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"This Ain't No Rag, It's a Flag" is a song by American music group Charlie Daniels Band and released as a bonus track on their 2001 album '' Live!''. The song was written solely by Daniels and was released in November 2001 as the first and only single from the live album. This song was written in response to the
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. Its peak position was number 33 on the US Country charts. The song is his highest-charted single since 1989's " Simple Man".


Background and writing

The song first gained attention when CMT refused to allow Daniels to perform it on October 21 during the Country Freedom Concert that was staged in Nashville. The event was to raise funds for the Salvation Army's disaster relief efforts in
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. Daniels refused to go on the show in protest saying that "if my song would be offensive, then my presence would be offensive." Daniels told Phyllis Stark of ''
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'' that the events of September 11 "hit me really hard. It really floored me. I couldn't get away from it. I wept a lot." Daniels said that people kept sending him emails asking if he was going to write a song about the attacks.


Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price of '' Billboard'' magazine reviewed the song favorably calling it "far more rousing than racist, this well-performed rocker is all about nationalism and our intention to kick some terrorist butt." She also states that there is "no doubt the more dovish among us will take offense, but when juxtaposed against rescue efforts that have evolved into recovery, who cares?'' Billboard'', November 10, 2001


Chart performance

"This Ain't No Rag, It's a Flag" debuted at number 51 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of November 10, 2001.


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* {{Authority control 2001 singles Charlie Daniels songs American patriotic songs Songs written by Charlie Daniels Music about the September 11 attacks 2001 songs