What was the French equivalent of "Deutchland uber Alles"?

Question

when nationalism first appeared during the French Revolution, what was the national pride song or theme that could be compared with Deutchland Uber Alles?

What about any other european countries?

Answer 1

"La Marseillaise".

On the night of April 25th 1792, Rouget de Lisle, as a member of the Rhine Army, was stationed in Strasbourg. France had just declared war on Austria and Prussia and the army was preparing to march on Paris. The mayor of Strasbourg approached de Lisle about composing a simple song that would serve as a marching tune for this march. It was first introduced when it was played at a patriotic banquet where it captured everyone's attention with its catchy hook and melody. Then, printed copies were given to the revolutionary forces. They entered Paris singing this song, and marched to the Tuileries on August 10th of that same year. It was accepted as the official national anthem of France shortly thereafter on July 14, 1795 by the Convention. The song was banned by Napoleon III during the Empire and by Louis XVIII during the Second Restoration of 1815. Napoleon's decision was based on the song's revolutionary character and its dangerous revolutionary association. In 1830 Napoleon III had to ban it again since it was brought back by the authorities after the revolution in the July of 1830. It was finally oficially restored in 1879.

The song was originally entitled Chant de guerre de l'armeé du Rhin (in English: War Song of the Army of the Rhine). However, it became so popular with volunteer army units from Marseilles, it was simply renamed after the location of those units. And so it came to be called La Marseillaise, an anthem which is extremely special to the people of France and the Francophone world.
http://www.legallanguage.com/poems/LaMarseillaise.htm

Here is a piece on national anthems; you could also look up each country's anthem individually:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_anthem

Answer 2

Hymne du 21 janvier.
Les flammes d'Etna sur ses laves antiques
Ne cessent de verser des flots plus dévorants.
Des monstres couronnés, les fureurs despotiques.
Ne cessent d'ajouter aux forfaits des tyrans.
S'il en est qui veulent un maître,
De rois en rois dans l'univers
Qu'ils aillent mendier des fers,
Ces français indignes de l'être,
Ces français indignes de l'étre!

Hymn of 21 January
Etna's flames of ancient lava
Ceaselessly flow, ever more devouring.
Crowned monsters, despotic furies.
Ceaselessly add to tyrants' hideous crimes.
If some want a master,
In a world from King to king
Let them beg for shackles
Unworthy to be called Frenchmen,
Unworthy to be called Frenchmen!
Patriotic Song on the Unveiling of the Busts of Marat and Le Pelletier (1793)
This song illustrates the fluid boundary between "high" and "popular" musical forms. Althought these lyrics were set to a new composition by Joseph Gossec, they could also be sung to a tune already familiar to many French men and women. The song honors journalist Jean–Paul Marat and deputy Michel LePelletier, both of whom had been assasinated and were considered martyrs to the Revolution.

Chant patriotique pour l'inauguration des bustes de Marat et Le Pelletier.

Citoyens dont Rome antique
A consacré les vertus,
Soutiens de la République,
Vous, Gracques et toi Brutus,
Brûlans de votre courage,
Les Français l'ont imité;
Ils achèvent votre ouvrage
En fondant la liberté,
En fondant la liberté,
En fondant la liberté.

Patriotic Song on the unveiling of the busts of Marat and Le Pelletier

Citizens whose virtues
Ancient Rome has consecrated
Support the Republic
You, Gracchus, and you, Brutus,
Passionate from your courage,
The French have imitated it;
They complete your task
By establishing liberty,
By establishing liberty,
By establishing liberty.

Catchy little numbers aren't they!

Answer 3

La Marseillaise

Answer 4

The Marseilles was the song of the french revolutionaries and still is the French national anthem. The chorus is:
Grab your weapons citizens
Form your battalions
let us march, Let us march.
May Impure blood
water our fields.

For the British 'Rule Britannia' is the same:
Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the waves,
Britons never, never, never shall be slaves.

Answer 5

Deutschland uber Alles was a national anthem that didn't stay the course as it's roots were in racism, atheism & anti human rights.
well from what i've just read.
all european countries r either clambering 2 join the EU or have already joined,
thus undermining any national identity more.
here in the UK, do we really have a national idenity that ur average Joe Public understands?

Answer 6

Yes, only more fabulous. The winners are brighter and the losers are dimmer on here than the Gong Show could ever hope for!

Answer 7

Vive la France!

Answer 8

H Eλλαδα για τους Ελληνες. (Greece for Greeks) .

Answer 9

The marines say Semper Fi is that French.

Answer 10

im sure these slimey surrender monkeys dont have national pride.

I wish tony blair was premier of france.He is more suited to the french than the mighty british.