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"Song of the South" Single by Alabama from the album Southern Star Released November 7, 1988 Recorded January 1, 1988 Genre Country Length 3:12 Label RCA Records Writer(s) Bob McDill[1] Producer Alabama Josh Leo Alabama singles chronology "Fallin' Again" (1988) "Song of the South" (1988) "If I Had You" (1989) "Song of the South" is a country song written by Bob McDill. First recorded by Johnny Russell, it reached #57 on the U.S. Billboard country chart in 1981. Covered by Tom T. Hall and Earl Scruggs, it was a #72 country single for them in 1982 from the album Storyteller and the Banjo Man. A cover released in November 1988 by Alabama, from their album Southern Star, reached Number One on both the U.S. and Canadian country charts. Contents 1 Content 2 Music video 3 Chart positions 3.1 Johnny Russell 3.2 Tom T. Hall/Earl Scruggs 3.3 Alabama 4 References 5 External links // Content The song tells the story of a poor Southern cotton farm-family during The Great Depression. "Cotton on the roadside, cotton in the ditch. We all picked the cotton but we never got rich." "Well somebody told us Wall Street fell, but we was so poor that we couldn't tell." The song references President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal in the line, "The cotton was short and the weeds was tall, but Mr. Roosevelt's gonna save us all." The father of the family is a Southern Democrat; "Daddy was a veteran, a southern democrat. They oughta get a rich man to vote like that." The family loses the farm after the mother gets sick. "The county got the farm and they moved to town." In the end, the family ends up all right, having sought a life in a more urban location; "Well papa got a job with the TVA, we bought a washing machine, and then a Chevrolet." Music video The music video consists mainly of black and white photos and footage of the South during the 1930s, as well as footage of members of the band and other actors in the South, which is also in black and white, to give the illusion that it was the 1930s when it was filmed. The content of the video mainly follows the song lyrics, such as the footage of President Roosevelt during the lines in the song where he is referenced. The video turns to color during the chorus, showing a large crowd fronted by the band members marching down the street of a small town. At the end, the video is also in color and shows Alabama playing at a concert, at the end of which random people come onto the stage. It was directed by Steve Boyle. It has recently been seen on the CMT Pure Country channel. Chart positions Johnny Russell Chart (1981) Peak position U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 57 Tom T. Hall/Earl Scruggs Chart (1982) Peak position U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 72 Alabama Chart (1989) Peak position U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1 Canada RPM Country Tracks 1 References ^ "Song of the South". Allmusic. http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=33:ajfixxt0ldte. Retrieved 2008-11-11.  "Song of the South" at Allmusic External links Preceded by "What I'd Say" by Earl Thomas Conley Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single February 11, 1989 Succeeded by "Big Wheels in the Moonlight" by Dan Seals v • d • e Alabama (band) 1977-1989 singles Deuces Wild "I Want to Be with You Tonight" My Home's in Alabama "I Wanna Come Over" · "My Home's in Alabama" · "Tennessee River" · "Why Lady Why" Feels So Right "Old Flame" · "Feels So Right" · "Love in the First Degree" Mountain Music "Mountain Music" · "Take Me Down" · "Close Enough to Perfect" The Closer You Get... "Dixieland Delight" · "The Closer You Get" · "Lady Down on Love" Roll On "Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)" · "When We Make Love" · "If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)" · "(There's A) Fire in the Night" 40-Hour Week "There's No Way" · "40 Hour Week (For a Livin')" · "Can't Keep a Good Man Down" Greatest Hits "She and I" The Touch "Touch Me When We're Dancing" · ""You've Got" the Touch" Just Us "Tar Top" · "Face to Face" · "Fallin' Again" Southern Star "Song of the South" · "If I Had You" · "High Cotton" · "Southern Star"