Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The song was a reaction to the varying difficult issues facing America in the late 1970s – the fallout from the Watergate scandal, the simultaneous double-digit inflation, unemployment, and prime interest rates (leading to the misery index), and the 1979–1981 Iran Hostage Crisis.
“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.
In 1985, Wonder performed "Love's in Need of Love Today" as a duet with English singer-songwriter George Michael at the Apollo Theater for the television special Motown Returns to the Apollo. [ 4 ] In 2001, Wonder performed the song with the a cappella group Take 6 during America: A Tribute to Heroes , a benefit concert held in the aftermath of ...
OpEd: What impact might we have if we actually began to quietly demonstrate God’s unconditional, self-sacrificing love—full-time?
"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]
Lee Greenwood will celebrate the 40th anniversary of his iconic anthem “God Bless the USA” – a love letter to the country – and at 81 years old, he has no plans to slow down.
"In America" by Creed (1997) A song that contains the line "Only in America we kill the unborn to make ends meet." [148] "In te" by Nek (1993) An Italian-language song written by Antonello de Sanctis about a past relationship in which his partner had an abortion without telling him. [149] "In the Fields" by Sara Hickman (1990)
"Today's the Day" was released as the album's lead single in April 1976 and it peaked at #23 on the Billboard Hot 100, [3] making it the most successful single from the album. The final Top 40 hit for America as a trio, "Today's the Day" was also America's third and final #1 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart which it topped for two weeks. [4]