Jody Rose of the Los Angeles Times argued that the national anthem should be replaced with “Lean On Me,” which was written by American singer-songwriter Bill Withers and spent three weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 100 in July 1972.
The “Star-Spangled Banner” was used by the U.S. Navy in 1889, by President Woodrow Wilson in 1916, and became America’s national anthem in 1931. The lyrics were written by Francis Scott Key, a lawyer in Washington, D.C., who penned them after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore by British ships during the War of 1812.
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