"Born in East L.A." | |
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Single by Cheech & Chong | |
from the album Get Out of My Room | |
Released | September 1985 |
Genre | Comedy |
Songwriter(s) | Bruce Springsteen, Cheech Marin[1] |
"Born in East L.A." is a single by Cheech & Chong, released in September 1985.[2] It is a parody of Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A.", with references to the song "I Love L.A." by Randy Newman. The song reached No. 48 on the Billboard Hot 100.[3]
Written by Cheech Marin, the song's lyrics deal with a Mexican-American from East Los Angeles who is mistaken for an undocumented immigrant and deported. The song served as the basis for the film of the same name, directed by Marin.