| Alabama Wild Man | |
| Cover: | Jerry Reed - Alabama single.png |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Jerry Reed |
| Album: | Jerry Reed |
| B-Side: | Take It Easy |
| Released: | July 3, 1972 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 2:33 |
| Label: | RCA Victor |
| Producer: | Chet Atkins Jerry Reed |
| Prev Title: | Smell the Flowers |
| Prev Year: | 1972 |
| Next Title: | You Took All the Ramblin' Out of Me |
| Next Year: | 1972 |
Alabama Wild Man is a song written and recorded by American country artist Jerry Reed. It was released in July 1972 as the only single from the album, Jerry Reed. The song reached peaks of number 22 on the U.S. country chart and number 12 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.[1] The B-side, "Take It Easy (In Your Mind)," would later be sampled in the 1972 top ten hit "Convention '72" by The Delegates.[2]
| Chart (1972) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 22 | |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 62 | |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 12 | |
| Canadian RPM Top Singles | 79 |