American Made (song)

"American Made"
Single by The Oak Ridge Boys
from the album American Made
B-side	"The Cure for My Broken Heart"
Released	February 1983
Format	7"
Genre	Country
Length	2:42
Label	MCA
Writer(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)

"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 cross-over hits peaking at number seventy-two on the Hot 100.

Chart performance

Chart (1983)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	72
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

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."

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 251.