| The Church on Cumberland Road | |
| Cover: | Shenandoah - Church on Cumberland single.png |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Shenandoah |
| Album: | The Road Not Taken |
| B-Side: | She Doesn't Cry Anymore |
| Released: | January 1989 |
| Recorded: | 1988 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 2:58 |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Prev Title: | Mama Knows |
| Prev Year: | 1988 |
| Next Title: | Sunday in the South |
| Next Year: | 1989 |
"The Church on Cumberland Road" is a song written by Bob DiPiero, John Scott Sherrill and Dennis Robbins, and recorded by American country music group Shenandoah. It was released in January 1989 as the second single from their album The Road Not Taken. It was their first number-one hit in both the United States[1] and Canada. Robbins himself originally recorded the song and it served as the B-side to his 1987 MCA single "Two Of A Kind (Workin’ On A Full House)" which would later become a No. 1 country hit for Garth Brooks in 1991.
The music video was directed by Larry Boothby. It was the band's first music video, which according to drummer Mike McGuire, helped create more recognition for the band and its members.[2]
In 2001, on a live CMT special, Rascal Flatts covered the song. It is also the first song the members of Rascal Flatts performed live together before officially forming in 1999.
| Chart (1989) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3] | 30 | |
| US Country Songs (Billboard)[4] | 29 |
. The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 311.