These songs will be ranked on two axes: how anthemic they are and how good they are. Max 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ on each axis

Chess
this is from the musical "chess" and I listened to Josh Groban perform it cause he came up on google first.
I wasn't feeling it but it probably hits like a truck if played onstage in the context of the show.
I kind of like how it builds.
Anthemicness: 3/5⭐⭐⭐
Good: 3/5⭐⭐⭐

Moby
the Mobe-ster makes us all uncomfortable with sex noises set over a driving dance beat however there is something spooky about it that works. there is barely a lyric in here
Anthemicness: 1/5⭐
Good: 3/5⭐⭐⭐

Leonard Cohen
with my metalhead's ear it is hard to fairly rank a song done in cohen's style. it's a song, it has a central "anthemic" lyric but it's also quite dreary which I guess is his style
Anthemicness: 2/5⭐⭐
Good: 3/5⭐⭐⭐

Pitbull
if there is one thing you can count on mr worldwide to do it is to deliver a pop banger however this is not one of those times. well it uses the central riff from alex guadino's "destination calabria" that jumped out to me immediately but it does not build upon it a great deal
Anthemicness: 3/5⭐⭐⭐
Good: 2/5⭐⭐

Iced Earth
I have no strong feelings about this song one way or the other
Anthemicness: 2/5⭐⭐
Good: 2/5⭐⭐

Greta Van Fleet
The lyrics to this song "rub me the wrong way"
Anthemicness: 1/5⭐
Good: 1/5⭐

Rush
added this because I didn't know rush ever did a song called anthem- this song has some good guitar licks but it feels like it's half over before it gets going. fun. also after iced earth anything should sound good
Anthemicness: 2/5⭐⭐
Good: 4/5⭐⭐⭐⭐

Raised Fist
"raised fist" is a very generic name for a band and "anthem" is a very generic name for a song made by a band called "raised fist". it is short. it's probably fun live but otherwise this song is sadly as normal as its name. not unpleasant but not that exciting
Anthemicness: 2/5⭐⭐
Good: 2/5⭐⭐

Good Charlotte
I can totally imagine singing "I don't ever wanna be YOOOOOU" in an anthemic style and so this one actually does really well. I once listened to this on repeat when I was a youth. sorry to say it but this corny butt rock song has charted highly
Anthemicness: 5/5⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Good: 4/5⭐⭐⭐⭐

Blink-182
Yeah this song still kicks ass. it's chantable even though I have no idea what "I time bomb" means
Anthemicness: 4/5⭐⭐⭐⭐
Good: 5/5⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐


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