# My idea for America's new national anthem.

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**Created:** [June 15, 2016, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-idea-for-americas-new-national-anthem/757386 "2016-06-15T00:38:02Z")\
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Back in 1998, I thought I’d write a new national anthem for the U.S. of A., which distills and epitomizes everything our current national anthem stands for:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/QK-7xO0YV2A/hqdefault.jpg "We Are the U.S.A.! (new national anthem)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK-7xO0YV2A)

(You may recognize the tune as UCLA’s “We Are the Mighty Bruins”, by Bill Conti. Which is also in keeping with our current national anthem, which ripped off **ITS** tune from the Anacreontic society’s drinking song.)