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Sat Jul 4, 2026, 09:10 PM Jul 4

From a Foreign Facebook - which song symbolizes America

Last edited Sat Jul 4, 2026, 09:48 PM - Edit history (1)

Here are the replies:

American Pie

The River - Bruce Sprinsteen

Hotel California

America - Simone and Garfunkel

Born in the USA

Take me Home Country Road

Alicia Keys New York

Amerian Pie

America

The Night They drove old Dixie Down

Don’t stop believing

Georgia - Ray Charles

This land is your land (written to counter to God Bless America?)

American Pie

Take me home country road

Sweet Home Alabama

Democracy - Leonard Cohen

American Pie

This Land is Your Land - Woody Guthrie

The Boxer

Born in the USA

God Bless the USA

The River - Bruce Springsteen

New York New York - Frank Sinatra

We’re an American Band

Country Road - John Denver

American Tune

America the Beautiful performed by Ray Charles

Battle Hymn of the Republic

Tom Waite - in the Neighborhood

Country Road

Glory Days

God Bless America

Born in the USA

Something Stupid - Frank Sinatra

Born in the USA

Telegraph Road

American Tune

This is not America - from the Falcon and the Snowman

Battle Hymn of the Republic

America America

Born in the USA

This Land is My Land

Take me Home Country Road

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I admit that I have never heard of some of then: Bruce Springsteen The River and Tom Waite in the neighborhood are thought provoking. Telegaraph Rd -14 min! Spouse prefers John Brown’s Body to the sanitized (his word) Battle Hymn of the Republic.

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From a Foreign Facebook - which song symbolizes America (Original Post) question everything Jul 4 OP
Only a Pawn in Their Game - Bob Dylan RockRaven Jul 4 #1
they call if the american dream (because you have to asleep to believe it) didnt make the list hmm msongs Jul 4 #2
I love it that someone listed Telegraph Road RandomNumbers Jul 4 #3
Going to a Town Scrivener7 Jul 4 #4
Everybody Knows - Leonard Cohen harumph Jul 5 #5

RandomNumbers

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3. I love it that someone listed Telegraph Road
Sat Jul 4, 2026, 09:34 PM
Jul 4

but TBH out of those listed, it would have to be American Pie

I remember being stationed in Korea in the 80's and we go to the bars outside the base and play American Pie on the jukebox with everyone joining in ... good times. Pretty sure all the locals there would consider it the, or at least an, American Anthem.


edit to add: I see it listed several times, probably the most mentioned. the GI factor is probably a big reason.

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