Tennessee Homesick Blues

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“Tennessee Homesick Blues”
Single by Dolly Parton
from the album Rhinestone
B-side "Butterflies"
Released June 1984
Recorded 1983
Genre Country
Label RCA
Writer(s) Dolly Parton
Producer Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton singles chronology
"Downtown (song)"
(1984)
"Tennessee Homesick Blues"
(1984)
"God Won't Get You"
(1984)

"Tennessee Homesick Blues" was a song written and recorded by Dolly Parton that was featured in the movie Rhinestone. Released in June 1984 as a single from the film's soundtrack, it topped the U.S. country singles charts on September 8 1984. A reminiscence of Parton's rural Tennessee upbringing, the song was similar in theme to some of her earlier compositions, including "My Tennessee Mountain Home".


Preceded by
"Let's Fall to Pieces Together"
by George Strait
Billboard Hot Country Singles
number one single
by Dolly Parton

September 8, 1984
Succeeded by
"You're Getting to Me Again"
by Jim Glaser

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