My Tennessee Mountain Home (song)

"My Tennessee Mountain Home"
Single by Dolly Parton
from the album My Tennessee Mountain Home
B-side	"The Better Part of Life"
Released	February 1973
Format	7" single
Recorded	RCA Studio B, Nashville; September 1972
Genre	Country
Label	RCA
Writer(s)	Dolly Parton
Producer	Bob Ferguson
Dolly Parton singles chronology
"When I Sing for Him" (1972) "My Tennessee Mountain Home" (1973) "Traveling Man" (1973)

"My Tennessee Mountain Home" is a song written by Dolly Parton. Using imagery from her rural childhood in Tennessee (holding hands on a porch swing, enjoying nature, walking home from church), the song served as the centerpiece of her 1973 concept album My Tennessee Mountain Home. It was released as a single in early 1973, and reached #15 on the U.S. country singles chart ^[1] The song has become one of Parton's most well known compositions,^{[citation needed]} and was later covered by Maria Muldaur on her 1973 eponymous solo album, and by Elisabeth Andreassen on the 2005 album Short Stories. Dolly Parton herself re-recorded the song on her live Heartsongs album in 1994.

A cover version named "Ett bättre liv" (A Better Life) was recorded in Swedish by Lasse Stefanz and a children's choir. The song appears on the 1986 album Den lilla klockan, with lyrics by the pseudonym "Mackan" ^[2].

Chart performance

Chart (1973)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	15
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	10

References

1. ^ RCA/Legacy Celebrates Dolly Parton's Spectacular Career With 4CD 'Dolly' Box Set
2. ^ Information at Svensk mediedatabas