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"Small Town Southern Man"
Single by Alan Jackson
from the album Good Time
Released	November 19, 2007 (2007-11-19)
Format	Promo-only CD single digital download
Genre	Country
Length	4:40
Label	Arista Nashville
Writer(s)	Alan Jackson
Producer	Keith Stegall
Alan Jackson singles chronology
"A Woman's Love" (2007) "Small Town Southern Man" (2007) "Good Time" (2008)

"Small Town Southern Man" is a single by American country music artist Alan Jackson. The lead-off single released to his album Good Time (see 2008 in country music), the song reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in March 2008, becoming Jackson's twenty-third Number One hit on that chart, as well as his first since "Remember When" in February 2004.^[1]

Contents 1 Content 2 Chart performance 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Content

Described by the magazine Country Weekly as a "loping, fiddle-and-steel-guitar-driven song",^[1] "Small Town Southern Man" is set in a moderate tempo and composed of three verses. Its lyrics tell of the life of Jackson's father, and how he was "raised on the ways and gentle kindness of a small town Southern man".

When Jackson wrote the song, he did not intend for it to be a tribute to his father or grandfather, although he did draw from his own ancestry as an inspiration. According to him, the song is actually a tribute to anyone with a rural upbringing such as his own: "Wherever you go, there are rural people that are working for a living and raising families. They all have the same qualities and goals as a small town Southern man."^[1]

[edit] Chart performance

Chart (2007-2008)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	42
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	89
Canadian Country Singles Chart	3
Billboard Canadian Hot 100	62

Preceded by "All-American Girl" by Carrie Underwood

Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one single March 29—April 5, 2008

Succeeded by "You're Gonna Miss This" by Trace Adkins

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Music video at CMT.com

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