The real most “American” songs are:

Free bird,
Fortunate son,
Sweet Home Alabama,
Born in USA,
Summer of 69’,

What are you adding to the list?

All lists online are just songs with the word “America” in the title.

26 comments

  1. Every Michael Jackson Song to ever exist
    And Prince

    Nat King Cole

    Louis Armstrong

    John Coltrane

    Bo Diddley

    OutKast

    Chubby Checkers

    Jimi Hendrix

    Nirvana

    Otis Redding

    Chuck Berry

    Tom Waits

    Doobie Brothers

    Charlie Daniels

    Hank Williams

    Johnny Cash

    Howlin Wolf

    Aretha Franklin

    Dolly Parton

    Whitney

    Ella Fitzgerald

    Billy Joel

    2 pac

    Snoop Dogg

    Frank Sinatra

    CCR

    SOAD

    Metallica

    Linkin Park

    Chevelle

    Brandy

    Blue Oyster Cult

    Stevie Wonder

    Diana Ross

    Beyoncé

    Cab Calloway

    Queens Of The Stone Age

    Foo Fighters

    Tool

    The White Stripes

    The Killers

    John Williams

    Danny Elfman

    Jay Z

    Nas

    Beastie Boys

    A Tribe Called Quest

    Roots

    Sound Garden

    Incubus

    Deftones

    I mean how long do you want this list

  5. Shenandoah is the most American song. Also the most beautiful American song. Go listen to Keith Jarrett play it and then argue with me.

  7. This Land is Your Land is, absolutely the most American song. All others stem from this.

    Ask Springsteen or Mellencamp what they think of Woody, and they’ll tell you there is no more American songwriter than him.

  9. Probably a weird one because of how it got to this situation, but Seven Nation Army.

    Yes it was first introduced to stadiums by a Belgian soccer team, but it’s a song that was written here and to this day you will hear in any of the big four stadiums.

  10. I’m gonna throw a curveball here and say anything from the soundtrack to the cartoon “Over The Garden Wall”. It captures pre-WWII American folk culture very well (as does the show itself, which you should totally go and watch).

  19. The Old Town Road remix obviously.

    A rap song with a country singer on the hook that samples an (industrial) rock song? There’s a reason why it was the longest running number one hit in Billboard history.

  20. I have a few: *The Battle Cry of Freedom* by George Root, one of the most famous songs from the Civil War. I [particularly love this adaptation of it](https://youtu.be/cGfRWyAG-Z4?si=6s471I0Lz8wwry0X)

    [*There She Stands*](https://youtu.be/8aZZquCQm8A?si=fqNOXnrv5uos9Pj8)-Michael W. Smith(2002)-While he is a Christian singer so he isn’t for everyone, this isn’t a religious song(for those who aren’t) and is an amazing tribute to American resilience. Also, since this is a song about 9/11, it’s been on my mind a lot the last couple days.

    Also, *Shenandoah* and *Country Roads*, as others have mentioned.

  22. When I think of American music, my mind always goes to big band jazz and swing. I guess it’s because it was the soundtrack to those past WW2 years when America really came into its own, it was the sound of a superpower being born.

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