"Oklahoma" | ||||||||
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Single by Billy Gilman | ||||||||
from the album One Voice | ||||||||
Released | October 9, 2000 | |||||||
Format | CD single | |||||||
Recorded | 2000 | |||||||
Genre | Country | |||||||
Length | 4:04 | |||||||
Label | Epic Nashville | |||||||
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"Oklahoma" is a song written by D. Vincent Williams and John Allen, and recorded by American country music singer Billy Gilman. It was released in October 2000 as the second single from the album One Voice. The song reached number 33 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. and number 63 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album from the single is taken was certified two-times multi-platimun in the United States.
The song is about a boy reuniting with his birth father after somehow losing his mother and being put into foster care, after which he was shuffled around until his father was discovered.
In the video, we see the man, his father, is married with a wife and son, (played by Billy Gilman as he sings the song).
"Oklahoma" debuted at number 66 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for the chart week of October 14, 2000.