Shortlist for Official Charts Pop Gem #63: American Classics

Happy 4th of July, y’all! Which star-spangled favourite will grab the Pop Gem honour this week?
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Happy 4th of July, y’all! Which star-spangled favourite will grab the Pop Gem honour this week?

Every week we ask for your Pop Gems – those songs that people know and love but have maybe not had as much attention as they deserved in recent times.

To celebrate the 4th of July, the USA's big day, we were looking for American Classics – tunes by your favourite Stateside stars or, just to mix things up, songs about America.

You started spreading the news and nominated your favourite star-spangled songs for the Pop Gem treatment.

We scratched our heads, we oohed and aahed as we relived the tunes on YouTube, and got them down to 12 finalists.

We’ve done a very handy video playlist of our delectable dozen, just in case you need to refresh your memory about how amazing they all are.

Which of our contenders are you backing?

ARTIST TRACK PEAK POSITION YEAR
KELIS 4TH OF JULY (FIREWORKS) 32 2010
MILEY CYRUS PARTY IN THE USA 11 2009
ESTELLE FT KANYE WEST AMERICAN BOY 1 2008
KILLERS MR BRIGHTSIDE 10 2004
MADONNA AMERICAN LIFE 2 2003
BRAN VAN 3000 DRINKING IN LA 3 1999
JANET JACKSON THAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES 2 1993
HOLLY JOHNSON AMERICANOS 4 1989
DEBBIE HARRY FRENCH KISSIN' IN THE USA 8 1986
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN BORN IN THE USA 5 1985
STARSHIP WE BUILT THIS CITY 12 1985
THE GO-GOS OUR LIPS ARE SEALED 47 1982

Video playlist

Check out all 12 of our finalists. Which American Classic gets your vote?

And the winner is…

All will be revealed on Saturday, when we announce our Pop Gem pick on Facebook and Twitter.

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