Format Digital Download Genre Country Writer(s) Steve Messer | Recorded 2015 Label Fools Parade Producer(s) Steve Messer | |
"This is America" is a song written by Steve Messer and performed by the country western singer Justin Tranchita. The song was written in 2015 and debuted on the Billboard Emerging Artist chart Nov 21st, 2015 at number four. The following week "This is America" reached number one on the [1] Billboard charts.The song became popular after Presidential hopeful Ben Carson used it as his campaign song for his 2016 election bid. Digg.com called the song one of the worst campaign songs in history. Empty Lighthouse Magazine and The Guardian were kinder to the song. This is America was released as a single in November, 2015 and will also be included in Tranchita's freshman country album American Man in 2016. This is America returned to the number one spot again in 2016 after spending ten weeks on Billboards Emerging chart. This gave Tranchita a number one hit with the same song in two different years.