I Like America & America Likes Me

"I Like America & America Likes Me" is a song by British indie rock band, The 1975. The track is the eighth song on their third studio album, A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships. The song is about Generation Z, gun violence in the United States, and thanatophobia.[1]

"I Like America & America Likes Me"
Song by The 1975
from the album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships
ReleasedNovember 30, 2018
Genre
Length3:26
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • George Daniel
  • Adam Hann
  • Matthew Healy
  • Ross MacDonald
Producer(s)
  • George Daniel
  • Matthew Healy

The title of the song is taken from the 1974 performance of the same name by German artist Joseph Beuys.[2][3][4]

Despite not being a single off the album, the song peaked at number 44 on the Billboard Hot Rock Songs and number 29 on the New Zealand Top 40.

Compostion

The song is known for hip hop tempos, auto-tune, and an R&B sound. Some music journalists have noted the song to sound like trap.[5][6]

Lyric video

On 18 January 2019, The 1975 released a lyric video to accompany the track.[7]

Charting
Chart (2018–19) Peak
position
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[8] 29
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[9] 44

References
  1. Sodomsky, Sam (27 November 2018). "The 1975's Matty Healy Dissects Every Song on A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2 March 2019. Personality-wise, there's differences, but we're all worried about the same shit. Everyone's just scared of dying!
  2. Yeung, Peter. "Joseph Beuys: I Like America and America Likes Me". KidsofDada.com. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  3. "American Beuys". Archived from the original on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  4. "I Like America & America Likes Me by The 1975". Songfacts. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
  5. Drick, Brandon (3 December 2018). "Review: The 1975 latest album brings eloquence while still leaving room on dance floor". Retrieved 12 May 2019. Other songs like “I Like America & America Likes Me” experiment with some trap-style beats and vocal delivery
  6. Empire, Kitty (11 January 2019). "The 1975 review – pop glitz and tech trickery in a millennial arena". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 May 2019. Tonight, I Like America & America Likes Me (named after a Joseph Beuys performance art piece where he spent three days in a room with a coyote) marks the height of over-stimulation – our collective overload, and Healy’s personal version. Layered with Auto-Tune, Healy sings about his fear of death while the track hits a kind of auditory and retina-singeing peak, tilting at Xanax-addled trap hip-hop.
  7. Heinz, Natasha (18 January 2019). "The 1975 Add Tour Dates, Drop "i Like America & America Likes Me" Lyric Video". Alternative Press. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  8. "Charts.nz – The 1975 – I Like America & America Likes Me". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  9. "The 1975 Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
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