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"'''We're from America'''" is the twelfth track from [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]'s 2009 release ''[[The High End of Low]]''. Its title was revealed on March 18, 2009, in the week's issue of ''[[Interview:2009/03/18 I Gave Myself 158 Scars in One Day (Kerrang! magazine)|Kerrang!]]''. The article erroneously states that the song was released during the second week of March 2009, however this did not actually happen until March 27, when it was released for free as a 320kbps MP3. It was later reissued as a digital single on April 7 and as a physical single, scheduled for release through Hot Topic on April 14. On March 30, "We're from America" was made available for streaming on Marilyn Manson's official MySpace profile. | "'''We're from America'''" is the twelfth track from [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]'s 2009 release ''[[The High End of Low]]''. Its title was revealed on March 18, 2009, in the week's issue of ''[[Interview:2009/03/18 I Gave Myself 158 Scars in One Day (Kerrang! magazine)|Kerrang!]]''. The article erroneously states that the song was released during the second week of March 2009, however this did not actually happen until March 27, when it was released for free as a 320kbps MP3. It was later reissued as a digital single on April 7 and as a physical single, scheduled for release through Hot Topic on April 14. On March 30, "We're from America" was made available for streaming on Marilyn Manson's official MySpace profile. | ||
| − | == Music details == | + | ==Music details== |
In the March 18, 2009 issue of ''Kerrang!'', [[Marilyn Manson]] said of the song that "I think a lot of people will hear the track and initially think it's just political, but it's not just that, it's also me describing a lot of fucked-up scenarios that I'm going through in my personal life. Someone asked me, 'Why are you so fucked up?', 'Well, I am from America.' I hate the fact that so many people have fucked the country up, and so many people fucked up my personal life and I allowed it to happen. So in a way, I feel like America as a whole feels, but in no way does that make me a tree-hugging patriotic freedom rocker." | In the March 18, 2009 issue of ''Kerrang!'', [[Marilyn Manson]] said of the song that "I think a lot of people will hear the track and initially think it's just political, but it's not just that, it's also me describing a lot of fucked-up scenarios that I'm going through in my personal life. Someone asked me, 'Why are you so fucked up?', 'Well, I am from America.' I hate the fact that so many people have fucked the country up, and so many people fucked up my personal life and I allowed it to happen. So in a way, I feel like America as a whole feels, but in no way does that make me a tree-hugging patriotic freedom rocker." | ||
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In his review for Allmusic, Phil Freeman, who was unsatisfied by the album, described "We're from America" as aggressive, and having "bursts of lyrical wit, but when your opening line, 'We're from America where we eat our young,' is cribbed from Funkadelic circa 1972, you're pretty much advertising that you're out of ideas." Freeman also noted that the song's title was "perhaps the most unwittingly revelatory" one on the album.<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wcfoxzy0ldde The High End of Low]. Phil Freeman. Allmusic. May 16, 2009.</ref> | In his review for Allmusic, Phil Freeman, who was unsatisfied by the album, described "We're from America" as aggressive, and having "bursts of lyrical wit, but when your opening line, 'We're from America where we eat our young,' is cribbed from Funkadelic circa 1972, you're pretty much advertising that you're out of ideas." Freeman also noted that the song's title was "perhaps the most unwittingly revelatory" one on the album.<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wcfoxzy0ldde The High End of Low]. Phil Freeman. Allmusic. May 16, 2009.</ref> | ||
| − | == Appearances == | + | ==Appearances== |
| − | === Albums === | + | ===Albums=== |
* ''[[The High End of Low]]'' | * ''[[The High End of Low]]'' | ||
| − | === Singles === | + | ===Singles=== |
* "[[We're from America (single)|We're from America]]" | * "[[We're from America (single)|We're from America]]" | ||
* "[[Arma-goddamn-motherfuckin-geddon (single)|Arma-goddamn-motherfuckin-geddon]] | * "[[Arma-goddamn-motherfuckin-geddon (single)|Arma-goddamn-motherfuckin-geddon]] | ||
| − | == Versions == | + | ==Versions== |
| − | * "We're from America" <small> | + | * "We're from America" <small>— Appears on ''The High End of Low''</small> |
| − | * "We're from America" <small> | + | * "We're from America" <small>— Appears on the "We're from America" digital and CD singles</small> |
| − | == Lyrics == | + | ==Lyrics== |
We're from America, we're from America | We're from America, we're from America | ||
where we eat our young | where we eat our young | ||
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where we eat our young | where we eat our young | ||
| − | == Trivia == | + | ==Trivia== |
* During his appearance on the pilot episode for Swedish talkshow ''Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik'', Marilyn Manson jokingly exclaimed "I speak American," in reference to the song. | * During his appearance on the pilot episode for Swedish talkshow ''Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik'', Marilyn Manson jokingly exclaimed "I speak American," in reference to the song. | ||
* The song's opening line "We're from America, We're from America / Where we eat our young" may be a nod to American psychedelic funk band Funkadelic's 1972 album ''America Eats Its Young''. | * The song's opening line "We're from America, We're from America / Where we eat our young" may be a nod to American psychedelic funk band Funkadelic's 1972 album ''America Eats Its Young''. | ||
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* The song may share [https://youtu.be/pfqDXGCYPiI?t=110 some audio similarities] with "The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch" by Brian Eno. | * The song may share [https://youtu.be/pfqDXGCYPiI?t=110 some audio similarities] with "The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch" by Brian Eno. | ||
| − | == References == | + | ==References== |
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