Tom MacDonald is no stranger to the top of the Billboard charts. Lee Greenwood’s music has made the heartland swoon for decades.
Together, they crashed the Billboard music charts days after Donald Trump’s stunning electoral victory.
MacDonald, teaming with videographer and partner Nova Rockefeller, snagged the top spot with “Goodbye Joe.”
The song, which has 5.7 million YouTube views in 11 days, is MacDonald’s most politically-outspoken song to date.
America is goin’ woke, the streets are full of fire and smoke
This ain’t the way I thought it would be
The White House full of evil folks, Americans ain’t free no more
They don’t respect folks like you and me (oh-oh-oh)
The way we’re treated ain’t been fair, fake news on every TV
Four years we’ve been in this nightmare while they killed American dreams
We can’t afford our lives here, rent, food and gasoline
These colors don’t run, and I’m only warnin’ once, buddy, don’t tread on me
The “Joe” in question is most certainly President Joe Biden, who quit the White House race over the summer following his disastrous June 27 debate performance. His successor, Vice President Kamala Harris, failed in her bid to stop Trump’s second term.
Greenwood’s latest, featuring Drew Jacobs, is an hard-edged update on his 1984 classic “God Bless the U.S.A.” The song has deep roots in the conservative movement.
The song, which has been used for military retirement ceremonies, naturalization ceremonies, USO and military deployment events, fireworks displays and more, was written in 1983 in the back of a tour bus by Lee Greenwood. In 1984, the song was released and did not initially top the charts nor win any awards. However, that same year, it was adopted by then-Presidential candidate Ronald Reagan to be used for his Presidential campaign and the rest is history!
Jacobs, like MacDonald, has taken an indie approach to his career. His viral hits have forged his fame, helping him connect with the 82-year-old Greenwood to revive the latter’s signature song.
