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Wikipedia article




{{Infobox song

| name = American Bad Ass

| cover = American Bad Ass.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Kid Rock

| album = The History of Rock

| released = April 18, 2000

| format =

| recorded =

* 1991

* 19962000

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

* Nu metal

* rap metal

* heavy metal

| length = 4:32

| label = Atlantic

| writer =

* Kid Rock

* James Hetfield

* Lars Ulrich

| producer =

* Kid Rock

* Uncle Kracker

| prev_title = Wasting Time

| prev_year = 2000

| next_title = Forever

| next_year = 2001

| misc =

}}

"'American Bad Ass'" is a song by the American musician Kid Rock, released from his 2000 album 'The History of Rock'. "American Bad Ass" uses the instrumental structure of Metallica's "Sad but True."

Music video



The music video for the single aired on MTV2 upon release, and reached #1 on Canada's MuchMusic Countdown. The song was performed on 'Saturday Night Live'.

At the beginning, Kid Rock watches TV and then after going to a rapping party, he goes to a concert on a cabriolet, surrounded by bikers. At the middle of the song, Kid Rock's car explodes and the thrash metal party starts to play. At the end of the video, Kid Rock with his band plays at a concert on the stage.

The video features a cameo appearance by Ron Jeremy.

This is the last music video to feature Joe C. before his death.

In popular culture



*After the USS Cole bombing in October 2000, the song was played on the ship's PA system upon leaving the port of Yemen after the national anthem and other patriotic songs were played.[https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/kidrock/articles/story/5918414/kid_rock_show_to_honor_uss_cole rollingstone.com "Kid Rock Show to Honor USS Cole"]

*The song was also featured in promotional material for the film adaptions of two popular Hasbro franchises. 'G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra', in which their TV spot is aptly titled "American Badass" and 'Battleship'.

*"American Bad Ass" appeared in the TV spot for the film 'The Gunman'.

*A version of the song was used as an entrance theme in 2000 for the WWF (now WWE) wrestler The Undertaker while he was using his "American Badass" gimmick. The song would be replaced by Limp Bizkit's "Rollin".

Track listing



#"American Bad Ass" (clean album version)

#"3 Sheets to the Wind" (Live)

#"Cowboy" (Live)

Charts



Parody



In 2001, the American glam metal band Tuff made a parody of this song, named "American Hair Band".

References



Category:Kid Rock songs

Category:2000 singles

Category:Songs written by Kid Rock

Category:Songs written by James Hetfield

Category:Songs written by Lars Ulrich

Category:2000 songs

Category:Atlantic Records singles

Category:Nu metal songs

Category:Rap metal songs


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