I Believe the South Is Gonna Rise Again

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I Believe the South Is Gonna Rise Again

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"I Believe the South Is Gonna Rise Again"

Single by Tanya Tucker

from the album Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone)

B-side

"Old Man Tucker's Daughter"

Released

December 1974

Recorded

August – November 1973

Studio

Columbia (Nashville, Tennessee)

Genre

Country^[1]

Length

3:01

Tanya Tucker singles chronology

"The Man That Turned My Mama On"
(1974)

"I Believe the South Is Gonna Rise Again"
(1974)

"Lizzie and the Rainman"
(1975)

"I Believe the South Is Gonna Rise Again" is a song written by Bobby Braddock, and recorded by American country music artist, Tanya Tucker. It was released in December 1974 and reached the top 20 of the American country songs chart. It was the third and final single from Tucker's third studio album Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone).

Background and recording

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At age 13, Tucker had found commercial success with the release of the top ten country single titled "Delta Dawn". She followed it with several number one singles including "What's Your Mama's Name" and "Blood Red and Goin' Down".^[2] Tucker cut her next single between August and November 1973 at the Columbia Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. The sessions for the song were produced by Billy Sherrill and it was written by Bobby Braddock.^[3]

Release, chart performance and reception

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"I Believe the South Is Gonna Rise Again" was first included as part of Tucker's third studio album, called Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone).^[4] In December 1974, it was released as the final single from the album.^[3]^[5] The track spent 11 weeks on the American Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. In February 1975, it peaked at number 18 on the chart and became her first single to miss the top ten.^[6] On the Canadian RPM Country chart, the single was more commercially successful, peaking at number ten.^[7] The song received positive reception from critic Thom Jurek, who reviewed her third studio album for AllMusic. Jurek commented that she, "handles the lyrics and melodies with so much control and aplomb that it's difficult to believe how young she is here."^[8]

Track listing

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7" vinyl single^[3]

"I Believe the South Is Gonna Rise Again" – 3:01
"Old Man Tucker's Daughter" – 2:53

Chart performance

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Chart (1974–1975)	Peak position
Canada Country Singles (RPM)^[7]	10
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[9]	18

References

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^ ""I Believe the South Is Gonna Rise Again" by Tanya Tucker". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
^ Brennan, Sandra. "Tanya Tucker: Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Tucker, Tanya (December 1974). ""I Believe the South Is Gonna Rise Again"/"Old Man Tucker's Daughter" (7" vinyl single)". Columbia Records. 3-10069.
^ Tucker, Tanya (February 11, 1974). "Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone) (Album Information)". Columbia Records. KC-32744.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
^ "Tanya Tucker chart history (Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Search results for "Tanya Tucker" (Country Singles)". RPM. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
^ Jurek, Thom. "Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone): Tanya Tucker: Songs, reviews, credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
^ "Tanya Tucker Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved September 4, 2022.

v t e Tanya Tucker singles
Albums Singles Songs
1970s	"Delta Dawn" "Love's the Answer"/"The Jamestown Ferry" "What's Your Mama's Name" "Blood Red and Goin' Down" "Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone)" "The Man That Turned My Mama On" "I Believe the South Is Gonna Rise Again" "Lizzie and the Rainman" "Spring" "San Antonio Stroll" "Greener Than the Grass (We Laid On)" "Don't Believe My Heart Can Stand Another You" "You've Got Me to Hold On To" "Here's Some Love" "Ridin' Rainbows" "It's a Cowboy Lovin' Night" "You Are So Beautiful" "Dancing the Night Away" "Not Fade Away"/"Texas (When I Die)" "I'm the Singer, You're the Song" "Lay Back in the Arms of Someone"
1980s	"Pecos Promenade" "Dream Lover" (with Glen Campbell) "Can I See You Tonight" "Love Knows We Tried" "Should I Do It" "Feel Right" "Baby I'm Yours" "One Love at a Time" "Just Another Love" "I'll Come Back as Another Woman" "It's Only Over for You" "Love Me Like You Used To" "I Won't Take Less Than Your Love" (with Paul Davis and Paul Overstreet) "If It Don't Come Easy" "Strong Enough to Bend" "Highway Robbery" "Call on Me" "Daddy and Home" "My Arms Stay Open All Night"
1990s	"Walking Shoes" "Don't Go Out" (with T. Graham Brown) "It Won't Be Me" "Oh What It Did to Me" "Down to My Last Teardrop" "(Without You) What Do I Do with Me" "Some Kind of Trouble" "If Your Heart Ain't Busy Tonight" "Two Sparrows in a Hurricane" "It's a Little Too Late" "Tell Me About It" (with Delbert McClinton) "Soon" "We Don't Have to Do This" "Hangin' In" "You Just Watch Me" "Between the Two of Them" "Find Out What's Happenin'" "Little Things"
2000s-2020s	"A Memory Like I'm Gonna Be" "Love's Gonna Live Here" (with Jim Lauderdale) "Bring My Flowers Now" "The House That Built Me" "Ready as I'll Never Be"
Featured singles	"Romeo" (credited as Dolly Parton and Friends) "You Ain't Woman Enough" (with Loretta Lynn)

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