American Jesus
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| "American Jesus" | ||
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| Single by Bad Religion | ||
| from the album Recipe for Hate | ||
| Released | 1993 | |
| Format | vinyl record 7" | |
| Recorded | 1993 | |
| Genre | Punk rock | |
| Length | 3:17 | |
| Label | Epitaph Records | |
| Writer(s) | Greg Graffin Brett Gurewitz |
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| Bad Religion singles chronology | ||
| "Atomic Garden" | "American Jesus" | "Struck a Nerve" |
American Jesus is a single by punk rock band Bad Religion off their Recipe for Hate album.
The song is a cutting attack on the then president George H. W. Bush, who during the first gulf war claimed America would win as they had Jesus on their side.
Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam also provides guest backing vocals.
The song was played during the Winter X-games on ESPN2 as background music, and MTV used to use the opening of the song during their Extreme Beach Competition show.
"American Jesus" was voted the best Bad Religion song of all time in a fan poll.
Simple Plan covered this song live in 2004.[citation needed]
"American Jesus" is also the title of a song in the album American Edit.
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