50 Best Country Songs About Fourth of July
Top Country Tracks for a Fourth of July Playlist
The Fourth of July has its own kind of static in the air. Fireworks are still hours away, the heat sticks to everything, and there’s that low hum of grills working overtime. You’re standing in someone’s backyard, maybe on a porch, maybe ankle-deep in a lake, and the music cuts through the chatter. It’s not the perfectly planned, magazine-cover version of the holiday. It’s uneven, loud, a little too heavy on the bass in spots, but that’s part of it. The right song finds its way into the moment without trying to own it.
Crowds spill across picnic tables and fold-out chairs. Kids run in zigzags, chasing each other with sparklers that leave little smoke trails in the evening light. Someone flips a record or queues a playlist and you hear something that feels like the day itself, easy on the surface but carrying an undertow of grit and pride. It’s the sound of open fields, small towns, tailgates, and voices raised a little higher than usual. You might even get a mix with pop, rock, country, and R&B songs bleeding together like nobody cared what order they were in, only that it felt good.
Some years the Fourth turns into a blur of laughter, too much sweet tea, and late-night firework smoke drifting over quiet streets. Other years it’s slower, spent on the hood of a truck or leaning against a fence as the sky cracks open in red and gold. Either way, the music sets the pulse and sticks in the air like the smell of barbecue. Here are the best country songs for celebrating the Fourth of July.
Top 10 Country Fourth of July Songs
1. 'God Bless the U.S.A.'—Lee Greenwood
2. 'Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)'—Toby Keith
3. 'Only in America'—Brooks & Dunn
4. 'American Soldier'—Toby Keith
5. 'Independence Day'—Martina McBride
6. 'Ragged Old Flag'—Johnny Cash
7. 'American Saturday Night'—Brad Paisley
8. 'Where the Stars and Stripes and the Eagle Fly'—Aaron Tippin
9. 'Chicken Fried'—Zac Brown Band
10. 'It's America'—Rodney Atkins
Fourth of July Country Song Selections #11—20
11. 'Made in America'—Toby Keith
12. 'Have You Forgotten?'—Darryl Worley
13. 'American Ride'—Toby Keith
14. 'America Will Always Stand'—Randy Travis
15. 'This Ain't No Rag, It's a Flag'—Charlie Daniels Band
16. 'American Heart'—Faith Hill
17. 'Some Gave All'—Billy Ray Cyrus
18. 'Home'—Dierks Bentley
19. 'Letters from Home'—John Michael Montgomery
20. 'If You're Reading This'—Tim McGraw
Best Country Music for a Patriotic Holiday #21—30
21. '8th of November'—Big & Rich
22. 'Bumper of My SUV'—Chely Wright
23. 'Arlington'—Trace Adkins
24. 'American Kids'—Kenny Chesney
25. 'This Land Is Your Land'—Woody Guthrie
26. 'I Drive Your Truck'—Lee Brice
27. 'Small Town USA'—Justin Moore
28. 'America the Beautiful'—Ray Charles
29. 'Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)'—Alan Jackson
30. 'American Spirit'—Thomas Rhett
Great Country Patriotic Songs #31—40
31. 'America'—Waylon Jennings
32. 'Color Me America'—Dolly Parton
33. 'American Child'—Phil Vassar
34. 'Travelin' Soldier'—The Chicks
35. 'Fourth of July'—Shooter Jennings
36. 'Fourth of July'—Cooper Alan
37. 'American Flag on the Moon'—Brad Paisley
38. 'Riding with Private Malone'—David Ball
39. 'Just a Dream'—Carrie Underwood
40. 'Let Freedom Ring'—Ralph Gambone and The United States Navy Band's Country Current
More Country Songs Celebrating America #41—50
41. 'This Flag'—Chris Janson
42. 'The American Dream'—Hank Williams Jr.
43. 'Young'—Kenny Chesney
44. 'Take Me Home, Country Roads'—John Denver
45. 'American Man'—Jason Aldean
46. 'In America'—Charlie Daniels Band
47. 'Our Country's'—Vince Gill
48. 'God Bless America'—Lee Ann Womack
49. 'My Town'—Montgomery Gentry
50. 'I'm American'—Billy Ray Cyrus
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