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Saxon: Midnight Rider.
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Def Leppard- “Hello America”
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Quireboys - "Myrtle Beach"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZWITYQ ... rt_radio=1
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written by another British band, but famously covered by New Model Army...

NEW MODEL ARMY "51st State" (live in 1990)
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Bonfire - American Nights
https://youtube.com/watch?v=_nkjwQSz9ho ... aWdodHM%3D
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Spinal Tap - America
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FM - American Girl
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I would guess who but I can’t remember the song.
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Tom Cochrane - Calling America
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tnt-usa...it was...not good lol...d.m.
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Crazy Lixx - Anthem For America: this song rocks!
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War Pigs
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Iron Maiden - Run to the Hills
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Asia - Voice of America (although one might argue it's really about the radio station that beamed across to Eastern Europe)

Led Zeppelin - Going To California

Robert Plant - Tie-Dye On the Highway

Scorpions - Arizona
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The 69 Eyes - Los Angeles

The 69 Eyes - California

Sunrise Avenue - Hollywood Hills
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10CC- America Panorama
Arctic Monkey- American Sports
Auteurs- American Guitars
Beautiful South- The Sound Of North America
Blur- Look Inside America/ Magic America/ Miss America
Catherine Wheel- Phantom Of The American Mother
The Cult- American Gothic/ American Horse
The Cure- Club America
David Bowie- This Is Not America/ Young Americans
Deus- Great American Nude
Eddie Meduza- Sverige (US Of America)
FM- American Girls
Girl- Heartbreak America
Heavy Pettin- This Is America
Idlewild- American English
Julian Cope- The American Life/ American Tragedy
Krokus- Looking To America
Les Rythmes Digitales- American Metal
Luke Haines- England Vs. America
Morrissey- America Is Not The World
Motörhead- America
Placebo- Blue American
The Pogues- The Body Of An American
S.A.D.O.- American Gambler/ American Hero
Saxon- Sailing To America
Senseless Things- American Dad
Shane MacGowan- Joey's In America
Simple Minds- The American
Squeeze- Some Americans
Supertramp- Breakfast In America
Terrorvision- American TV
U2- American Soul/ The Hands That Built America/ Elvis Presley & America
Waltari- Wait For America
Wildhearts- Tuning American

These just from my music files.
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U2 - Angel of Harlem
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Bernie Taupin wrote many songs about his fascination with Americana, the wild west, and the south.
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Rammstein - Amerika
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American Woman - The Guess Who. A number one hit.
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Acid - America
proto speed metal from Belgium with dumb lyrics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpWkHtU ... rt_radio=1
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David Bowie - Afraid of Americans
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Cilvaringz - Death To America #51
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Led Zeppelin- Hot Dog
AC/DC - Thunderstruck, Safe in New York City
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Accept - Starlight ("I know the bright lights of Hollywood, movietown's a phony world"...)
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Stiltskin - America
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daveg wrote: ↑Wed Sep 03, 2025 2:20 pm Tom Cochrane - Calling America
ELO had a song with the same name, too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn_XsOUC9s0
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