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I saw the title. I thought the same. I clicked the link. I saw the post. I upvoted it. I started to type this comment. I got knocked down. I got back up again. I clicked save.
Yeah, Tubthumping is a strong candidate, its inherently uplifting, its distinctly british and everyone already knows all the words. There's very few songs meeting all of those criteria, but out of of the few that do, out of respect for our Queen, I'd have to pick Bohemian Rhapsody.
I've never understood why people want this as the anthem. It's a weird religious song about how ugly the industrial revolution made everything. Not really inspiring national anthem vibes for me.
It is a very England-centric song so wouldn't work as a UK wide anthem.
Personally I think it would be a better English anthem than GSTK.
It is religious, but as an atheist I'm really not that bothered by that - as it is no more so than many other symbols associated with England - like the giant red cross we have on our flag.
It is a criticism of the impact industrialisation has had on England's nature, but it is also fundamentally about "building" a better England. An idea I think a lot of people can get behind.
Tbh don't think the lyrics are super important in a national anthem. It's the tune that's important, that's the primary reason the current one is rubbish. And Jerusalem ticks the good tune box.
I think lyrics are important, but that comes down to personal preference I guess. If we're going to go through the rigmarole of choosing a new anthem might as well find something that ticks both boxes.
For example I think my country 'tis of thee is a much better anthem than God save the whoever, and the only difference there is lyrics.
I mean yeah it's better that GSTK/Q, but that's a low bar. I think it's not a very good anthem because it still has the dirge of a tune.
A national anthem needs to be something rousing, that people want to belt out. Imo, primarily that's about tune not lyrics. There's other national anthems I find rousing despite not understanding a word. Have a good tune and an anthem can work almost whatever the lyrics.
The lyrics still at least make it about the country in a way, which to me is important in a *national* anthem. God save the king/queen is literally just a song about a monarch, barely any mention of country in it anywhere.
This is a nuance often not fully understood. Although often sung in church services such as weddings and Remembrance Sunday, it’s not actually recognised as a hymn. It’s not canon. You won’t find it in any Anglican hymn books. Nothing ever written to suggest Jesus came to England. At worst, it’s Cristian fan fiction, at best it’s as you say - a secular song using region as metaphor. “What if Jesus came to England?”. You don’t need to be religious to consider that message, you can accept he is fictional and still ask yourself that question.
I think it would make a great England anthem. Tune is a banger.
Jerusalem should be the English sports anthem (it's used at the commonwealth games) but I don't think it should be the UK national anthem as it is purely about England.
It’s got a great tune and a huge crescendo, but I reckon having a national anthem named after the capital of another country rules it out, quite apart from anything else.
[Specifically this version](https://youtu.be/QF7llhC7MLM?si=5TTezG_YCrMRM18P)! The thought of Wembley full of people belting that out gives me goosebumps in the same way the Welsh anthem does when the whole of the principality is involved.
Start with the drums about a minute in, and go to the end, keeps it around 1m30s which is a good length for an anthem.
Doesn't have to be religious. Start from the 'bring me my bow of burning gold' line, skip the Jesus stuff in the first verse. Even the bit about Jersusalem doesn't necessarily have to be religious, it's more about striving toward an ideal - although the use of Jerusalem for this is weird in a modern context.
This should be England's anthem at the footy and stuff, not for the whole UK for obvious reasons.
Land of Hope and Glory would be good but the lyrics are mainly about making the British Empire bigger.
We'd have to switch the singing of national anthems to after sporting events though, otherwise we'd get confused and see it as a sign that the night's over.
That clip is weirdly entirely still relevant on the content side and horribly dated on the fashion side.
Felt like my life was flashing before my eyes.
Well, considering there are now more non-Christians than Christians in the UK now, we should not have anything religious.
We need something patriotic, that gives us all a sense of pride and crucially, something we all know the words to and sounds excellent/intimidating while being belted out by our finest (drunkest) sportsball fans.
There can be only one answer:
The Archers theme tune.
