Sorry for the mixup. I gueses I still don’t think the O Canada tune is so easily counted the winner. I mean, I have heard it, and it’s pretty, but it just sounds too european and kind of limpy at times.
That's because you rarely hear it played properly. It's a march, and written of course in march time, and should be played as one. Perhaps the definitive version of 'O Canada' used to be performed by the late Roget Doucette (sp?), who sang it -- beautifully and rousingly -- at the old Montreal Forum before Canadiens' hockey games for years and years.
A far better tune than 'To Anacreon in Heaven', with its note stretch of 13 (13?!? Less than 1 person in 10 has such a range!).