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"In America" is a song written and recorded by American music group Charlie Daniels Band. It was released in May 1980 as the lead single from their album Full Moon . [ 1 ] A live music video was released in 2001 shortly after the September 11 attacks .
The song references President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal in the line, "The cotton was short and the weeds was tall, but Mr. Roosevelt's gonna save us all."' The father of the family is a Southern Democrat; "Daddy was a veteran, a Southern Democrat. They oughta get a rich man to vote like that."
The Frogs rock music band founded in 1980, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, by brothers Jimmy and Dennis Flemion The Fontane Sisters , a trio (Bea, Geri and Marge Rosse) from New Milford, New Jersey The Fools , a Massachusetts rock band best known for the party atmosphere of their live performances and tongue-in-cheek original songs, covers and parodies
These songs about America are about putting in the work to make those freedoms a reality and to make and keep our country a place of liberty, peace and justice for all. 50 Songs About America ...
The chorus of the song comes from a song called "Living in America" by Swedish band the Sounds. The song is intended as a commentary on the worldwide cultural and political imperialism of the United States of America. The song's lyrics, as well as its video, are a critique of America's cultural imperialism, political propaganda and role as a ...
The song uses a clever play on words to promote Southern rock music. The notion that "the South shall rise again" was a familiar sentiment and rallying cry for disaffected Southern whites after the American Civil War. The song co-opts that sentiment, but uses the statement to celebrate Southern rock acts contemporary to the song itself.
In the United States, Southern Unionists were white Southerners living in the Confederate States of America opposed to secession. Many fought for the Union during the Civil War . These people are also referred to as Southern Loyalists , Union Loyalists , [ 1 ] or Lincoln's Loyalists . [ 2 ]
Happily absent are later-generation pop stars testifying to the band's genius, or worse, singing their own versions of Beatles songs. Not even the Beatles testify to their own genius.