| Southbound | |
| Cover: | Sammy kershaw southbound.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Sammy Kershaw |
| Album: | Feelin' Good Train |
| B-Side: | Better Call a Preacher |
| Released: | December 3, 1994 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 4:31 |
| Label: | Mercury |
| Producer: | Buddy Cannon, Norro Wilson |
| Prev Title: | Third Rate Romance |
| Prev Year: | 1994 |
| Next Title: | If You're Gonna Walk, I'm Gonna Crawl |
| Next Year: | 1995 |
"Southbound" is a song written and originally recorded by American country music singer Mac McAnally for his 1990 album Simple Life. It was released as a single by American country music artist Sammy Kershaw. It was released in December 1994 as the third single from the album Feelin' Good Train. The song reached number 27 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[1]
The song is a ballad about a narrator expressing his nostalgia for his childhood in the Southern United States. According to a review in Gavin Report, Kershaw said that he considered the song the "story of his life".[2]
Holly Gleason of CD Review described the song favorably, saying that it "paints a moving picture of emotional displacement."[3]
. The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 189.