Vidalia (song)

"Vidalia"
Single by Sammy Kershaw
from the album Politics, Religion and Her
Released July 22, 1996
Format CD single
Genre Country
Length 3:21
Label Mercury
Writer(s) Tim Nichols, Mark D. Sanders
Producer(s) Buddy Cannon, Norro Wilson
Sammy Kershaw singles chronology
"Meant to Be"
(1996)		 "Vidalia"
(1996)		 "Politics, Religion and Her"
(1996)

"Vidalia" is a song written by Tim Nichols and Mark D. Sanders, and recorded by American country music artist Sammy Kershaw. It was released in July 1996 as the second single from the album Politics, Religion and Her. The song reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[1]

Content

The song is a wordplay on Vidalia onions and a woman named Vidalia.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it a "nice blend of cuteness and country boy wit rolled into a song of love and longing. She goes on to say that it is the kind of left-of-center love song that Kershaw has "always excelled at."[2]

Music video

The music video was directed by Michael Merriman and premiered in mid-1996. It was filmed in Vidalia, Georgia.

Chart performance

"Vidalia" debuted at number 57 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of July 27, 1996.

Chart (1996) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3] 7
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 10

Year-end charts

Chart (1996) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[5] 96

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 189.
  2. ↑ Billboard, July 27, 1996
  3. ↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 9839." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. October 21, 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Sammy Kershaw Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Sammy Kershaw.
  5. ↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1996". RPM. December 16, 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.