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What song would you choose as a national anthem?

Open thread: Following the death of the Troggs singer Reg Presley, would Wild Thing make your heart sing with national pride? Tell us your anthem choices
  
  

 Reg Presley of The Troggs Dies Aged 71
Reg Presley of 60s rock band the Troggs, who has died aged 71. Photograph: Ivan Keeman/Redferns Photograph: Ivan Keeman/Redferns

Reg Presley, the lead singer of the 1960s rock band the Troggs, best known for the hit single Wild Thing, has died at the age of 71.

Jimi Hendrix famously covered Wild Thing at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, introducing it as the British/American joint "national anthem". What song would you choose as your country's national anthem, and why?

 

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