Only fitting. Yesterday, our beautiful country celebrated its 250th anniversary. Of course, there were massive celebrations across all fifty states. In Washington, D.C., a record-setting 850,000 fireworks were set off across the nation’s capital. In New York, Macy’s celebrated its 50th annual celebration with performances from Post Malone, Noah Kahan and more. Here in Nashville, Music City showed up in a big way during our two-day Let Freedom Sing! event, with a massive fireworks and drone display on Broadway after the likes of Tim McGraw, Reba, Brothers Osborne, Emily Ann Roberts, Little Big Town, The All-American Rejects and more performed. View this post on Instagram Even if you weren’t in a major city for a celebration, you were undeniably firing up the grill, cracking a few too many cold ones, blasting off some fireworks and, of course, breaking out the speaker to blare some music. At this point, it almost feels downright un-American not to play Toby Keith’s 2002 classic, “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American),” the late legend’s iconic post-9/11 anthem, and that sentiment was shared by just about everyone across the country yesterday. According to Chart Data, X’s (formerly Twitter) leading chart tracking account, “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue” was the #1 most-streamed song in the U.S. on America’s 250th birthday, which only feels fitting if you ask me. Country music, in general, absolutely dominated Spotify this 4th of July, with Ella Langley’s record-breaking #1 hit, “Choosin’ Texas,” Zac Brown Band’s “Chicken Fried,” Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless The U.S.A.” and Kenny Chesney’s “American Kids” all making appearances on the Top 10. Additionally, country-adjacent tracks like Don McLean’s “American Pie” and Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama” also cracked the Top 1o. Top 10 on US Spotify on 4th of July: #1 Courtesy Of The Red, White And Blue (The Angry American)#2 Born in the U.S.A.#3 Choosin' Texas#4 Sweet Home Alabama#5 Party In The U.S.A.#6 Chicken Fried#7 American Pie#8 God Bless The U.S.A.#9 Fortunate Son#10 American Kids — chart data (@chartdata) July 5, 2026 Of course, “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue” has all but become the late legend’s signature song, spending a week at #1 upon its release in 2002 and receiving a 5x platinum certification last December, selling over five million units. As we know, the track was written in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, capturing the tangible anger that was shared around the country at the time. With that being said, however, he was not going to release it initially. He originally wrote the song to perform for troops on his USO tours, after growing frustrated with media coverage in the wake of the terrorist attacks. And when he performed the song for the troops, they went wild. He had never intended to actually record the song. But then-Commandant of the Marine Corps James L. Jones told Toby that he didn’t have a choice, calling it “the most amazing battle song I’ve ever heard in my life.” “It’s your job as an entertainer to lift the morale of the troops. If you want to serve, that is what you can do.” The rest, as they say, is history, and the track has officially become nothing short of an American classic 24 years later. There’s something incredibly poetic for the track to be the #1 most-streamed song on America’s 250th birthday. U.S. Spotify Top 10 (4th of July 2026) “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)” – Toby Keith “Born in the U.S.A.” – Bruce Springsteen “Choosin’ Texas” – Ella Langley “Sweet Home Alabama” – Lynyrd Skynyrd “Party in the U.S.A.” – Miley Cyrus “Chicken Fried” – Zac Brown Band “American Pie” – Don McLean “God Bless The U.S.A.” – Lee Greenwood “Fortunate Son” – Creedence Clearwater Revival “American Kids” – Kenny Chesney “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)” The post Toby Keith’s “Courtesy Of The Red, White & Blue” Was The #1 Song On Spotify For America’s 250th Birthday first appeared on Whiskey Riff.