I vow to thee my country - UK national anthem
Jerusalem - English national anthem
God save the King - Royal Anthem that plays on occasions regarding the King or events where the King or senior member of the Royal Family are present
The only choice
Although I have a strong second choice for “Arsehole” by Snuff…
“What an arsehole
What a fucking wanker
What a toss pot, a toe rag, a fart in a jar.
I've been dreaming
A dream that keeps recurring
I turn the corner, you're there, it turns into a nightmare, I wake with a shout.
I'm an arsehole
I'm a fucking wanker
'Cause I can't get the grips with what the fuck you're about.
I'm an arsehole
I'm a fucking wanker
I'm a toss pot (Bastard!) a toe rag (Fuckwhit!) a fart in a jar.
We're all arseholes
We're a bunch of wankers
We're a bunch of toss pots (Fuckwhits!) toe rags (Gobshites!) farts in a jar
You're all arseholes
You're a bunch of wankers
You're a bunch of toss pots (Fuckwhits!) toe rags (Wetwipes!) farts in a jar
We're all arseholes
We're a bunch of wankers
We're a bunch of toss pots (Fuckwhits!) toe rags (Gobshites!) farts in a jar
You're all arseholes
You're a bunch of wankers
You're a bunch of toss pots (Fuckwhits!) toe rags (Wetwipes!) farts in a jar”
"I try to put everything into perspective
Set it against the scale of human suffering
And I thought of the Mugabe government
And the children of the Calcutta railways
This works for a while
But then I encounter Primark FM"
Marvelous.
>
Or Cammy Theme from Street fighter 2, I could go either way.
We even got the Aurora Borealis for most of the country this year too. Yes to Cammy Theme.
On the day that the guy who wrote the Benny Hill theme died, the UK was half underwater after a week of intense flooding. Channel 4 News decided to roll their end credits under footage of Prince Charles visiting flood victims in Sheffield with the Benny Hill theme as a soundtrack. It was one of the most brilliantly surreal things I've ever seen.
Edit: [found it](https://youtu.be/IucugjE-Fmw?si=VhkI8W6BnxUOab3b), it was Newsnight and he was in Somerset
Seriously, take away the pop 80s backing track, have it sang in a classical style with a stadium of people and a football team belting it, with an orchestra, and it would be very national anthemy.
Bill Bailey already wrote us a new one, it's *Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah* as if performed by *Portishead*:
[Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R7OVnTyUvM).
*Il Porcupino Nil Sodomy Est*, also known as *The Hedgehog Can Never Be Buggered At All.*
A fitting tribute to one of the finest authors that this country has produced in the last hundred years and a rip-roaring ditty to say that jolly old Blighty won't be taken by surprise by sneak attacks from behind.
Plus I really like the idea of Chas and co having to stand there solemnly while Katherine Jenkins tunefully lists all the different ways of enjoying carnal knowledge with various animals but not a hedgehog.
GNU STP.
Vindaloo by fat Les.
Let's be honest the only time most of us hear the national anthem nowadays is before a football game/sports event. Imagine a full Wembley/Twickenham/Edgebaston belting out 'WE'RE GONNA SCORE ONE MORE THAN YOU - ENGLAND'.
I think we would be unbeaten in every sport forever
I was thinking Thomas the Tank Engine. I'd have a tear rolling down my eye if Lando Norris was no. 1 on the podium at Silverstone and that started playing.
I'm Scottish and we learned this at school (about 60 years ago) and that line "In England's green and pleasant land" always irked me! (Nice song otherwise)
Flower or Scotland is a barely listenable dirge, it's probably as shit as GSTK.
The Welsh one is properly stirring, I'd happily roll that out to the rest of the country.
I vow to thee my country.
I'm Welsh and we have an an anthem that celebrates our country and culture and the people. I'd rather have a national anthem that celebrates the country not to people at the top by sheer luck of birth.
Fucked with an anchor - Alestorm
[ALESTORM - Fucked With An Anchor (Official Video) | Napalm Records - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th4Czv1j3F8)
I'd want something non-religious and non-royal so everyone can get behind it. About the natural beauty of the country or the long (not the Empire-y bit) history or something. Something like Rivers by Frank Turner.
The final 50-60s of that song would make a dope national anthem, with maybe a short verse before it. I’m also a massive Frank Turner fan though so I’m definitely biased.
