Oklahoma (Billy Gilman song)

"Oklahoma"
A sunlit grass field shows Billy Gilman on his stomach with his legs up and hands in front of him.
Single by Billy Gilman
from the album One Voice
Released October 9, 2000 (2000-10-09)
Format CD single
Recorded 2000
Genre Country
Length 4:04
Label Epic Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Billy Gilman singles chronology
"One Voice"
(2000)		 "Oklahoma"
(2000)		 "There's a Hero"
(2001)

"One Voice"
(2000)		 "Oklahoma"
(2000)		 "There's a Hero"
(2001)
Music video
"Oklahoma" on YouTube

"Oklahoma" is a song written by D. Vincent Williams and John Allen, and recorded by American country music singer Billy Gilman. It was released in October 2000 as the second single from the album One Voice. The song reached number 33 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[1] and number 63 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album from the single is taken was certified two-times multi-platinum in the United States.

Content

The song is about a boy reuniting with his birth father after somehow losing his mother and being put into foster care, after which he was shuffled around until his father was discovered.

Music video

In the video, we see the man, his father, is married with a wife and son, (played by Billy Gilman as he sings the song).

Chart performance

"Oklahoma" debuted at number 66 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for the chart week of October 14, 2000.

Chart (2000–01) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[2] 63
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 33

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 137.
  2. ↑ "Billy Gilman Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  3. ↑ "Billy Gilman Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.


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