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Toby Keith – Courtesy Of The Red, White And Blue
“Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)” – Single by Toby Keith from the album Unleashed. Released on May 27, 2002.
The song was written in late 2001, and was inspired by Keith’s father’s death in March 2001, as well as the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States later that year. It was released in May 2002 as the lead single from the album, Unleashed. The song topped the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and reached number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming his biggest solo hit on that chart.
“Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)” debuted at number 41 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs for the week of May 25, 2002. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on January 3, 2006, and platinum on March 27, 2012.
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“It wasn’t written for everybody,” the Oklahoma native tells CBS News. “And when you write something from your heart — I had a dad that was a veteran, taught me how precious our freedom is — I was so angry when we were attacked here on American soil that it leaked out of me. You know, some people wept when they heard it. Some people got goosebumps. Some people were emotionally moved. Some cheered, turned their fists in the air.”
“Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue” wasn’t well received by everyone, however: Keith was removed from the lineup for a patriotic TV show on ABC when he refused to either soften the lyrics or choose another song with which to open the televised special
Toby Keith a compus această melodie în 20 de minute în 2001. Prima oară a cântat piesa în public la Pentagon, în fața unui grup de soldați care pleacau în misiune în Afghanistan. Ofițerii au rămas impresionați și i-au spus că trebuie să înregistreze melodia.
Titlul ințial a fost “The Angry American”, dar când a ajuns la producător, au decis pentru ‘Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue”.
Lyrics/Versuri:
American girls and American guys
We’ll always stand up and salute
We’ll always recognize
When we see Old Glory flying
There’s a lot of men dead
So we can sleep in peace at night when we lay down our head
We’ll always stand up and salute
We’ll always recognize
When we see Old Glory flying
There’s a lot of men dead
So we can sleep in peace at night when we lay down our head
My daddy served in the army
Where he lost his right eye but he flew a flag out in our yard
Until the day that he died
He wanted my mother, my brother, my sister and me
To grow up and live happy
In the land of the free
Where he lost his right eye but he flew a flag out in our yard
Until the day that he died
He wanted my mother, my brother, my sister and me
To grow up and live happy
In the land of the free
Now this nation that I love has fallen under attack
A mighty sucker punch came flyin’ in from somewhere in the back
Soon as we could see clearly
Through our big black eye
Man, we lit up your world
Like the fourth of July…
A mighty sucker punch came flyin’ in from somewhere in the back
Soon as we could see clearly
Through our big black eye
Man, we lit up your world
Like the fourth of July…
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