"Something to Be Proud Of" is the title of a song written by Jeffrey Steele

Jeffrey Steele

Jeffrey LeVasseur is an American country music singer and songwriter, more commonly known by the name Jeffrey Steele...

 and Chris Wallin, and recorded by American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 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...

 duo Montgomery Gentry

Montgomery Gentry

Montgomery Gentry is an American country music duo composed of vocalists Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry. The two began performing in the 1990s as part of a band which also included Eddie Montgomery's brother John Michael Montgomery, and founded the existing duo in 1999.Signed to Columbia Records,...

. It was released in May 2005 as the fourth and final single from their 2004 album You Do Your Thing

You Do Your Thing

You Do Your Thing is the fourth album by American country music duo Montgomery Gentry. It was released in 2004 and has been certified platinum by the RIAA...

. The song reached the top of the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

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 chart on October 8, 2005.

Content

The narrator is told by his father that the every day heroics the son performs as a father and a husband are equal to the old man's World War II

World War II

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 exploits.

Reception

Kevin John Coyne, reviewing the song for Country Universe, gave it a negative rating. He summarized up his review by saying the song is a "warmed-over, second-rate John Mellencamp

John Mellencamp

John Mellencamp, previously known by the stage names Johnny Cougar, John Cougar, and John Cougar Mellencamp, is an American rock singer-songwriter, musician, painter and occasional actor known for his catchy, populist brand of heartland rock that eschews synthesizers and other artificial sounds...

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Chart positions

"Something to Be Proud Of" debuted at number 56 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs for the week of May 21, 2005.

Chart (2005)	Peak position