"I Sang Dixie" | ||||
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Single by Dwight Yoakam | ||||
from the album Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room | ||||
B-side | "Floyd County" | |||
Released | October 1988 | |||
Recorded | 1988 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:28 | |||
Label | Reprise 27715 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Dwight Yoakam | |||
Producer(s) | Pete Anderson | |||
Dwight Yoakam singles chronology | ||||
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"I Sang Dixie" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Dwight Yoakam. It was released in October 1988 as the second single from his album Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room. In 1989, the song went to number one on the US Country chart.[1] Rolling Stone ranked "I Sang Dixie" No. 26 on its list of the 40 Saddest Country Songs of All time in 2019.[2]