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Let's Impeach the President

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"Let's Impeach the President"
Single by Neil Young
from the album Living with War
ReleasedApril 28, 2006
RecordedApril 1, 2006
StudioRedwood Digital
GenreRock
Length5:04
LabelReprise
Songwriter(s)Neil Young
Producer(s)
Neil Young singles chronology
"Let's Roll"
(2001)
"Let's Impeach the President"
(2006)
"Fork in the Road"
(2009)

"Let's Impeach the President" is a protest song written, produced and recorded by Neil Young. It is the seventh track on his 2006 studio album Living with War.[1][2][3]

It starts off with a trumpet playing the first six notes of "Taps", followed by a chorus singing about various reasons to impeach then-U.S. President George W. Bush. The song contains sound clips from the president's speeches.[4]

Young attempted to trick Stephen Colbert (who was then in character) into playing the song on his August 17, 2006, appearance on The Colbert Report.[5]

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References

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  1. ^ PARELES, JON (28 April 2006). "Neil Young's 'Living With War' Shows He Doesn't Like It". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  2. ^ "CTV News | Top Stories – Breaking News – Top News Headlines". Ctv.ca. 2014-10-22. Archived from the original on February 9, 2007. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
  3. ^ Let's Impeach The President by Neil Young
  4. ^ "Let's Impeach the President". Neil Young Archives. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
  5. ^ "Neil Young on the Colbert Report". Thrasher's Wheat. Retrieved July 30, 2024.