Songs based on poems

left-wing anthem

national anthem of the United States of America

The "'", officially titled "'", is a German poem written by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben. A popular song which was made for the cause of creating a unified German state, it was adopted in its entirety in 1922 by the Weimar Republic, replacing the de facto anthem "Heil dir im Siegerkranz". The first stanza of "Deutschlandlied" was used alongside the "Horst-Wessel-Lied" during the Nazi regime from 1933 until the end of World War II. On the proclamation of the Federal Republic of Germany, the entirety of the song was still the official anthem, though only the 3rd verse was sung. Sinc

national anthem of India

national anthem of Italy

one of two national anthems of New Zealand (together with “God Save the King/Queen”)

Robert Burns poem set to traditional melody

poem written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

British patriotic song

"Layla" is a song written by Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon, originally recorded with their band Derek and the Dominos, as the thirteenth track from their only studio album, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970). Its contrasting movements were composed separately by Clapton and Gordon. The piano part has also been controversially credited to Rita Coolidge, Gordon's girlfriend at the time.

Christmas carol

children's song

original song written and composed by Lewis Allan (Abel Meeropol); first recorded by Billie Holiday and her Orchestra

song by Franz Schubert from 1825

former national anthem of South Africa from the 1930s to the 1990s, a portion of it is used in the current national anthem of South Africa

original song written and composed by Lennon-McCartney; first recorded by The Beatles

1983 single by Iron Maiden

personal anthem of the President of the United States

original song written and composed by Lenny Kravitz, Ingrid Chavez, Madonna

rock song

British patriotic song

American patriotic song

Christian hymn

original song written and composed by Leonard Cohen; first released by Judy Collins

1804 poem by William Blake

original song written and composed by George Harrison; first recorded by The Beatles

Unofficial national anthem of the Confederate States

Christmas song with lyrics by William Chatterton Dix

song written and composed by Trevor Nunn and Andrew Lloyd Webber for the 1981 musical "Cats"

thumb|upright=1.2|Ruins of Gurre Castle, 2007 '''''''' (Songs of Gurre) is a tripartite oratorio followed by a melodramatic epilogue for five vocal soloists, narrator, three choruses, and grand orchestra. The work, which is based on an early song cycle for soprano, tenor and piano, was composed by the then-Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg from 1900 to 1903. After a break, he resumed orchestration in 1910 and completed it in November 1911. It sets to music the poem cycle Gurresange'' by the Danish writer Jens Peter Jacobsen (translated from Danish to German by ).

French song

1963 single by Peter, Paul and Mary

1984 single by Pet Shop Boys

2017 single by Lana Del Rey

christian hymn, originally "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden" by Paul Gerhardt

Japanese military song

"Unpretty" is a song by American group TLC, released on May 17, 1999, through LaFace and Arista Records as the second single from the band's third studio album, FanMail. It was written by Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins and producer Dallas Austin. Watkins had written a poem to express her disgust over an episode of Ricki Lake, and Austin helped her adapt it into the song.

American hymn composed in 1905 commonly known as the Black national anthem

Christmas carol

1937 Japanese military song

2014 song by Taylor Swift

poem

song by Ofra Haza

Harry Chapin song

single

single

song by Syd Barrett

song composed by Leonard Cohen, based on a poem by Federico García Lorca

2016 single by Halsey

2010 single by Mariah Carey

1997 single by Marilyn Manson

poem by Joyce Kilmer

Keane song

Christmas carol; musical setting of the poem Christmas Bells by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, composed by John Baptiste Calkin

single by London Symphony Orchestra

original song written and composed by Eric Clapton, Martin Sharp

song

original song written by Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks for US band The Beach Boys

song

Christian hymn paraphrased from Francis of Assisi, set to the tune Lasst Uns Erfreuen