American Jesus

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“American Jesus”
Single by Bad Religion from the album Recipe for Hate
Released	1993
Format	vinyl record 7"
Recorded	1993
Genre	Punk rock
Length	3:17
Label	Epitaph Records
Writer(s)	Greg Graffin Brett Gurewitz
Bad Religion singles chronology
"Atomic Garden" "American Jesus" "Struck a Nerve"
Recipe for Hate track listing
"Recipe for Hate" "Kerosene" "American Jesus" "Portrait of Authority" "Man With a Mission" "All Good Soldiers" "Watch It Die" "Struck a Nerve" "My Poor Friend Me" "Lookin' In" "Don't Pray on Me" "Modern Day Catastrophists" "Skyscraper" "Stealth"

"American Jesus" is also the name of a track on the album American Edit. It is also the title of a book by Professor Stephen Prothero

American Jesus is a single by punk rock band Bad Religion from their album Recipe for Hate.

The song is a cutting attack on then-president George H. W. Bush, who during the first Gulf War claimed America would win as they had Jesus on their side.^{[citation needed]}

Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam also provides guest backing vocals.

The song was played during the Winter X-games on ESPN2 as background music, and MTV used to use the opening of the song during their Extreme Beach Competition show.

Simple Plan played a cover of the song which was subsequently included on their album, Live in Japan 2002.

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