Featured In: Team America: World PoliceComposer/Lyricist: Trey Parker
Performer: Trey Parker
Description:"America (Fuck Yeah)" was played throughout various parts of the film,
Team America: World Police, along with the "America, Fuck Yeah (Bummer Remix)", and was intended to mock the stereotypical American's jingoist form of patriotism.
Team America: World Police is a 2004 satirical action comedy film written by Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and Pam Brady and directed by Parker, all of whom are also known for the popular animated television series South Park. The film is a satire of big-budget action films and their associated clichés and stereotypes, with particular humorous emphasis on the global implications of US politics. The title of the film itself is derived from domestic and international political criticisms that the U.S. frequently and unilaterally tries to "police the world". The film features a cast composed of marionettes. Team America focuses on a fictional team of political paramilitary policemen known as "Team America: World Police", who attempt to save the world from a violent terrorist plot led by Kim Jong-il.
Marc Shaiman, composer for
South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut, was originally hired to compose the original score and help Parker compose the film's songs. He helped compose "Everyone Has AIDS" and "Derka Derk (Terrorist Theme)". He submitted a score, but the studio rejected it and fired Shaiman, hiring Harry Gregson-Williams as a last minute replacement (Parker had instructed Shaiman to score the film as if it were a typical action film, which they agreed would make it funnier, while the studio felt the score should play up the comedy). However, Shaiman still conducted the orchestra in the film's scoring sessions and Williams stuck to the traditional action film score concept.
Personal Note: I like the YouTube comment that says, "This should have been played when USA entered the Olympics."