| "Backroads" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Ricky Van Shelton | ||||
| from the album Backroads | ||||
| B-side | "Call Me Up"[1] | |||
| Released | March 16, 1992 | |||
| Recorded | December 20, 1990 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:43 | |||
| Label | Columbia Nashville #74258 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Charlie Major | |||
| Producer(s) | Steve Buckingham | |||
| Ricky Van Shelton singles chronology | ||||
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"Backroads" is a song written by Canadian country music artist Charlie Major, and recorded by American country music singer Ricky Van Shelton. It was released in March 1992 as the fourth single and title track from his album Backroads. It had previously served as the b-side to that album's earlier single "I Am a Simple Man."[1]
Major won SOCAN Song of the Year at the 1993 Canadian Country Music Association Awards.[2] He later recorded the song on his 2004 album Inside Out.