So many songs are dedicated to this self-proclaimed glorious country, and we will roll up our sleeves and find the 11 Most Popular Songs About America. Natives, British, Germans, they all sang about America, and it doesn’t stop there. We wouldn’t be surprised that there was a song about America in every country of the world. As noted before, there are so many songs, and so few places on the top.
Not all of the song are glorifying America. There are some harsh ones, critical, satirical and hateful as well. If you are from Texas and think hate should be extinguished with guns, then check out these 11 Most Popular Songs About Texas.
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For our starting point, we head to Billboard, America’s number one popularity metric. They have spent more than 70 years making music charts and they must know what they are talking about. They published one neat article about Awesome ‘America’ Songs. We took those songs that they think are the most awesome songs and ranked them all, trying to find our 11 Most Popular Songs About America. Ranking was based on Youtube views and 2 criteria of chart performance of the song. For every million views on Youtube, the song would acquire 1 point. We took a dual system of chart performance, so we would include the song’s popularity outside the USA. First chart performance criteria was the song’s performance on the Billboard charts. For number one position, the song would gain 100 points and 10 points less for every position downwards. The second chart performance criteria is that the song obtained 10 points for every number one position on all other charts it was included. Get your flags out, here we go.
11. Eminem, “White America”
The first rapper who managed to find its way on our list. Eminem was always known for his sharp tongue and he didn’t make this song any different, defending free speech.
Overall score: 32
10. Lil Wayne, “God Bless Amerika”
One of two rap songs on our list, Lil Wayne couldn’t help but join the patriotic convoy, but his song is dark and critical.
Overall score: 33
9. Bruce Springsteen, “Born In The U.S.A.”
Legendary Bruce is rocking with this song for more than 30 years, and the song was covered many times outside America, with U.S.A. being replaced with some other country.
Overall score: 51
8. Lenny Kravitz, “American Woman”
This already popular song by Canadian band the Guess Who, released in 1970, was made even more popular by Lenny Kravitz, who covered it for the soundtrack of Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.
Overall score: 92
7. Neil Diamond, “America”
Neil Diamond salutes immigrants with this song, and welcomes all to America. The song is especially popular during his live performances and had to sneak into our 11 Most Popular Songs About America.
Overall score: 102
6. Demi Lovato, “Made in the USA”
Although critics liked the song, it never managed to hit the charts as hard as was intended.
Overall score: 109
5. Toby Keith, “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue”
Inspired by his father’s death who was a war veteran and 9/11 atacks, Toby Keith penned this song in 20 minutes and topped the charts. At first he didn’t want to record it, but was persuaded to change his mind.
Overall score: 116
4. Madonna, “American Life”
We couldn’t get around Madonna of course. With a fitting video that tried to show Madonna as a citizen of the world, her critique of America was still the main message. (Madonna also covered “American Pie” a few years before.)
Overall score: 146
3. Green Day, “American Idiot”
The ultimate critique of American society still remains popular, although it caused a lot of controversy. But that is what rock should be about, right?
Overall score: 155
2. Don McLean, “American Pie”
This American jukebox and karaoke favorite gained massive cultural significance, being covered multiple times over the years. Despite that, the full meaning of the lyrics was never revealed.
Overall score: 193
1. Miley Cyrus, “Party in the U.S.A.”
Surprise, surprise. Although this song was not originally intended for Miley, and she put it on the album because of the lack of tracks, it turned out pretty popular. The world loves Miley, no matter how she behaves, so they helped put her at the top of the 11 Most Popular Songs About America.
Overall score: 575
