God Bless America God Bless America "God Bless America" is an American patriotic song written by Irving Berlin during World War I in 1918 and revised by him in the run up to World War II in 1938. The later version has notably been recorded by Kate Smith, becoming her signature song. "God Bless America" takes the form of a prayer (intro lyrics "as we raise our voices, in a solemn prayer") for God's blessing and peace for the nation ("...stand beside her and guide her through the night..."). Irving Berlin wrote the song in 1918 while serving in the U.S. Army at
God Bless Sjumadjaja's film "Laila Majenun" ("Laila is Possessed"). Four years later, God Bless released "Cermin" ("Mirror"), which included more ballads and showed influences from Deep Purple and Van Halen; Abadi Soesman contributed a bit. The band, in an off-again on-again state for the next several years, released their third album, "Semut Hitam" ("Black Ants") in 1988; the album went on to be their most successful. This was followed by "Raksasa" ("Monster"; 1989), and "Apa Kabar?" ("What's Up?"; 1997). God Bless performed a "duel" with Padi on 9 November 2011, a band twenty years their younger; held in the Hard Rock Cafe