| "Yankee Rose" | ||||
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| Single by David Lee Roth | ||||
| from the album Eat 'Em and Smile | ||||
| B-side | "Shyboy" | |||
| Released | June 18, 1986[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1986 | |||
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| Length | 3:55 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Ted Templeman | |||
| David Lee Roth singles chronology | ||||
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"Yankee Rose" is a song by American rock singer David Lee Roth, featuring the prominent electric guitar of its co-writer, virtuoso Steve Vai. Roth's first single on his debut solo studio album Eat 'Em and Smile (1986), with lyrical allusions to the American national anthem and Irving Berlin's "God Bless America", as well as July 4, independence, flag unfurling, rocket flare, fire crackers, apple pie, and her torch light, was recorded as a tribute to the Statue of Liberty,[2] as the statue was completing a major renovation for the 100th anniversary of its dedication in 1886:
"coast to coast, sea to shining sea, hey sister, you're the perfect host"
"...nothing like her in the whole world"
The song was Roth's third Top 20 hit, the first two being covers of "California Girls" (peak #3) and "Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody" (peak #12). "Yankee Rose" peaked at #16 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[3]
It also appears as a radio tune on the 2002 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City on the rock station "V-Rock". A cover of the song is the title song for the video game Rumble Roses and Rumble Roses XX performed by Teresa James.
- ^ "The Best" cd liner notes (1997)
- ^ ""Yankee Rose" David Lee Roth". Rollingstone.com. 1986. Archived from the original on February 2, 2013. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
- ^ "David Lee Roth – Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved October 22, 2020.