Engine Engine Number 9

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"Engine Engine #9"
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Single by Roger Miller
from the album The 3rd Time Around
B-side "The Last Word in Lonesome is Me"
ReleasedMay 1965
Genre Country
Length2:18
Label Smash
Songwriter(s) Roger Miller
Producer(s) Jerry Kennedy
Roger Miller singles chronology
"King of the Road"
(1965)
"Engine Engine #9"
(1965)
"One Dyin' and a Buryin'"
(1965)

"Engine Engine #9" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Roger Miller. It was released in May 1965 as the lead single from the album, The 3rd Time Around . The song peaked at number 2 on the U.S. country singles chart. [1]

The song is a reference to the children's rhyme of the same name, similarly quoted in rap duo Black Sheep's song "The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)", an extended version of another song, "The Choice Is Yours". This quote refers to the MTA NYC # 9 subway line that used to exist.

Chart performance

Chart (1965)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles2
U.S. Billboard Hot 1007
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary2
Canadian RPM Top Singles11
UK Singles Chart33

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