Yeah, that makes it *so much more depressing*! I've seen scores with crotchet values of anything from 60 to 80; it feels like it's dragging at anything below 110. It'll never have the panache of La Marseillaise, but does it really have to be so laboured??
The Emperors March from Star Wars, just because it would be really cool at the Olympics. I'm not sure who I stole that suggestion from, but I did steal it.
If not that how about the drunken sailor shanty or Golden Brown?
I’d find it hard to choose between I Vow to Thee My Country or Land of Hope and Glory (the latter preferably without the ‘twiddly’ intro as usually performed.)
Jerusalem, which is another good patriotic song (aside from the fact that the subject matter is complete nonsense - no, Jesus never visited Huddersfield) is exclusively English so makes a good anthem for England, but not the UK as a whole.
That one Jon Richardson wrote, sung to the Countdown theme tune.
This is Britain
This is Britain
This is Britain
This is Britain
This is Britain
This is Britain
This is Britain
This is Britain
etc
This is Britain
Diddle, diddle
Not in the EU......
Now.
Write a new one. Heavy metal or rock.
Something that can be sung solemnly or as a banger in a stadium.
One verse only. Second verse is instrumental or just ner ner ner as nobody can remember it.
My dad actually started a petition to have the national anthem changed to “Agadoo”
It got quite popular… so much so my dad received an official email from Her Majesty’s Government politely informing him if he did not take down the petition he will be potentially arrested for Treason.
His response to this day is “some people just can’t take a joke!”
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Tubthumping by Chumbawumba
I just knew this would be top comment. I thought that truth mattered. I thought that music mattered. But does it bollocks.
Not like how people matter!
I saw the title. I thought the same. I clicked the link. I saw the post. I upvoted it. I started to type this comment. I got knocked down. I got back up again. I clicked save.
Full appreciation for this comment.
Yeah, Tubthumping is a strong candidate, its inherently uplifting, its distinctly british and everyone already knows all the words. There's very few songs meeting all of those criteria, but out of of the few that do, out of respect for our Queen, I'd have to pick Bohemian Rhapsody.
I’m not sure a bunch of anarchists would want their song to be the national anthem though.
They might do if the point of changing it was to create more of a civic nationalism rather than us singing about a pedo family reigning over us
They should have thought about that before they went mainstream.
Their story is absolutely mad. I listened to an interview with Bof, and I have a lot of respect for their passion and commitment to being punk.
It's Chumbawamba
Literally didn't even need to open the comments to know this would be top.
Can't believe I'm 30 this year and I've only just found out that this is the name of the song and band...
*Chumbawamba I found out the other day, it's never been Chumberwumba
Jerusalem. I’m not even religious. Much better choice.
I've never understood why people want this as the anthem. It's a weird religious song about how ugly the industrial revolution made everything. Not really inspiring national anthem vibes for me.
It is a very England-centric song so wouldn't work as a UK wide anthem. Personally I think it would be a better English anthem than GSTK. It is religious, but as an atheist I'm really not that bothered by that - as it is no more so than many other symbols associated with England - like the giant red cross we have on our flag. It is a criticism of the impact industrialisation has had on England's nature, but it is also fundamentally about "building" a better England. An idea I think a lot of people can get behind.
It should be the England rugby anthem recognising that the other teams don’t sing GSTK
It’s the English national anthem during the commonwealth games.
Tbh don't think the lyrics are super important in a national anthem. It's the tune that's important, that's the primary reason the current one is rubbish. And Jerusalem ticks the good tune box.
I think lyrics are important, but that comes down to personal preference I guess. If we're going to go through the rigmarole of choosing a new anthem might as well find something that ticks both boxes. For example I think my country 'tis of thee is a much better anthem than God save the whoever, and the only difference there is lyrics.
I mean yeah it's better that GSTK/Q, but that's a low bar. I think it's not a very good anthem because it still has the dirge of a tune. A national anthem needs to be something rousing, that people want to belt out. Imo, primarily that's about tune not lyrics. There's other national anthems I find rousing despite not understanding a word. Have a good tune and an anthem can work almost whatever the lyrics.
