Listen to This July 4th Playlist If You Have Difficult Feelings About America
America … well. We’re in exactly the right place, aren’t we. We originally published this playlist on July 4th last year thinking that the country couldn’t sink further into chaos and how wrong we were!
But time has shown that this playlist is as relevant (and enjoyable) as ever. So. If you find “Fight the Power” more patriotic than “God Bless the USA”, if you think it’s one thing to love America and another thing to act like her obsessed boyfriend, then we have an Independence Day playlist for you.
We have simple BBQ jams like Party in the USA and Young Americans and songs that dig deeper like The Revolution Won’t Be Televised and Murder in the Name. You can play it on Spotify, Apple Music, or YouTube.
If you copy this to another music streaming service, leave a link to share! Enjoy Independence Day and we hope you don’t have to overhear the song that tried to use 9/11 to justify the war in Iraq .
Originally published July 2019 and updated 6/29/20. Introduction added. All the songs stay the same because they keep beating. Or a slap in the face. Or whatever.