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“Back In The USA” by Chuck Berry
From the album Chuck Berry’s Golden Hits (1967)
“Back In The USA” by Chuck Berry appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2001 and 2023. It was first released in 1967 on the album Chuck Berry’s Golden Hits. Its best result is #628 on The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,651 indie & aaa song of all time.
Chuck Berry cut "Back in the U.S.A." in Chicago on February 17, 1959, and Chess issued it as a single that year; it rode up to 37 on the Hot 100 and 16 on the R&B chart, and later turned up on the 1962 album More Chuck Berry. He wrote it after getting back from a trip to Australia that he found a real drag (he couldn't even find a hot dog there), and the song is one long sigh of relief, a joyride past the drive-ins and corner cafés, the burgers on the grill and the jukeboxes of the country he'd missed.
Berry wrote words and music alone. The 1967 set Chuck Berry's Golden Hits carries it with Berry on guitar and lead vocal, Forrest Frierson on bass and Eugene Washington on drums, and it still sounds as giddy as a kid let out of school.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 912 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2020 | 1984 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2023 | 628 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places | 800 |
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