Carolina in the Pines

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"Carolina in the Pines"
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Single by Michael Murphey
from the album Blue Sky – Night Thunder
B-side "Without My Lady There"
ReleasedAugust 4, 1975 (original release)
May 6, 1985 (re-release)
Genre Country
Length4:08
Label Epic
Songwriter Michael Murphey
Producer Bob Johnston
Michael Murphey singles chronology
"Wildfire"
(1975)		"Carolina in the Pines"
(1975)		"Renegade"
(1976)

"Carolina in the Pines" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Michael Martin Murphey. It was released in August 1975 as the second and final single from the album Blue Sky - Night Thunder . It peaked at number 21 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, number 4 on the Adult Contemporary chart, and number 25 on the Canadian RPM Top Singles chart in late 1975. [1] The song was re-recorded with John McEuen on banjo and released in May 1985 from his compilation album The Best of Michael Martin Murphey . The re-release peaked at number 9 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and at number 11 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart in mid-1985. Bluegrass band The Special Consensus recorded the song on their 2002 album Route 10.

Contents

Background

"Carolina in the Pines" describes Murphey's wife whose actual name was Caroline: "I tried to write a love song about my wife without trying to relegate her to a secondary position as a supporter of me. I tried to make it about her as an individual. That's what [she and I] try to do in life." [2] Caroline Hogue was the second of Murphey's five wives: the couple had married in 1973 and would divorce in 1978.

Critical reception

Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it "a countryish tune in a distinct John Denver vein." [3]

Personnel

Chart performance

Original release

Chart (1975)Peak
position
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary4

Re-release

Chart (1985)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 9
Canadian RPM Country Tracks11

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition (Billboard Publications)
  2. ↑ Daily News: 16. July 6, 1975.{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ Billboard , August 16, 1975
  4. ↑ "Michael Martin Murphey Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
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