Rockin' in the Free World

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Written by: Young
Produced by: Niko Bolas, Young
Released: Oct. '89 on Reprise
Charts: Non-single

"Don't feel like Satan/But I am to them," Young spat in this raucously ambivalent song about the pride and guilt of being an American. Written during the reign of Bush Sr., it was inspired by a remark from a member of Crazy Horse, who said gigs were safer in Europe than in the Middle East: "It's better to keep rockin' in the free world." "It was such a cliche," Young said. "I knew I had to use it."

Appears on: Freedom (Reprise)

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