Copperhead Road (song)

"Copperhead Road"
Single by Steve Earle
from the album Copperhead Road
Released1988
Recorded1988
Genre
Length4:29
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)Steve Earle
Producer(s)
Steve Earle singles chronology
"Sweet Little '66"
(1987) 		"Copperhead Road"
(1988) 		"Back to the Wall"
(1988)

"Copperhead Road" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Steve Earle. It was released in 1988 as the first single and title track from his third studio album of the same name. The song reached number 10 on the U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and was Earle's highest-peaking song to date on that chart in the United States. The song has sold 1.1 million digital copies in the United States as of September 2017.[5][6] On April 20, 2023, the Tennessee General Assembly passed an act recognizing the song as the 11th official state song of the state of Tennessee.[1]

  1. ^ a b Raucoules, Gregory (April 26, 2023). "'Copperhead Road' becomes Tennessee's newest official state song". WJHL-TV. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
  2. ^ "The 25 best country rock songs of all time". Classic Rock Magazine. August 5, 2016. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  3. ^ Breihan, Tom (October 4, 2021). "The Number Ones: Jon Bon Jovi's "Blaze Of Glory". Stereogum. Retrieved December 8, 2023. The song is probably too long, and it's definitely chasing the same mythic country-rock grandeur that Steve Earle brought to 1988's "Copperhead Road
  4. ^ Morgan, Ike (May 4, 2016). "The 13 most outlaw country songs ever recorded". AL.com. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  5. ^ Bjorke, Matt (September 8, 2015). "Top 30 Digital Country Singles: September 8, 2015". RoughStock.
  6. ^ David Huddle (1999). "The Low-Down High Art of Steve Earle's "Copperhead Road"". Fourth Genre: Explorations in Nonfiction. 1 (1): 11–16. doi:10.1353/fge.2013.0453. ISSN 1544-1733. S2CID 111323588.