Dixie on My Mind explained

Dixie on My Mind
Type:single
Artist:Hank Williams Jr.
Album:Rowdy
B-Side:Ramblin' Man
Released:May 30, 1981
Genre:Country, country rock
Length:2:37
Label:Elektra/Curb
Producer:Jimmy Bowen
Prev Title:Texas Women
Prev Year:1981
Next Title:All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)
Next Year:1981

"Dixie on My Mind" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Hank Williams Jr. It was released in May 1981 as the second single from the album Rowdy. The song was Williams Jr.'s fourth number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent nine weeks on the country chart.[1]

Content

The song features Hank attempting to give big city life a fair shot (New York City in particular) but ends up feeling more dissatisfied than ever with city life, but is unable to return home ("Lord I'm stuck up here but I've got Dixie on my mind").

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 389.