Alabama Wild Man (song)

"Alabama Wild Man"
Single by Jerry Reed
from the album Jerry Reed
B-side	"Take It Easy"
Released	July 3, 1972
Genre	Country
Length	2:33
Label	RCA Victor
Songwriter(s)	Jerry Reed
Producer(s)	Chet Atkins Jerry Reed
Jerry Reed singles chronology
"Smell the Flowers" (1972) "Alabama Wild Man" (1972) "You Took All the Ramblin' Out of Me" (1972)

Alabama Wild Man is a song written and recorded by American country artist Jerry Reed. It was released in July 1972 as the only single from the album, Jerry Reed. The song reached peaks of number 22 on the U.S. country chart and number 12 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. ^[1] The B-side, "Take It Easy (In Your Mind)," would later be sampled in the 1972 top ten hit "Convention '72" by The Delegates. ^[2]

Chart performance

Chart (1972)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	22
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	62
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	12
Canadian RPM Top Singles	79

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research.
2. "Early '70s Radio".