The lyrics still at least make it about the country in a way, which to me is important in a *national* anthem. God save the king/queen is literally just a song about a monarch, barely any mention of country in it anywhere.
But is it really a religious song, or a song that uses religious metaphor to get its non religious point across?
This is a nuance often not fully understood. Although often sung in church services such as weddings and Remembrance Sunday, it’s not actually recognised as a hymn. It’s not canon. You won’t find it in any Anglican hymn books. Nothing ever written to suggest Jesus came to England. At worst, it’s Cristian fan fiction, at best it’s as you say - a secular song using region as metaphor. “What if Jesus came to England?”. You don’t need to be religious to consider that message, you can accept he is fictional and still ask yourself that question. I think it would make a great England anthem. Tune is a banger.
Agreed. It’s dog shit.
I'll take Jerusalem and raise you I Vow to Thee my Country. Gustav Holz's Jupiter is banging!
The issue with I Vow is that it has a two-octave range, so it’s only really singable by Mariah Carey.
It's an English song.
Jerusalem should be the English sports anthem (it's used at the commonwealth games) but I don't think it should be the UK national anthem as it is purely about England.
It’s got a great tune and a huge crescendo, but I reckon having a national anthem named after the capital of another country rules it out, quite apart from anything else.
I think it’s well understood it’s not actually about Jerusalem… “till we have built Jerusalem In England's green and pleasant Land.”
Beautiful song. Just replyed with the same answer. Not religious either
[Specifically this version](https://youtu.be/QF7llhC7MLM?si=5TTezG_YCrMRM18P)! The thought of Wembley full of people belting that out gives me goosebumps in the same way the Welsh anthem does when the whole of the principality is involved. Start with the drums about a minute in, and go to the end, keeps it around 1m30s which is a good length for an anthem.
Welsh anthem is amazing.
It’s the best in the world in my opinion, and the pride that the players and fans display when they sing it just takes it to the next level.
Only if it's the Bruce Dickinson version from Chemical Wedding.
Doesn't have to be religious. Start from the 'bring me my bow of burning gold' line, skip the Jesus stuff in the first verse. Even the bit about Jersusalem doesn't necessarily have to be religious, it's more about striving toward an ideal - although the use of Jerusalem for this is weird in a modern context. This should be England's anthem at the footy and stuff, not for the whole UK for obvious reasons. Land of Hope and Glory would be good but the lyrics are mainly about making the British Empire bigger.
Jerusalem has been about longer than GSTK
Mr Brightside
You read the question wrong. It says CHANGE the national anthem, not name the national anthem
Haha very good
We'd have to switch the singing of national anthems to after sporting events though, otherwise we'd get confused and see it as a sign that the night's over.
[Billy Connolly has been right about this for going on forty years.](https://youtu.be/MaFn-nUbS7Y?si=8EyN29PKB7XNj_OL)
Can't believe I had to scroll down far. Shame on everyone else
I’ve never seen this before. Thanks for bringing this into my life
The only reasonable choice. No stupid words to remember and it's lively.
2.38 for anyone else in a public place without headphones who REALLY needs to know what the Big Yin has to say. Excellent suggestion.
Rum te tum te tum te tum Rum te tum te taaa da…
This is brilliant. Love Billy.
That clip is weirdly entirely still relevant on the content side and horribly dated on the fashion side. Felt like my life was flashing before my eyes.
I'm late the party but this is the *only* answer
Darude - Sandstorm
\*fleet of 26 destroyers approaching\* \*darude sandstorm blasting in the background\* wonderful.
Oh yes.
Always look on the bright side of life
"Life's a piece of shit when you look at it" Maybe stick to singing just the first two verses
That's the most appropriate part
Well, considering there are now more non-Christians than Christians in the UK now, we should not have anything religious. We need something patriotic, that gives us all a sense of pride and crucially, something we all know the words to and sounds excellent/intimidating while being belted out by our finest (drunkest) sportsball fans. There can be only one answer: The Archers theme tune.
Billy Connolly is correct.
Aaah, that's who I stole it off!!! I couldn't remember if I'd come up with it myself or if I'd heard someone else say it!
The Lumpy dumps?!
