God Save the Queen

: This article is on the British patriotic anthem. For the Sex Pistols song, see God Save the Queen (Sex Pistols song).

Use elsewhere

God Save the Queen was the very first song to be used as a national anthem (although the Netherlands' national anthem, the Wilhelmus, is actually older), and its tune was either used as or officially adopted as the national anthem for several other countries, including those of Denmark, Germany (unofficial), Russia (until 1833), Sweden and Switzerland.

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Netherlands - Wilhelmus - Denmark - Germany - Russia - 1833 - Sweden - Switzerland

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It is also the melody to the popular United States song My Country, 'Tis of Thee. The tune is also used as Norway's Royal anthem entitled Kongesangen. The rock band Queen played God Save the Queen at the end of all of their concerts.

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United States - My Country, 'Tis of Thee - Norway - Royal anthem - Kongesangen - Queen

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The tune is still used as the national anthem of Liechtenstein. This was a source of embarrassment to Winter Olympic officials in 1980 when Hanni Wenzel won this country's first gold medal ever, and they had no record of her country's national anthem. There was also an amusing incident when England met Liechtenstein in a Euro 2004 qualifier, which necessitated the same tune being played twice.

Related Topics:
Liechtenstein - Hanni Wenzel - England - Liechtenstein - Euro 2004

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