"Chattahoochee" | ||||
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Single by Alan Jackson | ||||
from the album A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love) | ||||
B-side | "I Don't Need the Booze (To Get a Buzz On)" | |||
Released | May 17, 1993 | |||
Format | CD single | |||
Recorded | 1992 | |||
Genre | Country, country rock | |||
Length | 2:27 (original version) 3:56 (The Greatest Hits Collection remix) |
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Label | Arista Nashville 20962 | |||
Writer(s) | Alan Jackson Jim McBride |
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Producer(s) | Keith Stegall | |||
Alan Jackson singles chronology | ||||
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"Chattahoochee" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released in May 1993 as the third single from his album A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love). The album is named for a line in the song itself. Jackson wrote the song with Jim McBride.
"Chattahoochee" also received CMA awards for Single of the Year and Song of the Year.
Alan Jackson talks about the song in the liner notes for his 1995 The Greatest Hits Collection: "Jim McBride and I were trying to write an up-tempo song and Jim came in with the line 'way down yonder on the Chattahoochee'. It kind of went from there. It's a song about having fun, growing up. and coming of age in a small town - which really applies to anyone across the country, not just by the Chattahoochee. We never thought it would be as big as it's become."
The song is uptempo and talks about growing up along the Chattahoochee River that forms part of the border between Georgia and Alabama.
Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song an A grade, saying that the song could have performed well because it "looked back on the innocence of adolescence with bemusement and fondness for that transitional period of life."
The music video was directed by Martin Kahan and premiered in May 1993.
"Chattahoochee" debuted at number 72 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of May 15, 1993.