It's Alright to Be a Redneck
"It's Alright to Be a Redneck" | ||||
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Single by Alan Jackson | ||||
from the album When Somebody Loves You | ||||
B-side | "A Love Like That" | |||
Released | November 5, 2001 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 2:44 | |||
Label | Arista Nashville 69102 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Bill Kenner Pat McLaughlin | |||
Producer(s) | Keith Stegall | |||
Alan Jackson singles chronology | ||||
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"It's Alright to Be a Redneck" is a song written by Bill Kenner and Pat McLaughlin, and performed by American singer Alan Jackson. It was released in November 2001 as the fourth and final single from his album When Somebody Loves You. Just a few weeks after its release, it was pulled so Jackson's newly penned and highly anticipated single, "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)", could be released.
Critical reception
Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that while it is a silly song, "Jackson delivers it with a kind of good ole boy charm that works." She goes on to say that a record "this lightweight could derail a lesser artist's career, but Jackson has a history of churning out frivolous little singles that his fans embrace and turn into hits." She concludes the review by saying that the song is a hit, "despite itself."[1]
Music video
The music video was directed by Steven Goldmann and premiered in August 2001, before the song's official release. It begins with a child in an elementary school talking about a presentation on the origins of the word redneck. Alan Jackson makes an appearance and performs the song in front of the class.
Chart performance
"It's Alright to Be a Redneck" re-entered the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks at number 59 for the week of November 17, 2001.
Chart (2001) | Peak position |
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US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] | 53 |
References
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- "Here in the Real World"
- "Wanted"
- "Chasin' That Neon Rainbow"
- "I'd Love You All Over Again"
- "Don't Rock the Jukebox"
- "Someday"
- "Dallas"
- "Midnight in Montgomery"
- "Love's Got a Hold on You"
- "She's Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues)"
- "Tonight I Climbed the Wall"
- "Chattahoochee"
- "Mercury Blues"
- "(Who Says) You Can't Have It All"
- "Summertime Blues"
- "Livin' on Love"
- "Gone Country"
- "Song for the Life"
- "I Don't Even Know Your Name"
- "Tall, Tall Trees"
- "I'll Try"
- "Home"
- "Little Bitty"
- "Everything I Love"
- "Who's Cheatin' Who"
- "There Goes"
- "Between the Devil and Me"
- "A House with No Curtains"
- "I'll Go On Loving You"
- "Right on the Money"
- "Gone Crazy"
- "Little Man"
- "Pop a Top"
- "It Must Be Love"
- "www.memory"
- "When Somebody Loves You"
- "Where I Come From"
- "It's Alright to Be a Redneck"
- "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)"
- "Drive (For Daddy Gene)"
- "Work in Progress"
- "That'd Be Alright"
- "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" (w/ Jimmy Buffett)
- "Remember When"
- "Too Much of a Good Thing"
- "Monday Morning Church"
- "The Talkin' Song Repair Blues"
- "USA Today"
- "Like Red on a Rose"
- "A Woman's Love"
- "Small Town Southern Man"
- "Good Time"
- "Country Boy"
- "Sissy's Song"
- "I Still Like Bologna"
- "Ring of Fire"
- "Long Way to Go"
- "So You Don't Have to Love Me Anymore"
- "You Go Your Way"
- "Tequila Sunrise"
- "A Good Year for the Roses" (w/ George Jones)
- "Redneck Games" (w/ Jeff Foxworthy)
- "Margaritaville" (w/ Jimmy Buffett)
- "Murder on Music Row" (w/ George Strait)
- "Hey, Good Lookin'" (w/ Jimmy Buffett, Clint Black, Kenny Chesney, Toby Keith and George Strait)
- "You Ain't Just Whistlin' Dixie" (w/ The Bellamy Brothers)
- "As She's Walking Away" (w/ Zac Brown Band)