<P> The reason behind the cities chosen in the song Greenwood says, "I'm from California, and I don't know anybody from Virginia or New York, so when I wrote it--and my producer and I had talked about it--(we) talked about the four cities I wanted to mention, the four corners of the United States . It could have been Seattle or Miami but we chose New York City and Los Angeles, and he suggested Detroit and Houston because they both were economically part of the basis of our economy--Motortown and the oil industry, so I just poetically wrote that in the bridge ." </P> <P> In the song, an unnamed man sings about how, if he were to lose everything he had and had to start again from scratch, he would do it in the U.S.A. because he is guaranteed his freedom in America . He remembers how other Americans in history had died to secure this freedom, and declares that if he is ever called upon to defend the U.S.A. today, he will gladly stand up and fight because he loves the country . </P> <P> A music video was released for this song in 1984, depicting Greenwood as a farmer who loses the family farm . The video was produced and edited by L.A. Johnson and directed by Gary Burden . A second video was released in 1991, also on VHS, and was directed by Edd Griles . A third music video was also released after the September 11, 2001 attacks . </P> <P> "God Bless the U.S.A." debuted on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for the week of May 26, 1984 . </P>

Country song i'm proud to be an american