"Mercury Boogie" | |
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Single by K. C. Douglas Trio | |
B-side | "Eclipse of the Sun" |
Released | 1949 |
Recorded | 1948 |
Genre | Blues |
Label | Down Town |
Songwriter(s) | K. C. Douglas, Robert Geddins |
"Mercury Blues" is a song written by rural blues musician K. C. Douglas and Robert Geddins, and first recorded by Douglas in 1948. [1] The song, originally titled "Mercury Boogie," pays homage to the American automobile marque, which ended production in 2010. [2] [3]
Rights to the song were purchased by the Ford Motor Company (who already owned the Mercury marque). Ford, in turn, used it for a 1996 television commercial featuring Alan Jackson singing his version of the song with the word "Mercury" replaced by the words "Ford Truck." [4]
The song has been covered by many musicians. Among the most notable versions are ones by country musician Alan Jackson in 1993, rock musician David Lindley, from his 1981 album El Rayo-X , and rock musician Steve Miller, from his 1976 album Fly Like an Eagle . Lindley's single peaked at number 34 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
"Mercury Blues" | ||||
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Single by Alan Jackson | ||||
from the album A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love) | ||||
B-side | "Tropical Depression" | |||
Released | September 13, 1993 | |||
Recorded | May 26, 1992 [5] | |||
Genre | Country, rockabilly [6] | |||
Length | 3:39 | |||
Label | Arista | |||
Songwriter(s) | K. C. Douglas Robert Geddins | |||
Producer(s) | Keith Stegall | |||
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American country music artist Alan Jackson recorded the song for his album, A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love) . [7] It was released in September 1993 as the fourth single from the album. His version of the song peaked at number 2 on both the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart and the RPM Country Tracks in Canada. [8] [9]
Kevin John Coryne of Country Universe gave the song a B grade, calling it "a throwaway track that ended up being a pretty big hit." He went on to say that it "might be the least essential Jackson hit of its era." [10]
The music video was directed by Piers Plowden and premiered in mid-1993. [11] Keith Urban makes an appearance in the video as a guitar player. [12]
Jackson's rendition was used by the Ford Motor Company for Ford pickup truck commercials, changing the line "crazy 'bout a Mercury" to "crazy 'bout a Ford truck." [13] Jackson performed the original "Mercury" version of the song live "in-studio" on an episode of the hit ABC sitcom Home Improvement in 1996. [14] The David Lindley version appeared on the "Florence Italy" episode of Miami Vice on February 14, 1986. [15]
Chart (1993) | Peak position |
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Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [16] | 2 |
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [17] | 2 |
Chart (1993) | Position |
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Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [18] | 29 |
Alan Eugene Jackson is an American country music singer-songwriter. He is known for performing a style widely regarded as "neotraditional country", as well as penning many of his own songs. Jackson has recorded 21 studio albums, including two Christmas albums, and two gospel albums, as well as released three greatest-hits albums.
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K. C. Douglas was an American rural blues singer and guitarist.
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