Southern Star (song)

"Southern Star" is a song written Rich Alves, Steve Dean and Roger Murrah, and recorded by American country music band Alabama. It was released in November 1989 as the fourth single and title track from the album Southern Star. The song hit number one in the United States on the Hot Country Singles charts.^[1]

Lyrics

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 positions

Chart (1989–1990)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^{[ 1]}	1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^{[ 1]}	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1990)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[2]	25
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[3]	11

References

↑ "allmusic ((( Southern Star > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-11-15.
↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1990". RPM. December 22, 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
↑ "Best of 1990: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.

External links

"Southern Star" at AllMusic

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
		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

v t e Alabama (band) 1977–1989 singles

Deuces Wild	"I Want to Be with You Tonight"

My Home's in Alabama	"I Wanna Come Over" "My Home's in Alabama" "Tennessee River" "Why Lady Why"

Feels So Right	"Old Flame" "Feels So Right" "Love in the First Degree"

Mountain Music	"Mountain Music" "Take Me Down" "Close Enough to Perfect"

The Closer You Get...	"Dixieland Delight" "The Closer You Get" "Lady Down on Love"

Roll On	"Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)" "When We Make Love" "If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)" "(There's A) Fire in the Night"

40-Hour Week	"There's No Way" "40 Hour Week (For a Livin')" "Can't Keep a Good Man Down"

Greatest Hits	"She and I"

The Touch	"Touch Me When We're Dancing" ""You've Got" the Touch"

Just Us	"Tar Top" "Face to Face" "Fallin' Again"

Southern Star	"Song of the South" "If I Had You" "High Cotton" "Southern Star"

Other singles	"Christmas in Dixie" "Deep River Woman" (with Lionel Richie)

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