My Second Home

For the Malaysian retirement programme, see Malaysia My Second Home.
"My Second Home"
Single by Tracy Lawrence
from the album Alibis
B-side "Crying Ain't Dying"
Released September 16, 1993[1]
Format CD Single, 7" single
Recorded 1992
Genre Country
Length 2:45
Label Atlantic 87312
Writer(s) Tracy Lawrence
Paul Nelson
Kenny Beard
Producer(s) James Stroud
Tracy Lawrence singles chronology
"Can't Break It to My Heart"
(1993)
"My Second Home"
(1993)
"If the Good Die Young"
(1994)

"My Second Home" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Tracy Lawrence. It was released on September 16, 1993 as the third single from his album, Alibis. The song reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart and peaked at number 6 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.[2] It was written by Lawrence with Paul Nelson and Kenny Beard.

Content

The bar that the narrator considers his "second home" becomes his only home after his wife kicks him out.

Music video

The music video was directed by Marc Ball and premiered in September 1993.

Chart positions

"My Second Home" debuted at number 73 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of September 4, 1993.

Chart (1993) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3] 6
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 1
Preceded by
"American Honky-Tonk Bar Association"
by Garth Brooks
Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks
number-one single

December 11, 1993
Succeeded by
"I Don't Call Him Daddy"
by Doug Supernaw

References

  1. http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/lawrence_tracy/608443/album.jhtml
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  3. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2345." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. December 25, 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
  4. "Tracy Lawrence Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Tracy Lawrence.

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