Ohio (Come Back to Texas)

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"Ohio (Come Back to Texas)"
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Single by Bowling for Soup
from the album A Hangover You Don't Deserve
ReleasedNovember 17, 2005
Recorded2004
Studio Ruby Red Productions
Atlanta
Genre Pop punk
Length3:50
Label FFROE, Jive, Zomba
Songwriter(s) Jaret Reddick, Zac Maloy, Ted Bruner
Producer(s) Butch Walker, Russ-T Cobb, Jaret Reddick
Bowling for Soup singles chronology
"Almost"
(2005)
"Ohio (Come Back to Texas)"
(2005)
"I Melt with You"
(2006)

"Ohio (Come Back to Texas)" is a song by American rock band Bowling for Soup, released as a single from the group's album A Hangover You Don't Deserve (2004).

Contents

The song was used as a Wake-Up Call on Day 10 of the Space Shuttle Discovery's final mission, STS-133, at the request of the crew, on March 5, 2011. [1]

Content

The singer's girlfriend leaves him after meeting another man at the bank and moves with him to Cleveland. The singer implores her to come back home to him and the distinctively Texan things she left behind in Denton County, Texas.

Charts

Chart (2005)Peak
position
US Pop 100 ( Billboard ) [2] 59
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard) [2] 35

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References

  1. "NASA - STS-133 MCC Status Report #18". www.nasa.gov. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  2. 1 2 A Hangover You Don't Deserve – Bowling for Soup: Awards > Billboard Singles at AllMusic . Retrieved May 3, 2013.