| "Southern Star" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Alabama | ||||
| from the album Southern Star | ||||
| Released | November 22, 1989 | |||
| Recorded | January 1, 1988 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:11 | |||
| Label | RCA Records | |||
| Writer(s) | Rich Alves Steve Dean Roger Murrah |
|||
| Producer | Barry Beckett | |||
| Alabama singles chronology | ||||
|
||||
"Southern Star" is the name of a country song Alabama from their 1989 album Southern Star. The song hit number one in the United States on the Hot Country Singles charts.[1]
Contents |
The song is about a fairly young blue collar worker who feels he is too young to feel old, yet too old to live the free life of a young adult. "Well I'm blue-collar branded and stuck in a mill/ Hard work is a way of life for me/ Well I'm too young to live like I'm over the hill/ And too old to be wild and free."
| Chart (1989–1990) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |
| Preceded by "Nobody's Home" by Clint Black |
Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single February 10, 1990 |
Succeeded by "On Second Thought" by Eddie Rabbitt |
| Preceded by "Statue of a Fool" by Ricky Van Shelton |
RPM Country Tracks number-one single February 24, 1990 |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||