Toby Keith's signature song, "Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue (The Angry American)," is inextricably tied to the Fourth of July. It peaked at #1 on the Billboard Country chart on that date in 2003. Commandant of the Marine Corps, James L. Jones, told Keith it was his duty as an American to record the song after hearing it in concert. While it was a military favorite, it did have its detractors, including Keith's country foils, the Dixie Chicks, whose lead singer Natalie Maines said the song was "ignorant."