MILEY Cyrus fans have lodged a petition with the White House to replace The Star-Spangled Banner with the former teen star's hit Party in the USA.

An online petition to We The People (petitions.whitehouse.gov), the White House's system which allows people to lobby the government, calls for the change of tune with the heartfelt message "Obama please make Miley Cyrus' Party in the USA our national anthem. It is what is best for this country."

Before Miley fans start dancing in the street, the switch from a traditional song that has inspired generations to Americans to a pop hit that inspires tweens could still be a far way off.

In order for the petition to be put to the government, it needs 100,000 signatures.

So far, the appeal for Party in the USA has gathered 254 supporters - just 99,743 to go.

Earlier this year the White House rejected a petition, which received more than 30,000 signatures of Star Wars fans, to begin construction of a Death Star by 2016.

Other unusual petitions to the US government have included one signed by 6292 demanding NASA construct a Star Trek-style inspired USS Enterprise interplanetary spaceship and another signed by 8014 people which called for the US Mint to make a platinum trillion dollar coin.

Could you see this being the US national anthem?

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