| 4th of July | |
| Cover: | 4thofJulyAmy.png |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Amy Macdonald |
| Album: | Life in a Beautiful Light |
| Released: | 22 October 2012 |
| Recorded: | 2011 |
| Genre: | Pop, folk |
| Length: | 3:48 |
| Label: | Mercury Records |
| Producer: | Pete Wilkinson |
| Prev Title: | Pride |
| Prev Year: | 2012 |
| Next Title: | Oh My Love |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
"4th of July" is a single release by Scottish recording artist Amy Macdonald. It was released as the third single from her third studio album, Life in a Beautiful Light, on 22 October 2012. The song was written by Amy Macdonald and produced by Pete Wilkinson.
The song was inspired by a childhood trip to New York with her family on Independence Day.[1]
On 2 October 2012 Macdonald announced that she was filming the video saying, "Early start today. Filming the video for '4th of July'".[2] On 17 October 2012 she wrote, "The video for 4th of July is nearly finished and ready to go! I am really happy with it! Excited for you all to see it!".[3] On 18 October 2012 Mercury Music Group announced the release date of the single, "@Amy__Macdonald single for ‘4th Of July’ is out next week! Video coming soon.."[4] The music video was uploaded to YouTube on 24 October 2012 at a total length of four minutes.
On 26 October 2012 Macdonald performed the song live on This Morning.On the Under stars tour, Macdonald performed an acoustic version of the song with a very different arrangement.