North to Alaska (song)

"North to Alaska"
Single by Johnny Horton
from the album Greatest Hits
B-side "Mansion You Stole"
Released August 22, 1960
Genre Country
Label Columbia
Writer(s) Johnny Horton
Tillman Franks
Producer Don Law
Johnny Horton singles chronology
"Johnny Freedom"
(1960)		 "North to Alaska"
(1960)		 "Sleepy-Eyed John"
(1961)

"North to Alaska" is a 1960 hit song by Johnny Horton which featured in the movie of the same name. Though Horton had sung several popular movie tie-in songs, this was the first one that was sung over the opening titles.

Co-written with Tillman Franks, "North to Alaska" topped Billboard magazine's Country Singles chart,[1] reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and eight on Norway Singles Chart.[2]

Chart performance

Chart (1960–1961) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot C&W Sides 1
Australia Singles Chart 2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 4
Norway Singles Chart 8
UK Singles Chart 23

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 162. 
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 85. 
Preceded by
"Wings of a Dove"
by Ferlin Husky		 Billboard Hot C&W Sides
number-one single
January 9-February 13, 1961		 Succeeded by
"Wings of a Dove"
by Ferlin Husky