| "Dixieland Delight" | ||||
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| Single by Alabama | ||||
| from the album The Closer You Get... | ||||
| B-side | "Very Special Love" | |||
| Released | January 28, 1983 (U.S.) | |||
| Recorded | 1982 | |||
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| Length | 3:57 (single edit) 5:23 (album version) | |||
| Label | RCA Nashville | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Ronnie Rogers | |||
| Producer(s) | Harold Shedd and Alabama | |||
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| "Dixieland Delight" on YouTube | ||||
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| "Dixieland Delight" on YouTube | ||||
"Dixieland Delight" is a song by American country music band Alabama. Inspired by a trip on U.S. Route 11W in Tennessee taken by songwriter Ronnie Rogers, it was written by Rogers and was released on January 28, 1983, by RCA Nashville Records as the lead single for Alabama's seventh studio album, The Closer You Get....
"Dixieland Delight" drew commercial success, peaking at number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs list amongst the release of the album in April 1983. After its release, the song became a college football tradition within Southeastern Conference fanbases, most notably within the fanbase of the Alabama Crimson Tide.