Stock your iPod, MP3 player or stereo with songs perfect for Independence Day celebrations.

Top 5 Fourth of July songs

1. “Fourth of July” by Robert Earl Keen (Picnic)

2. “Fourth of July” by Shooter Jennings (Put the 'O' Back in Country)

3. “Independence Day” by Martina McBride (The Way That I Am)

4. “America The Beautiful” by Ray Charles (Greatest Hits)

5. “It's The Fourth of July” by Big Jack Johnson (We Got To Stop)

(All top 5 available through iTunes)


Fill out your Fourth of July soundtrack CD with this playlist

“America” by Simon & Garfunkel

“America” by Waylon Jennings

“American” Made by Oak Ridge Boys

“American Music” by The Blasters

“Born in the USA” by Bruce Springsteen

“Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue” by Toby Keith

“4th of July” by Beach Boys

“(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66” by Asleep At The Wheel

“God Bless The U.S.A.” by Lee Greenwood

“In America” by Charlie Daniels Band

“Independence Day” Bruce Springsteen

“Living In America” by James Brown

“Living in the U.S.A.” by Linda Rondstadt

“Living In The Promiseland” by Willie Nelson

“Mission Temple Fireworks Stand” by Sawyer Brown with Robert Randolph

“One Time One Night (In America)” by Los Lobos

“Philadelphia Freedom” by Elton John

“Ragged Old Flag” by Johnny Cash

“Red, White and Blue” by Lynyrd Skynyrd

“R.O.C.K. In the U.S.A.” John Mellencamp

“Star-Spangled Banner” (Woodstock Soundtrack) by Jimmy Hendrix

“The Americans” by Gordon Sinclair

“These Colors Don’t Run” by Lynyrd Skynyrd

“We're An American Band” Grand Funk Railroad

“Where The Stars and Stripes and The Eagle Fly” Aaron Tippin

“You're A Grand Old Flag” by James Cagney

Compiled by David Schiefelbein, Lake Sun editor