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"America" is a song by Canadian rock musician Kim Mitchell. It was released May 1992 as the second single from his fourth studio album, Aural Fixations. [citation needed] It was Mitchell's highest-charting single in Canada, reaching number 3 on the RPM Top Singles chart. A music video was made for the song.
The editorial became a phenomenon on American radio after CKLW Radio news director and news anchor Byron MacGregor read Sinclair's commentary on the air. After CKLW (a 50,000 watt Windsor/Detroit powerhouse radio station) received many requests for it, a record was released by Westbound Records of MacGregor's recording, with "America the Beautiful" being played by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
"My Country, 'Tis of Thee", also known as simply "America", is an American patriotic song, the lyrics of which were written by Samuel Francis Smith. [2] The song served as one of the de facto national anthems of the United States (along with songs like "Hail, Columbia") before the adoption of "The Star-Spangled Banner" as the official U.S. national anthem in 1931. [3]
“Why don’t we liberate these United States/ We’re the ones need it the worst/ Let the rest of the world help us for a change/ And let’s rebuild America first,” goes one part of the song.
The song's lyrics, as well as its video, are a critique of America's cultural imperialism, political propaganda and role as a global policeman. [1] The two verses are sung in German with a chorus in Denglisch : "We're all living in Amerika, Amerika ist wunderbar, We're all living in Amerika, Amerika, Amerika" and "We're all living in Amerika ...
In a similar vein, the 2024 song "Not Like Us" by American rapper Kendrick Lamar has become an unofficial anti-Canadian song due to the target being Drake, who is the country's biggest rapper. The song was referenced by Argentina after they defeated Canada in the semifinals of the 2024 Copa América and was played by USA Basketball after they ...
Canadians share so many similarities with people in the United States, but there is so much about Canada that Americans get wrong. From speech to health care and other facets of everyday life ...
"Canadian Idiot" is a song by American parody musician "Weird Al" Yankovic, released on 26 September 2006 from his album Straight Outta Lynwood. It is a parody of Green Day's song "American Idiot". The song is a sarcastic parody of the stereotypical American view of the Canadian way of life and a satire of American xenophobia.