Down Home (song)

"Down Home"
Single by Alabama
from the album Pass It On Down
B-side	"Goodbye (Kelly's Song)"[1]
Released	February 4, 1991
Recorded	January 1990
Genre	Country
Length	3:29
Label	RCA
Writer(s)	Rick Bowles Josh Leo
Producer	Josh Leo Larry Michael Lee Alabama
Alabama singles chronology
"Forever's as Far as I'll Go" (1990) "Down Home'" (1991) "Here We Are" (1991)

"Down Home" is the title of a song written by Rick Bowles and Josh Leo and recorded by American country music band, Alabama. It was released in February 1991 as the fourth single from their album Pass It On Down. The song hit number one on the Hot Country Singles chart in April 1991.^[2]

Lyrics

"Down Home" is about the narrator telling the story of his childhood growing up in a rural area or a small town ("Just off of the beaten path/A little dot on a state road map/That's where I was born and where I'll die"). The song continues by paying homage to the generally tighter knit social integrity of such rural developments ("Down home, where they know you by name and treat you like family/Down home, a man's good word and a hand shake/Are all you need").

Chart positions

Chart (1991)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

References

1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 19. ISBN 0-89820-177-2. 
2. ^ "allmusic ((( Pass It on Down > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r85328. Retrieved 2008-11-15. 

External links

• "Down Home" at Allmusic

Preceded by "Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House" by Garth Brooks	Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single April 13-April 27, 1991	Succeeded by "Rockin' Years" by Dolly Parton with Ricky Van Shelton
Preceded by "Heroes and Friends" by Randy Travis	RPM Country Tracks number-one single May 4-May 11, 1991