It's impossible to live in the 50 states and not know about schoolhouse classics like "The Star Spangled Banner" and "This Land Is Your Land," but those famous patriotic odes aren't the only way to give a musical shout-out to America.
To celebrate the 4th of July, we've hand-selected 20 songs, each of which talks about this big, great, complicated country of ours in its own special way -- from the critical (Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A.") to the full-on celebratory (Miley Cyrus's "Party in the U.S.A.").
Check 'em out below. Miley Cyrus, "Party in the U.S.A." Key "America" Lyric: "And I got my hands up/ They're playin' my song/ I know I'm gonna be ok/ Yeah, it's a party in the USA." Bruce Springsteen, "Born In The U.S.A." Key
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