Red Dirt Road (song)

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“Red Dirt Road”
Single by Brooks & Dunn from the album Red Dirt Road
Released	2003
Recorded	2003
Genre	Country music
Length	4:20
Label	Arista Nashville
Writer(s)	Kix Brooks, Ronnie Dunn
Producer	Kix Brooks, Ronnie Dunn, Mark Wright
Brooks & Dunn singles chronology
"Every River" (2002) "Red Dirt Road" (2003) "You Can't Take The Honky Tonk Out Of The Girl" (2003)

"Red Dirt Road" is a single by American country music group Brooks & Dunn that reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. It was the first single from the band's 2003 album Red Dirt Road. The duo performed the single at the tribute concert for Dale Earnhardt at the Daytona International Speedway in 2002.

Contents 1 Content 2 Music video 3 Chart positions 4 External links 5 Succession

[edit] Content

The song describes a narrator who has reflected on joyful memories linked to that "red dirt road". It also describes how he found a lover.

[edit] Music video

The video features Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn singing in a truck, in front of a church, and along the dirt road.

[edit] Chart positions

Chart (2003)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	25

[edit] External links

• Lyrics at CMT.com

[edit] Succession

Preceded by "My Front Porch Looking In" by Lonestar

Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number one single by Brooks & Dunn August 2, 2003

Succeeded by "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" by Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett