America by Killing Joke

"America" is Killing Joke's first single from their seventh studio album, Outside the Gate. It was released by E.G. Records on 4 April 1988."America" was the first official single by Killing Joke to be produced by members of the band, due to the departure of producer Chris Kimsey. The song was first released as a 7" single with "Jihad" as the B-side. It was also released as a 12" single in the UK and Germany, featuring "America (The Extended Mix)" as the A-side while the B-side featured "Jihad" and a remix of "America" by Glenn Skinner. This was the first single by Killing Joke to be released as a CD maxi single, featuring the Glenn Skinner remix of "America", "Jihad (Beyrouth Edit)", "America (The Extended Mix)" and the original 1980 remix of "Change".