Letters from Home (song)

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“Letters from Home”
Single by John Michael Montgomery from the album Letters from Home
Released	2004
Genre	Country music
Length	4:28
Label	Atlantic Records
Writer(s)	Tony Lane, David Lee
Producer	Byron Gallimore, John Michael Montgomery
John Michael Montgomery singles chronology
"Four-Wheel Drive" (2003) "Letters from Home" (2004) "Goes Good with Beer" (2004)

"Letters from Home" is a single by American country music singer John Michael Montgomery. It peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in 2004, also reaching #24 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The song is a portrayal of a soldier's life on overseas duty. In the song, it is mentioned how the soldier's mother writes to him during his time overseas. In the first two letters (the first two verses), the letters are shared with a fair share of merriment among the soldier's comrades. The soldier's father is a very stubborn man in the song, but eventually admits to being proud of his son, which drives the son to tears and spreads an aura of solemnity among his comrades, as mentioned in the third verse.

The music video created for this song was filmed at the Army Aviation Support Facility No. 1 in Smyrna, Tenn, and featured National Guard soldiers. Actor Fred Mullins played the role of the soldier receiving the letters from home.^[1][2]

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Chart (2004)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs	2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	24

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