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'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 2)
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!!
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.
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.
stephineat 7-03-2008
there are a lot of great patriotic songs in country music and i am proud that these people feel this strongly about our nation, not many do these days
God has truely blessed the USA!
James Adkinsat 7-03-2008
stephine. You are right on the money. I'm afraid we are GIVING our country away to our enemies. We have no morals left, and pretty soon it will be against the law to even speak against the filth we are being handed by our politician and the devil.
I also love America, and I too will defend her as long as I live.
Peggyat 7-03-2008
What happened to Alan Jackson's WHERE WERE YOU-he wrote just after 911? I would think it deserves to be on this list. How mnore patriotic can a song be and so hearfelt for anyone. Just wanted to share my opinion.
richat 7-03-2008
sounds like u girls are a bunch of CRY BABY LIB'S and a bunch of war bashing dummies. so what if Toby did not serve at least he has been there supporting our guys and girls more then i can say for you dummies
Justinat 7-03-2008
These are patriotic songs, not songs wrote from the aftermath of 9-11. That is the reason that Alan Jackson, Daryl Worley, and Toby Keith-Angry American did not make the list. As for whoever thinks these songs were wrote about 9-11, that is not the case. God Bless the USA came out in 1983. Some Gave All came out in the early nineties. In America come out in the seventies/eighties. Ragged Old Flag came out in the sixties. Only In America was out at the time of 9-11. These songs don't talk about anger, they talk about support of our country and the troops that defend our way of life. Everyone should take a listen to these songs. My three favorites on this list are Arlington, Ragged Old Flag, and God Bless The USA.
Conradat 7-03-2008
No mention of Merle Haggard's "Fightin' Side of Me" ?
They're walkin' on the fightin' side of me.
Yeah, walkin' on the fightin' side of me.
Runnin' down the way of life,
Our fightin' men have fought and died to keep.
If you don't love it, leave it:
Let this song I'm singin' be a warnin'.
If you're runnin' down my country, man,
You're walkin' on the fightin' side of me
p curleyat 7-03-2008
to Justin - I must be getting old. The "Only in America" I remember was done in 1963 by Jay and the Americans. The song you are referring to around 9-11 must be another different song with the same title.