Today is the day the U.S. celebrates its adopting the Declaration of Independence, breaking itself off from the Kingdom of Great Britain. It is interesting to note, that the actual vote to separate the colonies from their current government occurred on July 2^nd, 1776, in a secret vote. July 4^th was when the actual, public document was approved and released. And the rest, as they say, is history. The U.S. survived that first war, and a few others, and has grown from being a fledgling underdog to a world power, with all the baggage that goes with that title.

In the meantime, so many songs have been written about the country, for good and for bad, that just listing songs mentioning the country would be too short, so today, we are looking at songs that mention the actual day listed on the Declaration, July 4^th.

1. Yankee Doodle Dandy – George Cohan
2. Saturday in the Park – Chicago
3. Goodbye – Night Ranger
4. Miss Fourth of July – Bon Jovi
5. 4^th of July – Soundgarden/X/Shooter Jennings (Waylon’s son)
6. 4^th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) – Bruce Springsteen
7. On the 4^th of July – James Taylor
8. Fourth of July – Mariah Carey
9. Yankee Rose – David Lee Roth
10. Good – Better than Ezra

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