Home | Songs By Year | Songs from 1967


America Is My Home

Buy America Is My Home now from Amazon

First, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the song. And once you've experienced the song, tell everyone what you thought about it.

Wikipedia article




"'America Is My Home'" is a 1968 single by James Brown. It was intended as a patriotic song written by Brown and Hayward E. Moore, recorded in 1967 in response to increasing criticism of the Vietnam War by black leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Stokely Carmichael. Brown speaks rather than sings the words of the song over an instrumental backing. The lyrics affirm that "America is still the best country, without a doubt" and claim "black and white, they may fight, but if the enemy come we'll get together and run 'em out of sight."Smith, R.J. (2012). 'The One: The Life and Music of James Brown', 194-195, 206-208. New York: Gotham Books. Brown delayed the song's release until the summer of 1968 when he thought the timing was right. It charted #13 R&B and #52 Pop.White, Cliff (1991). "Discography". In 'Star Time' (pp. 5459) [CD booklet]. New York: PolyGram Records. He followed it later that year with "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud".

References



Category:James Brown songs

Category:Songs written by James Brown

Category:American patriotic songs

Category:1968 singles

Category:1967 songs

Category:King Records (United States) singles


Buy America Is My Home now from Amazon

<-- Return to songs from 1967



This work is released under CC-BY-SA. Some or all of this content attributed to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1103597821.