According to UEFA, the European confederation commissioned Britten to compose an anthem based on a 1727 song by George Frideric Handel called Zadok the Priest, which was originally written for the ...

Just as Rabindranath Tagore wrote the poem 'Jana Gana Mana' without expecting the song to be later adapted as the national anthem, Sundaranar too wrote 'Tamil Thaai Vaazhthu' without expectations.

One singer's rocky performance of the national anthem had her asking for a do-over in the middle of the song. Singer Loomis performed “The Star Spangled Banner” at the Free & Equal Elections ...