Southbound (Mac McAnally song)

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"Southbound"
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Single by Sammy Kershaw
from the album Feelin' Good Train
B-side "Better Call a Preacher"
ReleasedDecember 3, 1994
Genre Country
Length4:31
Label Mercury
Songwriter(s) Mac McAnally
Producer(s) Buddy Cannon, Norro Wilson
Sammy Kershaw singles chronology
"Third Rate Romance"
(1994)
"Southbound"
(1994)
"If You're Gonna Walk, I'm Gonna Crawl"
(1995)

"Southbound" is a song written and originally recorded by American country music singer Mac McAnally for his 1990 album Simple Life . It was released as a single by American country music artist Sammy Kershaw. It was released in December 1994 as the third single from the album Feelin' Good Train . The song reached number 27 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1]

Contents

Content

The song is a ballad about a narrator expressing his nostalgia for his childhood in the Southern United States.

Critical reception

Holly Gleason of CD Review described the song favorably, saying that it "paints a moving picture of emotional displacement." [2]

Chart performance

Chart (1994-1995)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [3] 17
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 27

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 189.
  2. Gleason, Holly. "Feelin' Good Train review". CD Review. 11 (1–6): iv.
  3. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 8009." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. February 27, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
  4. "Sammy Kershaw Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.