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TIL the song American Woman was made by accident. While playing at a show in Ontario, Randy Bachman broke a guitar string. While tuning his guitar he came up with a great riff, he implored Burton Cummings to sing something, the first words out of his mouth were, "American woman, stay away from me."

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