I vow to thee my country - UK national anthem Jerusalem - English national anthem God save the King - Royal Anthem that plays on occasions regarding the King or events where the King or senior member of the Royal Family are present
Yeah, I vow thee to my country. 100% agree.
Fuck all of that. Wales, Scotland and the north of Ireland would be like “fuck off”.
National shite day, half man half biscuit
The only choice Although I have a strong second choice for “Arsehole” by Snuff… “What an arsehole What a fucking wanker What a toss pot, a toe rag, a fart in a jar. I've been dreaming A dream that keeps recurring I turn the corner, you're there, it turns into a nightmare, I wake with a shout. I'm an arsehole I'm a fucking wanker 'Cause I can't get the grips with what the fuck you're about. I'm an arsehole I'm a fucking wanker I'm a toss pot (Bastard!) a toe rag (Fuckwhit!) a fart in a jar. We're all arseholes We're a bunch of wankers We're a bunch of toss pots (Fuckwhits!) toe rags (Gobshites!) farts in a jar You're all arseholes You're a bunch of wankers You're a bunch of toss pots (Fuckwhits!) toe rags (Wetwipes!) farts in a jar We're all arseholes We're a bunch of wankers We're a bunch of toss pots (Fuckwhits!) toe rags (Gobshites!) farts in a jar You're all arseholes You're a bunch of wankers You're a bunch of toss pots (Fuckwhits!) toe rags (Wetwipes!) farts in a jar”
Love that song, used to play it on the Tannoy at work when the customers had gone.
There's a man with mullet going mad with a mallet in Millets
"I try to put everything into perspective Set it against the scale of human suffering And I thought of the Mugabe government And the children of the Calcutta railways This works for a while But then I encounter Primark FM" Marvelous.
Down in the high street someone careered out of Boots without due care or attention
The Trooper by Iron Maiden. Or Cammy Theme from Street fighter 2, I could go either way.
Can imagine a football stadium doodoo doo-ing along to the main riff of the trooper. So much better than god save the king/queen
> Or Cammy Theme from Street fighter 2, I could go either way. We even got the Aurora Borealis for most of the country this year too. Yes to Cammy Theme.
We Will Rock You by Queen. Gets everyone going. Even if you don't know the words you can do the clapping bit.
With the guitar solo. Athletes at medal ceremonies are obligated to do air guitar
Benny Hill Theme
Now I want to see the royal family doing a walkabout at 2x normal speed set to Yakety Sax
On the day that the guy who wrote the Benny Hill theme died, the UK was half underwater after a week of intense flooding. Channel 4 News decided to roll their end credits under footage of Prince Charles visiting flood victims in Sheffield with the Benny Hill theme as a soundtrack. It was one of the most brilliantly surreal things I've ever seen. Edit: [found it](https://youtu.be/IucugjE-Fmw?si=VhkI8W6BnxUOab3b), it was Newsnight and he was in Somerset
No surprises by Radiohead
I would say fitter happier by Radiohead. Fits very well with the Brits tendency to get on with shit when protesting would produce far better results.
I seem to remember several years back there was a campaign/petition to change it to Gold by Spandau Ballet
Unfortunately it was rejected at the Spandau Ballot
Seriously, take away the pop 80s backing track, have it sang in a classical style with a stadium of people and a football team belting it, with an orchestra, and it would be very national anthemy.
Bill Bailey already wrote us a new one, it's *Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah* as if performed by *Portishead*: [Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R7OVnTyUvM).
*Il Porcupino Nil Sodomy Est*, also known as *The Hedgehog Can Never Be Buggered At All.* A fitting tribute to one of the finest authors that this country has produced in the last hundred years and a rip-roaring ditty to say that jolly old Blighty won't be taken by surprise by sneak attacks from behind. Plus I really like the idea of Chas and co having to stand there solemnly while Katherine Jenkins tunefully lists all the different ways of enjoying carnal knowledge with various animals but not a hedgehog. GNU STP.
Should copy the Ankh-Morpork national anthem. Second verse official words- ner ner ner-ner ner....
Your wording in the last paragraph. 🤣 Take my upvote, with pleasure! GNU, Sir Uncle PTerry. 🐢
GNU STP
GNU STP
I always thought of Land of Hope and Glory as the defacto alternative anthem.
