Southern Star (song)

"Southern Star"
Single by Alabama
from the album Southern Star
B-side "Barefootin'"
Released November 22, 1989
Recorded January 1, 1988
Genre Country
Length 3:11
Label RCA
Songwriter(s) Rich Alves
Steve Dean
Roger Murrah
Producer(s) Barry Beckett
Alabama singles chronology
"High Cotton"
(1989)		 "Southern Star"
(1989)		 "Pass It On Down"
(1990)

"High Cotton"
(1989)		 "Southern Star"
(1989)		 "Pass It On Down"
(1990)

"Southern Star" is a song written Rich Alves, Steve Dean and Roger Murrah, and recorded by American country music band Alabama. It was released in November 1989 as the fourth and final single and title track from the album Southern Star. The song hit number one in the United States on the Hot Country Singles charts.[1]

Content

The song is about a fairly young blue collar worker who feels he is too young to feel old, yet too old to live the free life of a young adult.

Chart positions

Chart (1989–1990) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[2] 1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1990) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4] 25
US Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 11

Other versions

David Allan Coe recorded the song on his 1989 album Crazy Daddy.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "allmusic ((( Southern Star > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-11-15.
  2. ↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 6690." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. February 24, 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Alabama Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  4. ↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1990". RPM. December 22, 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Best of 1990: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
  6. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/crazy-daddy-mw0000653179
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