Draft:Back in America (Network song)

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| length = 3:48<ref>https://open.spotify.com/track/0ym6iSIUIAZZeaLFjRfhw7</ref>

| writer = {{hlist|Terry Brock|Jim Odom}}<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089670/soundtrack/</ref>

| writer = {{hlist|Terry Brock|Jim Odom}}<ref>{{cite web | title=National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985) - Catalog - AFI | website=[[AFI]] | url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/58243}}</ref>

| producer = {{hlist|[[Phil Ehart]]|Ed Thacker}}<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089670/soundtrack/</ref>

| producer = {{hlist|[[Phil Ehart]]|Ed Thacker}}<ref>{{cite web | title=National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985) - Catalog - AFI | website=[[AFI]] | url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/58243}}</ref>

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| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|PTbGaGql09E|"Back in America" (music only)}} }}

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'''Back in America''' is a rock song by the American band [[Network (band)|Network]]. It was featured during the closing credits of the 1985 [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]] comedy film ''[[National Lampoon's European Vacation]]'', directed by [[Amy Heckerling]] and starring [[Chevy Chase]].<ref>https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/58243</ref><ref>https://www.tampabay.com/content/sunday-earworm-networks-back-america/2058486/</ref>

'''Back in America''' is a rock song by the American band [[Network (band)|Network]]. It was featured during the closing credits of the 1985 [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]] comedy film ''[[National Lampoon's European Vacation]]'', directed by [[Amy Heckerling]] and starring [[Chevy Chase]].<ref>{{cite web | title=National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985) - Catalog - AFI | website=[[AFI]] | url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/58243}}</ref><ref>https://www.tampabay.com/content/sunday-earworm-networks-back-america/2058486/</ref>

==Song history==

==Song history==

The song “Back in America” came out of a brief collaboration between musicians emerging from the Louisiana rock scene in the mid-1980s. After the band [[LeRoux (band)|LeRoux]] disbanded in 1984, guitarist Jim Odom and drummer David Peters started a new band with [[Kansas (band)| Kansas]] backing vocalist Terry Brock. Together, they formed Network, a short-lived rock band that released just one known song.<ref>https://www.leroux.band/terry-brock</ref><ref>https://fwsymphony.org/guest-artists/terry-brock</ref>

The song “Back in America” came out of a brief collaboration between musicians emerging from the Louisiana rock scene in the mid-1980s. After the band [[LeRoux (band)|LeRoux]] disbanded in 1984, guitarist Jim Odom and drummer David Peters started a new band with [[Kansas (band)| Kansas]] backing vocalist Terry Brock. Together, they formed Network, a short-lived rock band that released just one known song.<ref>https://www.leroux.band/terry-brock</ref><ref>https://fwsymphony.org/guest-artists/terry-brock</ref>

That track, “Back in America,” gained visibility when it was featured in the 1985 comedy film National Lampoon’s European Vacation. The production brought in Kansas drummer [[Phil Ehart]] and engineer Ed Thacker to produce, with a guitar solo contributed by Tom Baker.<ref>https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/58243</ref> Though the group never released a full album, this one song remains their defining work.

That track, “Back in America,” gained visibility when it was featured in the 1985 comedy film National Lampoon’s European Vacation. The production brought in Kansas drummer [[Phil Ehart]] and engineer Ed Thacker to produce, with a guitar solo contributed by Tom Baker.<ref>{{cite web | title=National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985) - Catalog - AFI | website=[[AFI]] | url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/58243}}</ref>Though the group never released a full album, this one song remains their defining work.

==Composition==

==Composition==

* Terry Brock – lead vocals

* Terry Brock – lead vocals

* Jim Odom – guitar

* Jim Odom – guitar

* David Peters – drums<ref>https://www.leroux.band/terry-brock</ref>

* David Peters – drums<ref>https://www.leroux.band/terry-brock</ref><ref>https://fwsymphony.org/guest-artists/terry-brock</ref>

* Tom Baker – guitar<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089670/soundtrack/</ref>

* Tom Baker – guitar<ref>{{cite web | title=National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985) - Catalog - AFI | website=[[AFI]] | url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/58243}}</ref>

'''Producers'''

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