Let's Impeach the President
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| "Let's Impeach The President" | ||
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| Single by Neil Young | ||
| from the album Living with War | ||
| Released | April 28, 2006 | |
| Format | CD | |
| Recorded | March-April 2006 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 5:04 | |
| Label | Reprise | |
| Writer(s) | Neil Young | |
| Producer(s) | Niko Bolas & Neil Young | |
"Let's Impeach the President" is a Grammy Award-nominated protest song written, produced and recorded by Neil Young. It is the seventh track on his 2006 studio album Living with War.
It starts off with a trumpet playing the first six notes of Taps, then having a chorus sing about various reasons to impeach the current president of the United States George W. Bush. The song is sung to the tune of Steve Goodman's song "The City of New Orleans," perhaps a reference to 2005's Hurricane Katrina, another oft-cited example of sloppy government policy. The song features sound clips from the president's speeches.
On August 17, 2006, Young performed the song while on The Colbert Report, however Young was cut off after the first line of the song, due to the Colbert character's staunch support of Bush.
The song is becoming more and more popular as the Iraq War continues and more recently became popular during the ongoing "Attorneygate" scandal.
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