"4th of July"
Single by Amy Macdonald
from the album Life in a Beautiful Light
Released	22 October 2012
Recorded	2011
Genre	Pop, folk
Length	3:48
Label	Mercury Records
Songwriter(s)	Amy Macdonald
Producer(s)	Pete Wilkinson
Amy Macdonald singles chronology
" Pride" (2012) "4th of July" (2012) "Oh My Love" (2014)
Music videos
"4th of July" on YouTube

"4th of July" is a single release by Scottish recording artist Amy Macdonald. It was released as the third single from her third studio album, Life in a Beautiful Light, on 22 October 2012. The song was written by Amy Macdonald and produced by Pete Wilkinson.

Background

The song was inspired by a childhood trip to New York with her family on Independence Day. ^[1]

Music video

Background

On 2 October 2012 Macdonald announced that she was filming the video saying, "Early start today. Filming the video for '4th of July'". ^[2] On 17 October 2012 she wrote, "The video for 4th of July is nearly finished and ready to go! I am really happy with it! Excited for you all to see it!". ^[3] On 18 October 2012 Mercury Music Group announced the release date of the single, "@Amy__Macdonald single for ‘4th Of July’ is out next week! Video coming soon.." ^[4] The music video was uploaded to YouTube on 24 October 2012 at a total length of four minutes. ^[5]

Live performances

On 26 October 2012 Macdonald performed the song live on This Morning. ^[6] On the Under stars tour, Macdonald performed an acoustic version of the song with a very different arrangement.

Track listing

Release history

References

External links

• Amy Macdonald - Amy Macdonald official site