| "Okie from Muskogee" | ||||
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| Single by Merle Haggard and The Strangers | ||||
| from the album Okie from Muskogee | ||||
| B-side | "If I Had Left It Up to You" | |||
| Released | September 29, 1969 | |||
| Recorded | July 17, 1969 (studio version) | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 2:42 (studio version) 3:29 (live version) | |||
| Label | Capitol 2626 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Roy Edward Burris Merle Haggard | |||
| Producer(s) | Fuzzy Owen | |||
| Merle Haggard and The Strangers singles chronology | ||||
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"Okie from Muskogee" is a song recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard and The Strangers, which Haggard co-wrote with drummer Roy Edward Burris. "Okie" is a slang name for someone from Oklahoma, and Muskogee (population 40,000) is the 13th largest city in the state. The song was released in September 1969 as first single and title track from the album Okie from Muskogee, and was one of the most famous songs of Haggard's career.