[Refrain: Children's Choir]
Yom Kippur! Yom Kippur!
Self reflection and atonement
Yom Kippur, that's what for
Do all your shopping
At Wal-Mart!

Ironically, it's much more interesting than The Most Wanted Song. Maybe that's part of how we got into this mess.

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

I've always liked Canada

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.

I'm a huge fan of O Canada. Always enjoyed catching hockey games where one of the Canadian teams came down and so I'd get to hear it. Also enjoyed seeing games up in Montreal and getting the Francophonian version.

I loved that game as a kid!

Italy or Russia

I don't know about France, but the Dutch anthem is not only a war song, it actually makes a lot of fun of Spain. As that was the enemy in the war the song is about.
Which is always lots of fun during soccer matches against spain

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...

Sometimes, as teenagers while partying and drunk af we suddenly got a national pride surge, and sang the national anthem at the top of our lungs. It's just so good. Also nothing unites us Mexicans more than singing it before a football match.

Shame the lyrics are all about war when we have all sorts of cool things here but what can you do. (They do ignite something deep within tho haha)

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.

Well, that was an experience. I now agree with your opinion - it captures the US better than anything else i've ever listened to.

The Soviet Union

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

AZERBAYCAN
AAAAA ZERRR BAYYYY CAA AAAAAN

https://youtu.be/DLaFdEMnyKE

imma just ditto yours because it feels exactly like I feel about it.

Finnish username

It was so good Russia couldn't invent any better and took the same music and a few lines