"Made in America" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 singer Toby Keith

Toby Keith

Toby Keith Covel , best known as Toby Keith, is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer and actor. Keith released his first four studio albums — 1993's Toby Keith, 1994's Boomtown, 1996's Blue Moon and 1997's Dream Walkin, plus a Greatest Hits package for various divisions of...

. It was released in June 2011 as the lead-off single to his fifteenth studio album, Clancy's Tavern. The song was written by Keith with Bobby Pinson

Bobby Pinson

Bobby Olen Pinson is an American country music artist. Signed to RCA Records in 2005, Pinson made his debut that year with his album Man Like Me. Its lead-off single, "Don't Ask Me How I Know", peaked at #16 on the Hot Country Songs charts, and was his only Top 40 country hit...

 and Scott Reeves

Scott Reeves

Gregory Scott Reeves is an American actor and country music singer. He is known for his role as Ryan McNeil on The Young and the Restless and for his role as Dr...

. It reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of October 15, 2011.

Background and writing

Keith wrote the song with frequent collaborator Bobby Pinson

Bobby Pinson

Bobby Olen Pinson is an American country music artist. Signed to RCA Records in 2005, Pinson made his debut that year with his album Man Like Me. Its lead-off single, "Don't Ask Me How I Know", peaked at #16 on the Hot Country Songs charts, and was his only Top 40 country hit...

 and actor/singer Scott Reeves

Scott Reeves

Gregory Scott Reeves is an American actor and country music singer. He is known for his role as Ryan McNeil on The Young and the Restless and for his role as Dr...

. Keith told Billboard magazine that they wrote the song in early 2010 and he almost left it off the album because of the number of other patriotic songs he has recorded. Pinson told Taste of Country that he and Reeves started talking about buying American-made merchandise to support the country. After writing part of the song, they thought it sounded like something Keith would record, so Pinson took what he had finished to Keith, who helped him complete the song.

Content

The song is an uptempo, in which an older farmer and his wife, who will only buy American products, are disgusted by the influx of foreign goods, from cars to cotton.

Critical reception

Billy Dukes of Taste of Country gave the song three stars out of five. He thought that Keith "sings with plenty of passion", but criticized the lyrics by saying, "While the song doesn’t feel like a remake of his previous anthems, it doesn’t live up to their high watermark, either." Matt Bjorke of Roughstock rated it four stars out of five, saying that while it is a 'list song', it had "strongly constructed lyrics".

Music video

Keith filmed the video in Cedarburg, Wisconsin

Cedarburg, Wisconsin

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 during an Independence Day

Independence Day (United States)

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 parade and in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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 during his performance at Summerfest

Summerfest

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. It was directed by Michael Salomon

Michael Salomon

Michael Salomon is a music video/film director, who has directed many music videos, including many of Toby Keith's music videos...

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Chart performance

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Chart (2011)	Peak position