"Living in America"
Single by James Brown
from the album Gravity and Rocky IV soundtrack album
Released	1985
Genre	R&B/Pop
Length	4:41
Writer(s)	Dan Hartman and Charlie Midnight
Chart positions
#4 U.S.) #5 (United Kingdom)

"Living in America" is a song performed by James Brown, and composed by Dan Hartman and Charlie Midnight. It was originally released in 1985, when it was prominently featured in the motion picture Rocky IV. Brown is featured singing "Living in America" in the film. Image File history File links Living_in_america_cover. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Link title James Joseph Brown, Jr. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... A record chart, also known as a music chart, is a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... A song is a relatively short musical composition for the human voice (commonly accompanied by other musical instruments), which features words (lyrics). ... Link title James Joseph Brown, Jr. ... Dan Hartman (December 8, 1950 - March 22, 1994) was an American singer, songwriter and record producer. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as... Rocky IV is the fourth and most successful movie (in box office terms)[1] of the Rocky franchise. ...

It was released as a single that same year, and reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It also became a top five hit for Brown in the United Kingdom, peaking at number five on the UK Singles Chart - this was his only top 10 single in the UK. It appeared on the Rocky IV soundtrack album in the following year. The song was subsequently included on Brown's 1986 album, Gravity, and again on various other compilations throughout the 1990s. A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ... The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ... The UK Singles Chart is currently compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. ... The Rocky IV Soundtrack featured many catchy songs such as Burning Heart by Survivor, Hearts On Fire by John Cafferty and The Sweetest Victory by Touch. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Germans dancing on the Berlin Wall in late 1989, the symbol of the cold war divide falls down as the world unites in the 1990s. ...

In 1986, the song was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Song and James Brown won a Grammy for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance. 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards, commonly abbreviated as the Grammys or GRAMMYs ), presented by the Recording Academy known as NARAS, (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards... The Grammy Award for Best R&B Song (sometimes known as the R&B Songwriters Award) has been awarded since 1969. ... The Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance has been awarded since 1968. ...

Trivia

• "Weird Al" Yankovic parodied the song on his 1986 album Polka Party! in a song entitled "Living with a Hernia", describing various kinds of hernias where Brown originally listed several American cities.
• WWE's Lilian Garcia sung "Living in America" at the 75th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade while on the WWE's (at the time WWF) parade float.
• It was also featured in an episode of The Simpsons aired in February 6, 2000, titled "Saddlesore Galactica", in which the elementary school band play the song at a state fair.
• This song was used as the opening sequence to the 1st hour of The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly.

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External links

• Review at All Music Guide