john stafford smith composed the music to the star spangled banner.
john stafford smith composed the music to the star spangled banner.
who composed the music to the star spangled banner?
john stafford smith
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the star-spangled banner, or the great garrison flag, was the garrison flag that flew over fort mchenry in baltimore harbor during the naval portion of the battle of baltimore during the war of 1812. seeing the flag during the battle inspired francis scott key to write the poem "defence of fort m'henry", which, retitled with the flag's name from the closing lines of the first stanza and set to the tune of "to anacreon in heaven" by john stafford smith, later became the national anthem of the united states.
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section::::track listing and formats.









































bullet::::- us cd single (1991 version) / us cassette single









































bullet::::1. "the star spangled banner"—2:17









































bullet::::2. "america the beautiful"—1:32









































bullet::::- us 7" vinyl single









































bullet::::- a "the star spangled banner"—2:15









































bullet::::- b "america the beautiful"—1:31









































bullet::::- us cd single (2001 version) / eu cd single









































bullet::::1. "the star spangled banner"—2:14









































bullet::::2. "america the beautiful"—1:31









































bullet::::- video single / vhs









































bullet::::1. running time – 4 minutes 30 seconds









































section::::credits and personnel.









































credits adapted from "the star spangled banner" single liner notes.









































"the star spangled banner"
the star spangled banner (whitney houston recording)