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| artist = [[Alabama (band)|Alabama]]
| artist = [[Alabama (band)|Alabama]]
| album = [[Pass It On Down (Alabama album)|Pass It On Down]]
| album = [[Pass It On Down (Alabama album)|Pass It On Down]]
| B-side = "Goodbye (Kelly's Song)"<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>
| B-side = "Goodbye (Kelly's Song)"<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>
| released = February 4, 1991
| released = February 4, 1991
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| genre = [[Country music|Country]]
| genre = [[Country music|Country]]
| length = 3:29
| length = 3:29
| label = [[RCA Records|RCA]]
| label = [[RCA Records Nashville|RCA Nashville]]
| writer = Rick Bowles<br>[[Josh Leo]]
| writer = Rick Bowles<br>[[Josh Leo]]
| producer = Josh Leo<br>Larry Michael Lee<br>Alabama
| producer = Josh Leo<br>Larry Michael Lee<br>Alabama
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"'''Down Home'''" is a song written by Rick Bowles and [[Josh Leo]], and recorded by American country music band [[Alabama (band)|Alabama]]. It was released in February 1991 as the fourth single from their album ''[[Pass It On Down (Alabama album)|Pass It On Down]]''. The song hit number one on the [[Hot Country Singles]] chart in April 1991.<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r85328|pure_url=yes}}|title=allmusic ((( Pass It on Down > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=2008-11-15}}</ref>
"'''Down Home'''" is a song written by Rick Bowles and [[Josh Leo]], and recorded by American [[country music]] band [[Alabama (band)|Alabama]]. It was released in February 1991 as the fourth single from their album ''[[Pass It On Down (Alabama album)|Pass It On Down]]''. The song hit number one on the [[Hot Country Singles]] chart in April 1991.<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r85328|pure_url=yes}}|title=allmusic ((( Pass It on Down > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=2008-11-15}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 22:43, 13 October 2022

"Down Home"
Single by Alabama
from the album Pass It On Down
B-side"Goodbye (Kelly's Song)"[1]
ReleasedFebruary 4, 1991
RecordedJanuary 1990
GenreCountry
Length3:29
LabelRCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)Rick Bowles
Josh Leo
Producer(s)Josh Leo
Larry Michael Lee
Alabama
Alabama singles chronology
"Forever's as Far as I'll Go"
(1990)
"Down Home"
(1991)
"Here We Are"
(1991)

"Down Home" is a song written by Rick Bowles and Josh Leo, and recorded by American country music band Alabama. It was released in February 1991 as the fourth single from their album Pass It On Down. The song hit number one on the Hot Country Singles chart in April 1991.[2]

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The song is about the narrator telling the story of his childhood growing up in a rural area or a small town ("Just off of the beaten path/A little dot on a state road map/That's where I was born and where I'll die"). The song continues by paying homage to the generally tighter knit social integrity of such rural developments ("Down home, where they know you by name and treat you like family/Down home, a man's good word and a hand shake/Are all you need").

Chart positions

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Chart (1991) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3] 1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 1

Year-end charts

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Chart (1991) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[5] 16
US Country Songs (Billboard)[6] 8

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. ^ "allmusic ((( Pass It on Down > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-11-15.
  3. ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1508." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. May 4, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
  4. ^ "Alabama Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  5. ^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1991". RPM. December 21, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
  6. ^ "Best of 1991: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
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