American Made (song)

"American Made" is a song written by Bob DiPiero and Pat McManus, and recorded by American country music group The Oak Ridge Boys. It was released in February 1983 as the first single and title track from the album American Made. The song was The Oak Ridge Boys' seventh number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart.[1] "American Made was also one of their biggest cross-over hits peaking at number seventy-two on the Hot 100.

"American Made"
Single by The Oak Ridge Boys
from the album American Made
B-side"The Cure for My Broken Heart"
ReleasedFebruary 1983
GenreCountry
Length2:42
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)Bob DiPiero
Pat McManus
Producer(s)Ron Chancey
The Oak Ridge Boys singles chronology
"Thank God for Kids"
(1982)		 "American Made"
(1983)		 "Love Song"
(1983)
This article is about the Oak Ridge Boys song. For the Jack Off Jill song, see Sexless Demons and Scars.

Its narrator laments over so many other items that he needs for daily living being foreign made with foreign sounding names but is happy that his "baby" isn't this but instead is what the song's title says, "from her silky long hair to her sexy long legs".

Chart performance
Chart (1983) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 72
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1

"American Made" was later made into a TV commercial jingle for Miller Beer, with the line in the song's chorus being changed from "My baby is American made" to "Miller's made the American way."

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References
  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 251.
  2. "The Oak Ridge Boys Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. "The Oak Ridge Boys Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
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