--- description: Singing about blue jeans, rock 'n' roll and Betsy Ross title: Watch Stephen Colbert and Jack Black Sing a Presidential Pop Anthem image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Stephen Colbert and Jack Black Sing a Presidential Pop Anthem by [Ian Goldstein / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Ian Goldstein / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 15, 2015 3:10 PM CUT by [Ian Goldstein / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Ian Goldstein / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 15, 2015 3:10 PM CUT Presidential candidates have long been sampling celebrated songs as battle cries to invigorate their crowds. Bill Clinton had [Fleetwood ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3JA1nWPFqM "undefined")[Mac](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3JA1nWPFqM "undefined"). Barack Obama used [Stevie Wonder](http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1840981%5F1840998%5F1840940,00.html "undefined"). But recently candidates like Donald Trump are being admonished by artists including [R.E.M.](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/10/rem-donald-trump "undefined") and [Neil Young](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/16/neil-young-didnt-approve-donald-trump-using-rockin-free-world "undefined") for using their songs without permission. So on Wednesday night’s _Late Show_ Stephen Colbert hoped to resolve the conflict by providing the presidential hopefuls with an anthem that was “generic enough not to offend anyone” and “generic enough to be loved by everyone.” The host was joined by a cowboy-hat-clad Jack Black to sing “My Kind of America,” a song that included lyrics about blue jeans, rock ‘n’ roll, and Betsy Ross building the pentagon. Watch the clip above to see Colbert and Black dance and sing the song that’s also about farmers and bagel bites. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/10/15/stephen-colbert-jack-black-my-kind-of-america-late-show "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4074767/stephen-colbert-jack-black/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4074767/stephen-colbert-jack-black/"},"headline":"Watch Stephen Colbert and Jack Black Sing a Presidential Pop Anthem","datePublished":"2015-10-15T15:10:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T11:49:35.797Z","description":"Singing about blue jeans, rock 'n' roll and Betsy Ross","url":"https://time.com/4074767/stephen-colbert-jack-black/","keywords":["Television","stephen colbert","Late Night Television","Jack Black"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ian Goldstein / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4074767/stephen-colbert-jack-black/","name":"Watch Stephen Colbert and Jack Black Sing a Presidential Pop Anthem"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"'Goosebumps' Trailer","description":"'Goosebumps' Trailer","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/ObNRBR3g/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-07-08T16:51:08.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ObNRBR3g.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4074767/stephen-colbert-jack-black/","duration":"PT2M26S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4074767/stephen-colbert-jack-black/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```