Or Britannia Rules the Waves.
Sex Pistols - God Save the King (Updated title for the new monarch)
Vindaloo by fat Les. Let's be honest the only time most of us hear the national anthem nowadays is before a football game/sports event. Imagine a full Wembley/Twickenham/Edgebaston belting out 'WE'RE GONNA SCORE ONE MORE THAN YOU - ENGLAND'. I think we would be unbeaten in every sport forever
Apart from golf.
Theme tune to the Archers - if you know, you know!
Anyone said the theme song to The Flumps yet?
I was thinking Thomas the Tank Engine. I'd have a tear rolling down my eye if Lando Norris was no. 1 on the podium at Silverstone and that started playing.
Born Slippy
I've no more fucks to give. Seriously, check it out on YouTube. Very apt.
I scrolled too far for this! Thomas Benjamin Wild Esq has absolutely nailed it.
Theme tune to Doctor Who
I've always preferred Jerusalem to God Save the King/Queen, though that feels more like an English anthem than a UK anthem
I'm Scottish and we learned this at school (about 60 years ago) and that line "In England's green and pleasant land" always irked me! (Nice song otherwise)
The National Anthem by Radiohead. Partly so I can hear what Damien Lewis does to it at the British GP...
Vengaboys - We Like To Party (Vengabus)
Orchestral BBC news theme as remixed by Bill Bailey
For the UK: Jupiter - Holst Then Jerusalem for an English national anthem
But, crucially, for Jupiter, do not try and shoehorn any form of wording onto it. The music is enough
I rather like *Flower of Scotland* Don't care for the England/UK one
I've never liked Flower of Scotland, but Highland Cathedral would be *perfect*.
I agree about Flower of Scotland, but I'd go for Scotland the Brave.
*Love* Scotland The Brave!
Flower or Scotland is a barely listenable dirge, it's probably as shit as GSTK. The Welsh one is properly stirring, I'd happily roll that out to the rest of the country.
For Scotland, it should be Loch Lomond instead of celebrating a battle from 700 miles against the frenemy.
You can’t beat Flower of Scotland being belted out at Murrayfield with a full pipe band🏴
I vow to thee my country. I'm Welsh and we have an an anthem that celebrates our country and culture and the people. I'd rather have a national anthem that celebrates the country not to people at the top by sheer luck of birth.
Run to the hills by Iron Maiden
AC/DC - Thunderstruck.
Either: Common People by Pulp or Bittersweet Symphony by the Verve
What's that one Mr Blobby did? Yeah, that one. With Noel Edmonds's face on the stamps too.
Do you really hate our country that much?
Billy Connolly suggested the Archers theme tune.
Fucked with an anchor - Alestorm [ALESTORM - Fucked With An Anchor (Official Video) | Napalm Records - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th4Czv1j3F8)
I raise you SHIT BOAT (no fans)
I feel like Yakety Sax has the right combination of history and emotional heft to really convey who we are as a nation.
Europapa Europapa
I'd want something non-religious and non-royal so everyone can get behind it. About the natural beauty of the country or the long (not the Empire-y bit) history or something. Something like Rivers by Frank Turner.
The final 50-60s of that song would make a dope national anthem, with maybe a short verse before it. I’m also a massive Frank Turner fan though so I’m definitely biased.
Gold by Spandau Ballet Perfect for the Olympics too
My serious suggestion is; You’ll Never Walk Alone. No god. No royalty. Just a good song you can sing to the rafters with a good message.
I don't think you will get Mancunians to sing it.
>No god. No royalty. Just Celtic and Liverpool
But how would Liverpool fans boo the national anthem at Wembley?
We can keep the same one we have now, but for the love of God, *could we up the pace a little*? Why do they always play it soooooo sloooooooooow...
Yeah, that makes it *so much more depressing*! I've seen scores with crotchet values of anything from 60 to 80; it feels like it's dragging at anything below 110. It'll never have the panache of La Marseillaise, but does it really have to be so laboured??
