50 Best Country Songs About Independence Day
Top Country Tracks for Celebrating the Fourth of July
There’s a certain pulse that comes with the Fourth of July. It’s not pure nostalgia and not straight-up celebration, but a messy mix of backyard heat, the smell of barbecue smoke, and the echo of fireworks down the block. Maybe you’re driving a long stretch of highway with the windows down, maybe you’re slouched in a lawn chair watching kids run through sprinklers. Then the right song hits, the kind that threads through laughter and small talk and that moment when the sun dips behind the trees. These tracks catch that feeling. The heat, the noise, the flicker of memory and anticipation tangled together in a way that feels impossible to fake.
Nobody’s spending the whole day looking like a picture-perfect Americana postcard. It’s dropped hot dogs, plastic cups sweating in your hand, somebody trying to light sparklers with a cheap lighter that refuses to cooperate. And somewhere in the middle of all that, a familiar voice comes through the speaker. Maybe it’s Chris Stapleton leaning into a drawl that feels like summer night air. Maybe it’s Kacey Musgraves painting a scene where nothing’s too polished to feel real. Or maybe it’s a classic anthem that sits alongside pop, rock, country, and R&B songs you’ve played for years. These aren’t songs that gloss over the chaos, they live right inside it.
Not every Fourth of July feels the same. Some are loud and electric, others are slow and heavy with heat, and some are nothing but laughter under a sky that smells faintly of smoke. The right track has a way of holding all of that in a few verses, playing loud enough to spill past the yard into the street. Here are the best Country Songs About Independence Day.
Top 10 Patriotic Country Songs
1. 'God Bless the U.S.A.'—Lee Greenwood
2. 'Only in America'—Brooks & Dunn
3. 'Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)'—Toby Keith
4. 'Ragged Old Flag'—Johnny Cash
5. 'Where the Stars and Stripes and the Eagle Fly'—Aaron Tippin
6. 'American Kids'—Kenny Chesney
7. 'It's America'—Rodney Atkins
8. 'American Heart'—Faith Hill
9. 'Chicken Fried'—Zac Brown Band
10. 'Home'—Dierks Bentley
Country Songs About American Values #11—20
11. 'Some Gave All'—Billy Ray Cyrus
12. 'Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)'—Alan Jackson
13. 'American Saturday Night'2Brad Paisley
14. 'Take Me Home, Country Roads'—John Denver
15. 'American Child'—Phil Vassar
16. 'The Bumper of My S.U.V.'—Chely Wright
17. 'Arlington'—Trace Adkins
18. 'Made in America'—Toby Keith
19. 'Color Me America'—Dolly Parton
20. 'I'm American'—Billy Ray Cyrus
Country Music Hits Celebrating Freedom #21—30
21. 'Independence Day'—Martina McBride
22. 'American Soldier'—Toby Keith
23. 'God Bless America'—LeAnn Rimes
24. 'Have You Forgotten?'—Darryl Worley
25. 'America Will Always Stand'—Randy Travis
26. 'American Flag on the Moon'—Brad Paisley
27. 'Small Town USA'—Justin Moore
28. 'American Country Love Song'—Jake Owen
29. 'Only a Dream'—Carrie Underwood
30. 'My Town'—Montgomery Gentry
Country Anthems Honoring American Ideals #31—40
31. 'I Love My Country'—Florida Georgia Line
32. 'American Dreamin''—Brooke Eden
33. 'American Made'—The Oak Ridge Boys
34. 'This Land Is Your Land'—Sam Hunt
35. 'God's Country'—Blake Shelton
36. 'Red, White & Bluegrass'—Dolly Parton
37. 'American Pride'—Michael W. Smith
38. 'Something to Be Proud Of'—Montgomery Gentry
39. 'Living in the Promiseland'—Willie Nelson
40. 'My Home's in Alabama'—Alabama
More Country Songs About America #41—50
41. 'Red White Blue Jean American Dream'—Kip Moore
42. 'The American Way'—Hank Williams Jr.
43. 'Born in the U.S.A.'—Bruce Springsteen
44. 'If I Don't Make It Back'—Tracy Lawrence
45. 'American Style'—Old Dominion
46. 'I'm America'—Scotty Hasting
47. 'Soldier'—High Valley
48. 'Freedom'—Dierks Bentley
49. 'Fourth of July'—Shooter Jennings
50. 'Travelin' Soldier'—The Chicks
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