La Marseillaise is the official national anthem of France. The song was originally called Chant de guerre pour l’Armée du Rhin (English: War Song for the Army of the Rhine), but it is also the anthem of the French Republic.

It was composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in the French National Convention, which was the political organisation that ruled France from 1792 to 1999. The song was adopted by the French Republic as its national anthem in 1999, and is one of the first anthems that has been incorporated into popular music. The song is the subject of many music compositions, and has been recorded by many artists.