American Made (song)

This article is about the Oak Ridge Boys song. For the Jack Off Jill song, see Sexless Demons and Scars.

"American Made" is a song written by Bob DiPiero and Pat McManus, and recorded by American country music group The Oak Ridge Boys. It was released in February 1983 as the first single and title track from the album American Made. The song was The Oak Ridge Boys' seventh number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart.^[1] "American Made” was also one of their biggest crossover hits peaking at number seventy-two on the Hot 100.

"American Made"
Single by The Oak Ridge Boys
from the album American Made
B-side	"The Cure for My Broken Heart"
Released	February 1983
Genre	Country
Length	2:42
Label	MCA
Songwriter(s)	Bob DiPiero Pat McManus
Producer(s)	Ron Chancey
The Oak Ridge Boys singles chronology
"Thank God for Kids" (1982) "American Made" (1983) "Love Song" (1983)

Content

In the song, the narrator laments over so many other items that he needs for daily living being foreign made with foreign sounding names but is happy that his "baby" isn't this but instead is what the song's title says, "from her silky long hair to her sexy long legs".

Chart performance

Chart (1983)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2]	1
US Billboard Hot 100[3]	72
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	12

In popular culture

"American Made" was later made into a TV commercial jingle for Miller Beer, with the line in the song's chorus being changed from "My baby is American made" to "Miller's made the American way."