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Reckless (Alabama song)

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"Reckless"
Song
B-side"Clear Water Blues"[1]

"Reckless" is the title of a song written by Michael Clark and Jeff Stevens, and recorded by American country music group Alabama. The song was the last of their 32 singles that topped the 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. It was their last single to hit number one on the country charts in the United States, until 2011, when they did it as a duet with Brad Paisley, on Old Alabama

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.

Chart positions

Chart (1993) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks 1
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 23
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 19. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
Preceded by Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks
number-one single

November 27, 1993
Succeeded by
Preceded by RPM Country Tracks
number-one single

November 27, 1993
Succeeded by