"Big Sky Country" | ||||
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Single by Chris Whitley | ||||
from the album Living with the Law | ||||
A-side | "Big Sky Country" | |||
B-side | "Phone Call from Leavenworth" "Kick the Stones" |
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Released | 1991 (US) 1992 (EU) |
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Format | 7" vinyl 12" vinyl Compact disc |
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Recorded | Kingsway Studio, New Orleans, LA, USA | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length |
4:21 (single edit) 4:45 (album) |
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Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | Chris Whitley | |||
Producer(s) | Malcolm Burn | |||
Chris Whitley singles chronology | ||||
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"Big Sky Country" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter and guitarist, Chris Whitley. It was the second single to be released from his 1991 début album, Living with the Law, and became a hit single in the United States, rising to #35 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart in 1991.
The music video features Whitley singing and playing his 1931 National Triolian in a variety of indoor and outdoor (Spanish mission / cemetery, midway, and American desert) environments. Parts of the video were filmed in stop motion animation. Bassist Alan Gevaert and a drummer appear in some scenes.
John Mayer has covered the song live.