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"American Girl" is a rock song written by Tom Petty and recorded by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers for their self-titled debut album in 1976. It was released as a single and did not chart in the United States, but peaked at No. 40 in the UK for the week ending August 27, 1977.
"American Woman" is a song by Canadian rock band the Guess Who, released January 1970, from the album of the same name. It was later released in March 1970 as a single backed with "No Sugar Tonight", and it reached number one for three weeks commencing May 9 on both the United States' Billboard Hot 100 [4] [5] and the Canadian RPM magazine singles chart. [6]
Writing for MTV, Jenna Hally Rubenstein stated that "American Girl" is a "perfect pop song" featuring "sparkling pop production" and "a booming and surging chorus". [24] Commercially, "American Girl" was McKee's first song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 87 and selling 25,000 copies in its first two weeks.
"All-American Girl" is a song composed by American country pop singer Carrie Underwood, Ashley Gorley and Kelley Lovelace. It is the second single from Underwood's second studio album, Carnival Ride , released in the United States on December 17, 2007.
The chorus verifies how the woman is a simple American girl. In the song, there are references to R&B/soul singer Aretha Franklin and country singer Patsy Cline. The song was also the theme to a television pilot titled XXX's and OOO's, which was pitched to CBS in late 1994. [3]
Von Tilzer and Dillon had never written a song together before, but finding themselves on the same vaudeville bill, von Tilzer suggested they might collaborate on some songs while on the road. Dillon had already had some success with "girl" songs such as "I'd Rather Have a Girlie Than an Automobile", so von Tilzer suggested they try another in ...
"Here Comes My Girl" is a song written by Tom Petty and Mike Campbell, and recorded by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, their third single from their breakthrough hit 1979 album, Damn the Torpedoes. It peaked at number 59 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on May 24, 1980.
"Once Upon a Time" is a song composed by Charles Strouse, with lyrics by Lee Adams, from the 1962 musical All American. [1] It describes the loss of love over time. In the musical, the song was performed by Ray Bolger and Eileen Herlie, and their version appears on the Broadway Cast recording.