Question: when was the song im proud to be an american written
Answer: '' Single by Lee Greenwood from the album You 've Got a Good Love Comin ' B - side `` This Old Bed '' Released May 21 , 1984 ( 1984 - 05 - 21 ) Format Audio cassette ( original release ) CD single ( re-release ) Recorded November 1983 Nashville , Tennessee Genre Patriotic , country Length 3 : 09 ( album & single versions ) 5 : 30 ( video version ) Label MCA Nashville Songwriter ( s ) Lee Greenwood Producer ( s ) Jerry Crutchfield Lee Greenwood singles chronology `` Going , Going , Gone '' ( 1983 ) `` God Bless the U.