Southbound (song)

"Southbound"
Single by Sammy Kershaw
from the album Feelin' Good Train
B-side "Better Call a Preacher"
Released December 3, 1994
Format CD single
Genre Country
Length 4:31
Label Mercury
Songwriter(s) Mac McAnally
Producer(s) Buddy Cannon, Norro Wilson
Sammy Kershaw singles chronology
"Third Rate Romance"
(1994)		 "Southbound"
(1994)		 "If You're Gonna Walk, I'm Gonna Crawl"
(1995)

"Third Rate Romance"
(1994)		 "Southbound"
(1995)		 "If You're Gonna Walk, I'm Gonna Crawl"
(1995)

"Southbound" is a song written and originally recorded by Mac McAnally for his 1990 album Simple Life.

It was released as a single by American country music artist Sammy Kershaw. It was released in December 1994 as the third single from the album Feelin' Good Train. The song reached number 27 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[1]

Content

The song is a ballad about a narrator expressing his nostalgia for his childhood in the Southern United States.

Critical reception

Holly Gleason of CD Review described the song favorably, saying that it "paints a moving picture of emotional displacement."[2]

Chart performance

Chart (1994-1995) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3] 17
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 27

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 189.
  2. ↑ Gleason, Holly. "Feelin' Good Train review". CD Review. 11 (1-6): iv.
  3. ↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 8009." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. February 27, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Sammy Kershaw – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Sammy Kershaw.
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