Georgia (Carolyn Dawn Johnson song)

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"Georgia"
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Single by Carolyn Dawn Johnson
from the album Room with a View
B-side "Love Is Always Worth the Ache"
ReleasedSeptember 4, 2000
Genre Country
Length4:50
Label Arista Nashville
Songwriter(s) Carolyn Dawn Johnson
Troy Verges
Producer(s) Paul Worley
Carolyn Dawn Johnson
Carolyn Dawn Johnson singles chronology
"Georgia"
(2000)
"Complicated"
(2001)

"Georgia" is the debut single by Canadian country music singer Carolyn Dawn Johnson, released in September 2000 from her debut album Room with a View (2001). The song peaked at number 25 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart (now Hot Country Songs) and number 98 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also reached number 4 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart before the magazine ceased publication. The song was written by Johnson and Troy Verges.

Contents

It features a backing vocal from Martina McBride. [1]

Music video

The music video was directed by Brent Hedgecock and premiered in late 2000.

Chart performance

"Georgia" debuted at number 74 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for the week of September 16, 2000.

Chart (2000-2001)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [2] 4 [lower-alpha 1]
US Billboard Hot 100 [3] 98
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 25

Notes

  1. "Georgia" reached number 4 when RPM ceased publication in November 2000.

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References

  1. Room with a View (CD booklet). Carolyn Dawn Johnson. Arista Nashville. 2001. 69336.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 7268." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. November 6, 2000. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  3. "Carolyn Dawn Johnson Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  4. "Carolyn Dawn Johnson Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.