'God Bless the USA,'Lee Greenwood (1983)
Proudest Lines: "I gladly stand up, next to you and defend her still today/'Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land/God bless the USA"
Though Greenwood wrote this song in 1983, it didn't become a big hit until Desert Storm in 1991, when radio stations embraced it to help boost patriotism. The song re-entered the country charts in 2001 after 9/11.
Reader Comments(1 of 4)
Timothy M Foxat 7-03-2008
Did anyone ever hear of Hank jr or DAVID ALLEN COE OR CHARLIE DANIELS talk about being patriotic
n5ozbat 7-03-2008
What about darryl worley have you forgotten??
Brittanyat 7-03-2008
DARRYL WORLEY - "HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN"!!!!!! Hello it's like the best. And the song "I Just Came Back from the War" Come on!to whoever picked the ones listed
jughdat 7-03-2008
to hell with darryl swirlie
janiceat 7-03-2008
I heard Lee Greenwood sing this song long before it became popular. It brought chills to my arms and tears to my eyes. Every time I hear it now, I still get tears in my eyes because I am proud to be an American. In this country I have the freedom to say so!!
syl1969at 5-27-2009
I absolutely, positively agree with you! Well said!
navalgirlat 6-30-2009
yes!
you speak the truth, i am a proud AMERICAN and this song will get to your heart.
Carlaat 7-03-2008
Anything from Keni Thomas Flags of our Father A Soldiers Story is worthy to be in the top 10.
Greg Hayesat 7-03-2008
Toby K. NEVER SERVED. He is a bigotted ex-con who should be in jail for life.
Steveat 12-09-2008
You are a typical liberal, prob preaches tolerance, unless it means you have to tolarate some1 with a different opinion than you. Toby may have not served, but has done more for our troops than 90% of the country
saylorscreekat 4-05-2009
All Americans serve who honor their country with their talents and sacrifice for others. Americans know this, ever since the Revolutionary War. I have many soldier ancestors in that conflict (and am myself a Navy veteran), but America recognizes one as a founder and patriot (a cousin of George Washington) as having served not by being a soldier but by giving all he had to feed and clothe the soldiers. I would imagine that you feel that Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson were frauds, too.
Scottat 7-03-2008
These are not 9/11 songs, they are patriotic-American songs, so the Have you forgotten song doesn't qualify.
The Dixie Chicks should be on top, not for any songs, just for getting "IT" right before anybody else.
Steveat 12-09-2008
They have no patriotism whatsoever
rac55at 12-10-2008
The dixie chicks go on concert in Britain and run down our country and commander in cheif, and that's supposed to be patriotic? Shooting off their mouths in a foriegn country?.....True patriots like Jane Fonda, Bill Ayers, and Micheal Moore...Brilliant!
peni1962at 3-16-2009
The Chicks nailed it. They were right the whole time. Its amazing how many people deny it to this day. If people had listened perhaps this country wouldnt be broke and out of control.