"American Bad Ass" is a song by the American musician

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, released from his 2000 album '' The History of Rock''. "American Bad Ass" samples

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's "

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Music video

The

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for the single aired on

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upon release, and reached #1 on Canada's MuchMusic Countdown. The song was performed on ''

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''. At the beginning, Kid Rock watches TV and then after going to a

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party, he goes to a concert on a cabriolet, surrounded by bikers. At the middle of the song, Kid Rock's car explodes and the

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party starts to play. At the end of the video, Kid Rock with his band plays at a concert on the stage. The video features a

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. This is the last music video to feature Joe C. before his death.

In popular culture

*After the

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in October 2000, the song was played on the ship's PA system upon leaving the port of Yemen after the national anthem and other patriotic songs were played. *A version of the song was used as the entrance theme for WWF (now WWE) wrestler

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in 2000 for his "American Badass" persona. It was replaced by Limp Bizkit's "

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" in the same year. The Undertaker used the song as his entrance theme 23 years later for his appearance at

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in January 2023.

Track listing

#"American Bad Ass" (clean album version) #"3 Sheets to the Wind" (Live) #"

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" (Live)

Charts

References

2000 songs 2000 singles Kid Rock songs Songs written by Kid Rock Songs written by James Hetfield Songs written by Lars Ulrich Atlantic Records singles Nu metal songs Rap metal songs {{2000s-rock-song-stub