It's impossible to live in the 50 states and not know at schoolhouse classics like "The Star Spangled Banner" and "This Land Is Your Land" but those famous patriotic odes aren't the only way to give a musical shout-out to America. This Independence Day, we've hand-selected these 15 songs which talk about this big, great, complicated country of ours each in its own special way from the critical (Bruce Springsteen's "Born In The U.S.A.") to the full on celebratory (Miley Cyrus's "Party In The U.S.A."). Happy 4th of July everyone!

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Miley Cyrus, "Party In The U.S.A."

Key 'America' Lyric: "And I got my hands up /They're playin my song / I know I'm gonna be ok / Yeah, It's a party in the USA"

Neil Diamond, "America"

Key 'America' Lyric: "Everywhere around the world / They're coming to America / Every time that flag's unfurled / They're coming to America / Got a dream to take them there / They're coming to America / Got a dream they've come to share / They're coming to America"

Green Day, "American Idiot"

Key 'America' Lyric: "Don't want to be an American idiot / One nation controlled by the media / Information age of hysteria / It's calling out to idiot America.

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