Trivia: the National Anthem of Spain is Hummed, Not Sung

By Alex in Daily Trivia on Sep 30, 2007 at 11:08 am

The national anthem of Spain, La Marcha Real ("The Royal March") has no official lyrics.

In 2007, the Spanish Olympic committee asked the public to submit lyrics proposal so people can sing instead of just hum when the anthem is played.


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  1. Chris
    Sep 30th, 2007 at 12:12 pm

    !Hola! I want to submit :
    “la la la la la la la la la la”

  2. Sorry, one correction
    Sep 30th, 2007 at 12:25 pm

    Lala Lala Lalalalalalala Lala La La La Lalalalalala

  3. Demonio Flatline
    Sep 30th, 2007 at 1:31 pm

    Another well known version is:

    “Chunda chunda tachunda chunda chunda…”

    Regards from Spain!

  4. Ali S.
    Sep 30th, 2007 at 4:28 pm

    Now wasn’t that silly of them not to make an official anthem with LYRICS!

  5. Eugenio Martínez Sierra
    Sep 30th, 2007 at 4:32 pm

    “Chunda chunda tachunda chunda chunda” is the most efficient compresion of sound:

    20 Mbs of Wav, 3 of Mp3, but if you show that text to a spaniard he will recognize it.

    There was some lyrics. You can read all of them Here
    but the most popular is a unnoficial lyric promoted by franco. There is in the link too. The author is Jose María Pemán.

    In the first lyric, the Eduardo Marquina´s, they speak about the old colours of the flag: Purple, yellow and red.

    But the funniest lyrics are made by Rafa Corega:

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=mWQlXTDPh0c

    If you know spanish (and spaniards) you are going to laugh. I can´t try to translate it if someone is interested, but then the rhyme will be lost

  6. Santi
    Oct 2nd, 2007 at 4:15 am

    Hi

    As Spaniard I would like to have lyrics to sing, but chunda, chunda is something anybody can understand.

    And other thing, we don’t have ltyrics but we have a dance : MACARENA , AY!!!!

    Best regards from Barcelona

  7. antoniodispara
    Oct 2nd, 2007 at 4:22 am

    humming? who hums? chunda tachunda chundachunda chunda!

  8. ANGELLY
    Jun 27th, 2010 at 3:56 pm

    Viva Espana!
    Cantemos todos juntos
    con distinta voz
    y un solo corazon.
    Viva Espana!
    Desde los verdes valles
    al inmenso mar,
    un himno de hermandad.
    Ama a la Patria
    pues sabe abrazar,
    bajo su cielo azul,
    pueblos en libertad.
    Gloria a los hijos
    que a la Historia dan
    justicia y grandeza
    democracia y paz.


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