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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox Single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
| Name = Reckless
| name = Reckless
| Cover = Alabama - Reckless cover.png
| cover = Alabama - Reckless cover.png
| Artist = [[Alabama (band)|Alabama]]
| alt =
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| type = single
| Album = [[Cheap Seats (Alabama album)|Cheap Seats]]
| artist = [[Alabama (band)|Alabama]]
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| B-side = "Clear Water Blues"<ref name="whitburn">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|date=2008|page=19|isbn=0-89820-177-2}}</ref>
| Released = August 30, 1993
| album = [[Cheap Seats (album)|Cheap Seats]]
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| B-side = "Clear Water Blues"<ref name="whitburn">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|date=2008|page=19|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}</ref>
| Format = [[CD Single]]
| Recorded = January 1, 1993
| released = August 30, 1993
| recorded = January 1, 1993
| Genre = [[Country music|Country]]
| Length = 3:15
| studio =
| Label = [[RCA Records|RCA]]
| venue =
| Writer = Michael Clark<br>[[Jeff Stevens (singer)|Jeff Stevens]]
| genre = [[Country music|Country]]
| length = 3:15
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| Producer = Alabama<br>Larry Michael Lee<br>[[Josh Leo]]
| label = [[RCA Records Nashville|RCA Nashville]]
| Audio sample? =
| writer = Michael Clark<br>[[Jeff Stevens (singer)|Jeff Stevens]]
| Certification =
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| producer = Alabama<br>Larry Michael Lee<br>[[Josh Leo]]
| Last single = "[[Hometown Honeymoon]]"<BR>(1993)
| prev_title = [[Hometown Honeymoon]]
| This single = "'''Reckless'''"<BR>(1993)
| prev_year = 1993
| Next single = "[[T.L.C. A.S.A.P.]]"<br>(1994)
| next_title = [[T.L.C. A.S.A.P.]]
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| Misc =
| next_year = 1993
}}
}}
'''"Reckless"''' is the title of a song written by Michael Clark and [[Jeff Stevens (singer)|Jeff Stevens]], and recorded by [[United States|American]] country music group [[Alabama (band)|Alabama]]. The song was the last of their 32 singles that topped the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Country Singles & Tracks]] (now [[Hot Country Songs]]) chart. It was released in September 1993 as the first single from their album, ''[[Cheap Seats (Alabama album)|Cheap Seats.]]'' It was their last single to hit number one on the country charts in the [[United States]].
"'''Reckless'''" is a song written by Michael Clark and [[Jeff Stevens (singer)|Jeff Stevens]], and recorded by American [[country music]] group [[Alabama (band)|Alabama]]. It was released in August 1993 as the first single from their album, ''[[Cheap Seats (album)|Cheap Seats]]''. The song was their final number one the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Country Singles & Tracks]] (now [[Hot Country Songs]]) chart until June 2011, when they reached the number one position again with a guest vocal on [[Brad Paisley]]'s "[[Old Alabama]]".


==Content==
==Content==
The song's narrator wants to take his lover in his Thunderbird, and wants for him and her to forget and care less about their current lives and live and love recklessly.
The song's narrator wants to take his lover in his Thunderbird, and wants for him and her to forget and care less about their current lives and live and love recklessly.

==Critical reception==
Deborah Evans Price, of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine reviewed the song unfavorably, saying that it is a "recycled, B-movie [[Bruce Springsteen|Bruce]] tune." She goes on to say that if Alabama keeps recording songs like these than the band "might as well go ahead and change its name to [[New Jersey]]."<ref>''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]'', September 4, 1993</ref>


==Chart positions==
==Chart positions==
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!align="center"|Peak<br />position
!align="center"|Peak<br />position
|-
|-
{{singlechart|Canadacountry|1|chartid=2310|publishdate=November 27, 1993|accessdate=August 4, 2013}}
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks
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|align="center"|1
|-
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardbubbling100|23|artist=Alabama}}
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' Bubbling Under Hot 100
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|align="center"|23
|-
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|1|artist=Alabama}}
|align="left"|Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks
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|}
|align="center"|1

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!scope="col"|Chart (1993)
!scope="col"|Position
|-
| Canada Country Tracks (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.2327&type=1&interval=24|title=RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1993|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=December 18, 1993|accessdate=August 5, 2013}}</ref>
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| align="center" | 15
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!scope="col"|Chart (1994)
!scope="col"|Position
|-
| Canada Country Tracks (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.2685&type=1&interval=24|title=RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1994|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=December 12, 1994|accessdate=August 4, 2013}}</ref>
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| align="center" | 78
|}
|}


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
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{{succession box
| before = "[[Almost Goodbye (song)|Almost Goodbye]]"<BR>by [[Mark Chesnutt]]
| title = [[Hot Country Songs|''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks]]<br />number-one single
| years = November 27, 1993
| after = "[[American Honky-Tonk Bar Association]]"<BR>by [[Garth Brooks]]
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}}
{{s-bef | before="[[She Used to Be Mine]]"<br />by [[Brooks & Dunn]]}}
{{s-ttl | title=''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' Country Tracks<br />number-one single
| years=November 27, 1993}}
{{s-aft | after="[[I'm Somebody]]"<br />by [[Charlie Major]]}}
{{end box}}

{{Alabama (band) 1990-2002 singles}}
{{Alabama (band) 1990-2002 singles}}

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[[Category:1993 singles]]
[[Category:Alabama (band) songs]]
[[Category:1993 songs]]
[[Category:Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one singles]]
[[Category:Alabama (American band) songs]]
[[Category:RPM Country Tracks number-one singles]]
[[Category:Songs written by Michael Clark (songwriter)]]
[[Category:Songs written by Jeff Stevens]]
[[Category:Songs written by Jeff Stevens (singer)]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Josh Leo]]
[[Category:RCA Records singles]]



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Latest revision as of 14:49, 28 November 2021

"Reckless"
Single by Alabama
from the album Cheap Seats
B-side"Clear Water Blues"[1]
ReleasedAugust 30, 1993
RecordedJanuary 1, 1993
GenreCountry
Length3:15
LabelRCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)Michael Clark
Jeff Stevens
Producer(s)Alabama
Larry Michael Lee
Josh Leo
Alabama singles chronology
"Hometown Honeymoon"
(1993) 		"Reckless"
(1993) 		"T.L.C. A.S.A.P."
(1993)

"Reckless" is a song written by Michael Clark and Jeff Stevens, and recorded by American country music group Alabama. It was released in August 1993 as the first single from their album, Cheap Seats. The song was their final number one the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart until June 2011, when they reached the number one position again with a guest vocal on Brad Paisley's "Old Alabama".

Content

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The song's narrator wants to take his lover in his Thunderbird, and wants for him and her to forget and care less about their current lives and live and love recklessly.

Critical reception

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Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song unfavorably, saying that it is a "recycled, B-movie Bruce tune." She goes on to say that if Alabama keeps recording songs like these than the band "might as well go ahead and change its name to New Jersey."[2]

Chart positions

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Chart (1993) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3] 1
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[4] 23
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 1

Year-end charts

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Chart (1993) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[6] 15
Chart (1994) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[7] 78

References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 19. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. ^ Billboard, September 4, 1993
  3. ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2310." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. November 27, 1993. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  4. ^ "Alabama Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard.
  5. ^ "Alabama Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  6. ^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1993". RPM. December 18, 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
  7. ^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1994". RPM. December 12, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.


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