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Bryan Adams releases Canada Day single '51st State'

musicJul 1, 202634349

Bryan Adams released a Canada Day single titled "51st State" on July 1, a pro-Canada protest song whose chorus includes the line "We’ll never be the 51st state." Posts around the release describe the track as defending Canadian sovereignty and rejecting threats of annexation, with several callers calling it a Donald Trump protest song. Listeners and commentators praised the song as a blunt, celebratory Canada Day anthem and shared a video link to the new track. The release was presented by supporters as a timely statement of national pride for Canada Day 2026.