Editing Anthem (section)

=== Shared anthems ===
Although anthems are used to distinguish states and territories, there are instances of shared anthems. "[[Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika]]" became a [[pan-African]] liberation anthem and was later adopted as the national anthem of five countries in [[Africa]] including [[Zambia]], [[Tanzania]], [[Namibia]] and [[Zimbabwe]] after independence. Zimbabwe and Namibia have since adopted new national anthems. Since 1997, the [[South Africa]]n national anthem has been a hybrid song combining new English lyrics with extracts of "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" and the former state anthem "[[Die Stem van Suid-Afrika]]".

For North and South Korea, the folk song ''[[Arirang]]'' is considered a shared anthem for both countries. For example, it was played when the two Koreas marched together during the [[2018 Winter Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Hakyung Kate |date=2018-02-10 |title=Olympics 2018: Arirang, the folk song that unites South Korea and North Korea |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/olympics-2018-arirang-folk-song-unites-south-korea/story?id=52982098 |access-date=2023-09-02 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref>

"[[Hymn to Liberty]]" is the longest national anthem in the world by length of text.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nationalanthems.me/greece-hymn-to-liberty/ | title=Greece – Hymn to Liberty | publisher=NationalAnthems.me | access-date=2 November 2011 }}</ref> In 1865, the first three stanzas and later the first two officially became the national anthem of [[Greece]] and later also that of the [[Republic of Cyprus]].

"[[Forged from the Love of Liberty]]" was composed as the national anthem for the short-lived [[West Indies Federation]] (1958–1962) and was adopted by [[Trinidad and Tobago]] when it became independent in 1962.<ref>{{Citation | title = Understanding our national anthem | publisher = FIRST Magazine | year = 2012 | url = http://www.firstmagazine.com/DownloadSpecialistPublicationDetail.647.ashx | access-date = 2013-03-05 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130928035953/http://www.firstmagazine.com/DownloadSpecialistPublicationDetail.647.ashx | archive-date = 2013-09-28 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

"[[Esta É a Nossa Pátria Bem Amada]]" is the national anthem of [[Guinea-Bissau]] and was also the national anthem of [[Cape Verde]] until 1996.

"[[Oben am jungen Rhein]]", the national anthem of [[Liechtenstein]], is set to the tune of "God Save the King/Queen". Other anthems that have used the same melody include "[[Heil dir im Siegerkranz]]" (Germany), "[[Kongesangen]]" (Norway), "[[My Country, 'Tis of Thee]]" (United States), "[[Rufst du, mein Vaterland]]" (Switzerland), "[[E Ola Ke Alii Ke Akua]]" (Hawai{{okina}}i), and "[[The Prayer of Russians]]".

The [[Estonia]]n anthem "[[Mu isamaa, mu õnn ja rõõm]]" is set to a melody composed in 1848 by [[Fredrik Pacius|Fredrik (Friedrich) Pacius]] which is also that of the national anthem of [[Finland]]: "{{Lang|fi|[[Maamme]]|italic=no}}" ("{{Lang|sv|Vårt Land|italic=no}}" in Swedish).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nationalanthems.me/estonia-mu-isamaa-mu-onn-ja-room | title=Estonia – Mu isamaa, mu õnn ja rõõm | publisher=NationalAnthems.me | access-date=21 November 2011 }}</ref> It is also considered to be the ethnic anthem for the [[Livonian people]] with lyrics "[[Min izāmō|Min izāmō, min sindimō]]" ("My Fatherland, my native land").

"[[Hey, Slavs]]" is dedicated to [[Slavic peoples]]. Its first lyrics were written in 1834 under the title "Hey, Slovaks" ("Hej, Slováci") by [[Samuel Tomášik]] and it has since served as the ethnic anthem of the [[Pan-Slavic]] movement, the organizational anthem of the [[Sokol (sport movement)|Sokol]] physical education and political movement, the national anthem of [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] and the transitional anthem of the State Union of [[Serbia and Montenegro]]. The song is also considered to be the second, unofficial anthem of the Slovaks. Its melody is based on [[Mazurek Dabrowskiego|Mazurek Dąbrowskiego]], which has also been the anthem of [[Poland]] since 1926, but the Yugoslav variation is much slower and more accentuated.<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ1SUCpekyM| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211122/cZ1SUCpekyM| archive-date=2021-11-22 | url-status=live|title=Mazurek Dąbrowskiego & Hej Slaveni|date=2 March 2011|work=YouTube|access-date=20 March 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Between 1991 and 1994 "[[Deșteaptă-te, române!]]" was the national anthem of both [[Romania]] (which adopted it in 1990) and [[Moldova]], but in the case of the latter it was replaced by the current Moldovan national anthem, "[[Limba noastră]]". Between 1975 and 1977, the national anthem of Romania "[[E scris pe tricolor Unire]]" shared the same melody as the national anthem of [[Albania]] "[[Himni i Flamurit]]", which is the melody of a Romanian patriotic song "[[Pe-al nostru steag e scris Unire]]".

The modern national anthem of [[Germany]], "[[Deutschlandlied|Das Lied der Deutschen]]",{{Efn|Translates from German as "The Song of the Germans".}} uses the same tune as the 19th- and early 20th-century [[Austria-Hungary|Austro-Hungarian]] imperial anthem "[[Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser]]".{{efn|Translates from German as "God save Emperor Francis".}}

The "[[National Anthem of the Soviet Union|Hymn of the Soviet Union]]",{{efn|Russian: ''Государственный гимн СССР''; transliterated as ''Gosudarstvenniy Gimn SSSR''.}} was used until its dissolution in 1991, and was given new words and [[National anthem of Russia|adopted]] by the [[Russia|Russian Federation]] in 2000 to replace an instrumental national anthem that had been introduced in 1990.<ref name='rianovosti'>{{cite web|url=http://en.rian.ru/symbols/20070607/66606928.html|title=National Anthem|access-date=20 December 2009|date=7 June 2007|work=Russia's State Symbols|publisher=RIA Novosti|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204114156/http://en.rian.ru/symbols/20070607/66606928.html|archive-date=4 February 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=zolotov>{{cite news | first=Andrei | last=Zolotov |title=Russian Orthodox Church Approves as Putin Decides to Sing to a Soviet Tune | date=1 December 2000 | publisher=Christianity Today International | url =http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2000/decemberweb-only/57.0.html | work =Christianity Today Magazine | access-date = 19 December 2009}}</ref>

"[[Bro Gozh ma Zadoù]]", the regional anthem of [[Brittany]] and, "[[Bro Goth Agan Tasow]]", the [[Cornwall|Cornish]] regional anthem, are sung to the same tune as that of the Welsh regional anthem "[[Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau]]", with similar words.