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Songs foreign bands have written about America
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2025 11:14 am
by JinglesTheChristmasMouse
Saxon: Midnight Rider.
Re: Songs foreign bands have written about America
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2025 11:17 am
by dmbrocker
Def Leppard- “Hello America”
Re: Songs foreign bands have written about America
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2025 11:24 am
by Wild Obsession
Re: Songs foreign bands have written about America
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2025 11:43 am
by Wiseacre
written by another British band, but famously covered by New Model Army...
NEW MODEL ARMY "51st State" (live in 1990)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvmfScm ... rt_radio=1
Re: Songs foreign bands have written about America
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2025 12:19 pm
by Sleek
Girl: Hollywood Tease.
Re: Songs foreign bands have written about America
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2025 12:26 pm
by str
Re: Songs foreign bands have written about America
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2025 12:29 pm
by HueyRamone
Spinal Tap - America
Re: Songs foreign bands have written about America
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2025 1:10 pm
by jhenders
FM - American Girl
Re: Songs foreign bands have written about America
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2025 1:44 pm
by eddie lee roth
I would guess who but I can’t remember the song.
Re: Songs foreign bands have written about America
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2025 2:20 pm
by daveg
Tom Cochrane - Calling America
Re: Songs foreign bands have written about America
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2025 7:15 pm
by diablomozart
tnt-usa...it was...not good lol...d.m.
Re: Songs foreign bands have written about America
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2025 7:35 pm
by The Sacred Cowman
Crazy Lixx - Anthem For America: this song rocks!
Re: Songs foreign bands have written about America
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2025 7:59 pm
by HottKarl777
War Pigs
Re: Songs foreign bands have written about America
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2025 8:07 pm
by Zander
Iron Maiden - Run to the Hills
Re: Songs foreign bands have written about America
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2025 8:35 pm
by Van Ailin'
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
Re: Songs foreign bands have written about America
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2025 8:46 pm
by SW
The 69 Eyes - Los Angeles
The 69 Eyes - California
Sunrise Avenue - Hollywood Hills
Re: Songs foreign bands have written about America
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2025 9:02 pm
by Hellsinkey
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.
Re: Songs foreign bands have written about America
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2025 9:40 pm
by kreamygoodness
U2 - Angel of Harlem
Re: Songs foreign bands have written about America
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2025 12:14 am
by risingfarce
Bernie Taupin wrote many songs about his fascination with Americana, the wild west, and the south.
Re: Songs foreign bands have written about America
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2025 1:18 am
by NeonKnite
Rammstein - Amerika
Re: Songs foreign bands have written about America
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2025 1:18 am
by Dyslexicheart
American Woman - The Guess Who. A number one hit.
Re: Songs foreign bands have written about America
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2025 2:12 am
by jens
Acid - America
proto speed metal from Belgium with dumb lyrics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpWkHtU ... rt_radio=1
Re: Songs foreign bands have written about America
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2025 3:17 am
by TravisBicklesMohawk
David Bowie - Afraid of Americans
Re: Songs foreign bands have written about America
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2025 3:26 am
by Gibsonite
Cilvaringz - Death To America #51
Re: Songs foreign bands have written about America
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2025 8:11 am
by (((\m/)))
Led Zeppelin- Hot Dog
AC/DC - Thunderstruck, Safe in New York City
Re: Songs foreign bands have written about America
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2025 9:17 am
by Love_Industry
Accept - Starlight ("I know the bright lights of Hollywood, movietown's a phony world"...)
Re: Songs foreign bands have written about America
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2025 9:46 am
by superglide88
Stiltskin - America
Re: Songs foreign bands have written about America
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2025 11:36 am
by woblinweebles
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
Re: Songs foreign bands have written about America
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2025 2:15 pm
by Psychobolia.com
Destruction covered Fuck the USA by some punk band.
French 80s metal band Warning has a cool song, Going to USA:
https://youtu.be/WppN9WStLPY?si=Aqsrne3t5vT9u7ka