Chevy Silverado - This is Our Country

Category: commercial

Summary: Scenes from events in American history are shown, both the hardships and the triumphs.

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Music in the commercial

Lyrics used in the commercial

Well I can stand beside
Ideals I think are right
And I can stand beside
The idea to stand and fight
I do believe
There's a dream for everyone
This is our country
From the east coast
To the west coast
Down the Dixie Highway
Back home
This is our country

Description

Scenes from the commercial include: Soldiers waving at the Statue of Liberty, a busy city street, a Chevy car on the assembly line, a spinning record, 60s teens dancing the twist, a hula hoop, John Mellencamp playing guitar by an old Chevy pickup truck, the famous Rosa Parks on the bus still-photo, home footage of a man and his son at the beach, kids riding their bikes in a suburban neighborhood, Muhammad Ali boxing, soldiers on the ground and in a helicopter in Vietnam, hippies at a festival, a rally at the Washington Monument, Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I have a dream" speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, peace protesters, Nixon waving a flag from Marine One, a boy pretend-riding a drum barrel bull, closeup of the tailgate of an antique Chevrolet truck, closeup of a person's hand pretend-flying through the air, the moon landing, John Mellencamp playing guitar, crab fishermen, wildfires burning, Dale Earnhardt driving his #3 Goodwrench Chevrolet stock car, a house being torn apart by a hurricane, a flooded New Orleans neighborhood in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, houses in a state of repair after Katrina, a Silverado being used in the cleanup of Katrina, more Chevy trucks helping out, a house being raised, the 9/11 "Tribute in Light" in New York City, a southwestern desert rock formation, four firefighters, men taking off their hats, and a U.S. soldier and his daughter.

Then the new Silverado is revealed in a field, and the commercial closes with a kid wearing a cowboy hat leaning out the cab of the truck.