For some reason, this song is incredibly popular among
gay people. Maybe their own
experience fits well within the little
scene it describes.
Dunno.
For some (probably different) reason, a slightly modified cover of this song has also become the official
anthem of the
French football team during the
World Cup in 1998. Since most French
footballers don't understand
English, and neither does the average
Frenchman, it is little
surprise that the most popular part of the song is a strong vocal chorus ("laaa la la la laaaaa", etc. -
repeat) which did not appear in the original
song (there was a
strings part instead).
For yet another reason, against all odds, the French actually won the World Cup that very
year. Considering the importance it had on the morale of the
nation, it was probably the most important event in French
history since the end of
WW2.
No proposal so far has been made to replace
La Marseillaise with
I will survive. My opinion: nobody felt the need for such a
proposal, because this
replacement has already happened
naturally.
Stand up, raise your arms over your
head, take a looooong deep breath: "Laaaa-la la la laaaaa, lalalalaalalaaaaa.."