| Postmarked Birmingham | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Blackhawk |
| Album: | Love & Gravity |
| B-Side: | It Ain't About Love Anymore |
| Released: | October 18, 1997 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 4:20 |
| Label: | Arista Nashville |
| Producer: | Mark Bright, Michael D. Clute |
| Prev Title: | Hole in My Heart |
| Prev Year: | 1997 |
| Next Title: | There You Have It |
| Next Year: | 1998 |
"Postmarked Birmingham" is a song recorded by American country music group Blackhawk. It was released in October 1997 as the second single from the album Love & Gravity. The song reached number 37 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[1] The song was written by Phil Vassar and Don Sampson.
The song is a mid-tempo ballad accompanied mainly by piano. In it, the narrator states that his lover has left him, and that the only "clue" she has given him is a letter that is "postmarked Birmingham".
A review in Billboard praised Henry Paul's lead vocal, his bandmates' harmonies, and the "understated" production, while also making note of the "direct and appealingly conversational" lyrics.[2]
. Hot Country Songs: 1944-2012, Eighth edition. Joel Whitburn . Record Research . 2013 . 43.