All American

Album: Remember Her Name (2021)
Play Video

Songfacts®:

  • Here, Mickey Guyton lists some of the many things that make America. She touches on both small-town country themes (backroads, church pews, cold beer, Daisy Dukes) and those connected to living in the big city (lighters at a rock show, New York City lights, panhandlers asking for change). Then, on the soaring chorus, she asks: "Ain't we all American?"

    "This song embodies everything that makes America special," Guyton said. "From a Texas sky to New York City lights and Daisy Dukes to dookie braids, despite all our differences, we are all American."
  • Guyton wrote the anthem of inclusivity with Victoria Banks, Emma-Lee and the track's producer, Karen Kosowski. The same all-female writing quartet penned Guyton's song "What Are You Gonna Tell Her?."
  • Guyton recorded the song when she was very pregnant. She'd eaten before the first time she tried to lay it down, and couldn't sing because she had no room left. "My baby was taking over," she told Apple Music. Guyton had to return to the studio another day when she didn't have any food in her stomach.
  • Mickey Guyton sang the song in front of a giant American flag at the 2021 American Music Awards. At the end of her performance she told the audience: "No matter where you're from, your race, your creed, who you love. You're all American. Remember that."
  • Mickey Guyton sang "All American" at the 2024 Democratic National Convention.

    "If you felt joy watching it [at home], it was a hundred times more joyful in person - the excitement, the sea of people," she told Billboard of performing at the convention. "There was every race, nationality. It was patriotic. There were flags and just people proud to be an American. I will never forget that moment. That was one of my most favorite moments that I have been a part of."

Comments: 1

  • Ruth Bolec Rutka from IlBeautiful song.
see more comments

Editor's Picks

James Bond Theme Songs

James Bond Theme SongsMusic Quiz

How well do you know the 007 theme songs?

Dexys (Kevin Rowland and Jim Paterson)

Dexys (Kevin Rowland and Jim Paterson)Songwriter Interviews

"Come On Eileen" was a colossal '80s hit, but the band - far more appreciated in their native UK than stateside - released just three albums before their split. Now, Dexys is back.

Director Wes Edwards ("Drunk on a Plane")

Director Wes Edwards ("Drunk on a Plane")Song Writing

Wes Edwards takes us behind the scenes of videos he shot for Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley and Chase Bryant. The train was real - the airplane was not.

Metallica

MetallicaFact or Fiction

Beef with Bon Jovi? An unfortunate Spandex period? See if you can spot the true stories in this Metallica version of Fact or Fiction.

Director Paul Rachman on "Hunger Strike," "Man in the Box," Kiss

Director Paul Rachman on "Hunger Strike," "Man in the Box," KissSong Writing

After cutting his teeth on hardcore punk videos, Paul defined the grunge look with his work on "Hunger Strike" and "Man in the Box."

Spooner Oldham

Spooner OldhamSongwriter Interviews

His keyboard work helped define the Muscle Shoals sound and make him an integral part of many Neil Young recordings. Spooner is also an accomplished songwriter, whose hits include "I'm Your Puppet" and "Cry Like A Baby."