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 Miss Black America produced by Julia Kidd and Daisy Metz. Five tracks from the album were released as single, they were; All five were included in two of John Peel's Festive Fiftys. ""Don't Speak My Mind"" and ""Human Punk"" were included in the 2001 list, placed at number 42 and number 14 respectively, while ""Infinite Chinese Box"", ""Miss Black America"" and ""Talk Hard"" were placed at 45, 11 and 3 respectively in the 2002 list. The album has been described as a ""fast 'n' hard sonic pummelling"", and that ""much of God Bless sounds like the more mature Manic Street Preachers playing U2's