Settin' the Woods on Fire

"Settin' the Woods on Fire"
Single by Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys
B-side"You Win Again"
PublishedJuly 29, 1952 (1952-07-29) Milene Music[1]
ReleasedSeptember 1952 (1952-09)
RecordedJune 13, 1952 (1952-06-13)[2]
StudioCastle Studio, Nashville
GenreCountry & Western, Honky-tonk, Country blues, proto-rockabilly[3]
Length2:35
LabelMGM 11318
Songwriter(s)Fred Rose, Edward Nelson
Producer(s)Fred Rose
Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys singles chronology
"Jambalaya (On the Bayou)"
(1952)
"Settin' the Woods on Fire"
(1952)
"I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive"
(1952)

"Settin' the Woods on Fire" was the A-side of a single by Hank Williams (opposed by "You Win Again"), released in September 1952.[4] The song reached number 2 on U.S. Billboard Most Played by Jockeys chart and number 2 on the National Best Sellers chart.[5]

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  2. ^ "Hank Williams 78rpm Issues". jazzdiscography.com. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  3. ^ MacEwen, William; Escott, Colin; Merritt, George (30 May 2009). Hank Williams: The Biography. Little, Brown. ISBN 9780316074636. Retrieved 2 May 2021 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "MGM 78rpm numerical listing discography: 11000 - 11499". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2022-02-05.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 387.