God Save the King" (alternatively " God Save the Queen" when the British monarch is female) is the national anthem of the United Kingdom and the royal anthem of each of the British Crown Dependencies, [1] [2] one of two national anthems of New Zealand since 1977, and the royal anthem of most Commonwealth realms. The author of the tune is unknown and it may originate in plainchant, but an attribution to the composer John Bull has sometimes been made. Modern Britain is a seventeenth-century state running nineteenth-century capitalism. Where’s the written constitution? Why is the UK a constitutional monarchy? In 1977 God Save the Queen went to number one in the music chart but the BBC refused to admit it at the time. Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones: 'The monarchy means nothing to me' ". Independent.co.uk. 5 June 2022. Meighan, Craig (17 January 2022). "GB News announces it will play God Save The Queen every single day". The National. Glasgow . Retrieved 30 March 2022.

Mathew, Nicholas (2013). Political Beethoven, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-1-107-00589-1 (p. 151) Daisy, ed. (2006). A history of Icelandic literature. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln. pp.262, 518. Clark, Richard, ed. (1814). The Words of the Most Favourite Pieces, Performed at the Glee Club, the Catch Club, and Other Public Societies. London: printed by the Philanthropic Society for the editor. p.xiii. The tensions that gave the United States of America independence from the United Kingdom and which tore France apart occurred during not only the industrial revolution but after the rise of Thomas Paine and other liberal thinkers. It was this dual revolution which Britain was both part of but also denied of. For Britain’s republicans it was too late. The industrial middle-classes were already building manor houses to emulate the landed gentry they had so much wanted to overthrow. What chance did the working class have after not even the middle-class had succeeded in revolt? Marx had said that the middle-class was a revolutionary class. But as a republican class it had failed.

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Despite its popularity, the queen's Silver Jubilee came at a turbulent time for Britain, punctuating a period of economic and social unrest. One of the responses of this time was the punk movement, which, in its own way, marked the queen's jubilee—with a song. In the UK, the first verse is typically sung alone, even on official occasions, although the second verse is sometimes sung in addition on certain occasions such as during the opening ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Paralympics, and the 2022 Commonwealth Games and usually at the Last Night of the Proms. The second verse was also sung during the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla. Hughes, Laura (3 November 2016). "Tory MP calls for BBC 1 to mark Brexit with national anthem at the end of each day". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 3 November 2016.

The British love their national anthem. They'll proudly sing it at international football games, for example. It's particularly striking if you compare their fervor to theway players from Germany's national team perhaps hum or move their lips along to their country's anthem. Leigh, Spencer (20 February 1998). "Music: Charting the number ones that somehow got away". The Independent . Retrieved 5 August 2010. In 1977, the Sex Pistols recorded a song titled " God Save the Queen" in open reference to the National Anthem and the Queen's Silver Jubilee celebrations that year, with the song intending to stand for sympathy for the working class and resentment of the monarchy. [124] They were banned from many venues, censored by mainstream media, and reached number 2 on the official U.K. singles charts and number 1 on the NME chart. [124] [125] Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100: 10 June 2022 - 16 June 2022". Official Charts Company. 10 June 2022 . Retrieved 11 June 2022.Northern Ireland uses "God Save the King" as its national anthem. However, many Irish nationalists feel unrepresented by the British anthem and seek an alternative. [66] Northern Ireland also uses the " Londonderry Air" as its victory anthem at the Commonwealth Games. [67] When sung, the "Londonderry Air" has the lyrics to " Danny Boy". At international rugby union matches, where Northern Irish players compete alongside those from the Republic of Ireland as part of an All-Ireland team, " Ireland's Call" is used. Queen Elizabeth II ('God Save the Queen') - National Portrait Gallery". Npg.org.uk . Retrieved 24 December 2021. In The Oxford Companion to Music, Percy Scholes points out the similarities to an early plainsong melody, although the rhythm is very distinctly that of a galliard, [6] and he gives examples of several such dance tunes that bear a striking resemblance to "God Save the King". Scholes quotes a keyboard piece by John Bull (1619) which has some similarities to the modern tune, depending on the placing of accidentals which at that time were unwritten in certain cases and left to the discretion of the player (see musica ficta). He also points to several pieces by Henry Purcell, one of which includes the opening notes of the modern tune, setting the words "God Save the King". Nineteenth-century scholars and commentators mention the widespread belief that an old Scots carol, "Remember O Thou Man", was the source of the tune. [7] [8] Protocol for using New Zealand's National Anthems". Ministry for Culture and Heritage . Retrieved 17 February 2008. Department of Canadian Heritage. "Ceremonial and Canadian Symbols Promotion > Royal anthem "God Save the Queen" ". Queen's Printer for Canada. Archived from the original on 4 May 2010 . Retrieved 25 June 2010.

In the early 20th century there existed a Military Band version in the higher key of B ♭, [29] because it was easier for brass instruments to play in that key, though it had the disadvantage of being more difficult to sing: however now most Bands play it in the correct key of concert G.Smith, Ian K (25 March 2010). "Top 20 Political Songs: God Save The Queen". New Statesman . Retrieved 25 March 2010. Dead Mentors Talk: The pop world of Ballard and Burroughs -". 3:AM Magazine. 14 January 2014 . Retrieved 12 February 2020. Cummings, William H. (1902). God Save the King: the origin and history of the music and words of the national anthem. London: Novello & Co.