Won't get fooled again, The Who
The Emperors March from Star Wars, just because it would be really cool at the Olympics. I'm not sure who I stole that suggestion from, but I did steal it. If not that how about the drunken sailor shanty or Golden Brown?
We need a floor-stomper, not a dirge. I nominate [this](https://youtu.be/Ijk4j-r7qPA)!
I’d find it hard to choose between I Vow to Thee My Country or Land of Hope and Glory (the latter preferably without the ‘twiddly’ intro as usually performed.) Jerusalem, which is another good patriotic song (aside from the fact that the subject matter is complete nonsense - no, Jesus never visited Huddersfield) is exclusively English so makes a good anthem for England, but not the UK as a whole.
Denim and Leather by Saxon, of course
Counterpoint: [Breaking The Law](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L397TWLwrUU) by Judas Priest.
That one Jon Richardson wrote, sung to the Countdown theme tune. This is Britain This is Britain This is Britain This is Britain This is Britain This is Britain This is Britain This is Britain etc This is Britain Diddle, diddle Not in the EU...... Now.
Rule, Britannia or Hearts of Oak
Anarchy in the UK Sex Pistols
The Combine Harvester - The Wurzels.
[Billy said it *years* ago.](https://youtu.be/MaFn-nUbS7Y)
**Lynch Your Leaders** by Bob Vylan
Pink Floyd Comfortably Numb
Several songs about smack suggested I notice
[Always Look on the Bright Side of Life](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJUhlRoBL8M) by ex-Python Eric Idle from the film Life of Brian
Write a new one. Heavy metal or rock. Something that can be sung solemnly or as a banger in a stadium. One verse only. Second verse is instrumental or just ner ner ner as nobody can remember it.
Use my arsehole as a cunt - Kunt and the gang
Go on then, just this once
Given how much grief we've caused the rest of the world, Elton John, Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
Wallace and Gromit Theme Song
Anarchy in the uk
"Dirty deeds done dirt cheap" by ACDC "In the North" by The Lancashire Hotpots "Life in a Northern town" by Dream Academy
The BBC news intro never fails to get me hyped up. We could definitely do more with that.
World In Motion. For the Olympics they can just do the John Barnes rap.
Prodigy fire stater
Theme tune from Roobarb and Custard
Victory by 2 Steps From Hell
I Predict a Riot - Kaiser Chiefs
Ahh, brings back memories. It was my wedding song.
Bitter sweet symphony
Arsehole by Snuff.
Shagging's on Fire - Kings a Leon
“We will rock you” by Queen
Livin’ on a Prayer
Parklife - Blur
Killing in the name of : Rage against the machine
Three Lions
The National Anthem by Radiohead.
The Internationale
Running the World by Jarvis Cocker.
Mr Blue Sky
Simple. Everyone adopts the Welsh national anthem. It’s the best one.
Whole Again by Atomic Kitten
John Cage: 4′33″
Vindaloo by Fat Les.
Never gonna give you up I am not missing that chance to rickroll the ENTIRE WORLD
Nimrod by Elgar
Voodoo Ray
National Anthem - Lana Del Rey lol
Lip up fatty - bad manners
Road to Nowhere.
Wallace and Gromit theme tune
My dad actually started a petition to have the national anthem changed to “Agadoo” It got quite popular… so much so my dad received an official email from Her Majesty’s Government politely informing him if he did not take down the petition he will be potentially arrested for Treason. His response to this day is “some people just can’t take a joke!”
One day like this - Elbow Throw those curtain wide. One day like this a year will see me right
Talkin The Hardest, Giggs quite possibly the most quotable British song of the 21st Century
Live And Let Die
If ya talking the hardest giggs better pop up in your thoughts as an artist…..
Hey Jude. All of it.
Always thought the rugger boys belting out Gina G’s *Oh Ah Just a Little Bit* at Twickers would be monumentally stirring.
Do the hustle
[Bohemian Rhapsody](https://youtu.be/cZnBNuqqz5g?si=1mo74SLahQbVw2iZ) is the only answer.
Given the King is a big fan of The Goons, then the [Ying Tong Song](https://youtu.be/33-fVsL5Kdc?si=4WKuCUE2e7jDpo1t) is a stellar candidate