Amen (Kid Rock Song)
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"Amen" is the second single from American singer
Kid Rock Robert James Ritchie (born January 17, 1971), known professionally as Kid Rock (also known as Bobby Shazam), is an American singer, songwriter and rapper. His style alternates between rock, hip hop, country, and metal. A self-taught musician, ...
's album ''
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''. Kid Rock says that this is the greatest song he has ever written. The acoustic guitar intro samples the
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song " You'll Accomp'ny Me". It is an acoustic arranged song that touches on such subjects as poverty, war, race relations, corrupt politicians and hypocritical pastors. The song features the gospel choir, The
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. It was released to radio November 5, 2007. It peaked at #11 on the ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and #27 on the ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks chart. Photographer
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, who has a Pulitzer Prize to his credit, directed the music video.


Music video

There were two music videos made; the first one was done by a fan, Robert Hamilton (also known as ChicagoTransAm on YouTube) and he was then asked by the producers from RefusedTV/SargantHouse for input on the final video. Contrary to popular belief, there was only one official video ever produced. The earlier was just a concept from Hamilton which was then used as the general statement the official video would portray.


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References

2007 singles 2007 songs Kid Rock songs Atlantic Records singles Song recordings produced by Rob Cavallo Songs written by Kid Rock {{2000s-rock-single-stub