Dixieland Delight

"Dixieland Delight"
Single by Alabama
from the album The Closer You Get...
B-side"Very Special Love"
ReleasedJanuary 28, 1983 (U.S.)
Recorded1982
Genre
Length3:57 (single edit)
5:23 (album version)
LabelRCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)Ronnie Rogers
Producer(s)Harold Shedd and Alabama
Alabama singles chronology
"Christmas in Dixie"
(1982)
"Dixieland Delight"
(1983)
"The Closer You Get"
(1983)
Audio
"Dixieland Delight" on YouTube
Music video
"Dixieland Delight" on YouTube

"Dixieland Delight" is a song by American country music band Alabama. Inspired by a trip on U.S. Route 11W in Tennessee taken by songwriter Ronnie Rogers, it was written by Rogers and was released on January 28, 1983, by RCA Nashville Records as the lead single for Alabama's seventh studio album, The Closer You Get....

"Dixieland Delight" drew commercial success, peaking at number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs list amongst the release of the album in April 1983. After its release, the song became a college football tradition within Southeastern Conference fanbases, most notably within the fanbase of the Alabama Crimson Tide.


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