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"Drive (For Daddy Gene)" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer Alan Jackson. It was released in January 2002 as the second single from his album, Drive. It reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks in May 2002 and also peaked at number 28 on the Billboard Hot 100. [1]
Convoy" also peaked at number two in the UK. The song capitalized on the fad for citizens band (CB) radio. The song was the inspiration for the 1978 Sam Peckinpah film Convoy, for which McCall rerecorded the song to fit the film's storyline. [4] The song received newfound popularity with its use during the 2022 Freedom Convoy.
In 1963, the song became a major hit when released by Dudley, peaking at #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and cracking the Top 40 (#32) on the Hot 100, leading to it being hailed as the definitive celebration of the American truck driver. [1] [2]
D. Daddy Never Was the Cadillac Kind; The Day That She Left Tulsa (In a Chevy) Dead Man's Curve (song) The Distance (Cake song) Don't Worry Baby; Drag City (song)
The duo combined country, rock and roll, and pop, and the song tells the story of a young couple who fall asleep at a drive-thru movie. Hulton Archive - Getty Images “Tequila” by The Champs (1958)
Folk songs adopt, adapt, and incorporate colloquialisms, slang, and occupational terms into verbal snapshots. In truck-driving country, such specialized words and terms as truck rodeo, dog house, twin screw, Georgia overdrive, saddle tanks, jake brake , binder and others borrowed from the lingo of truckers are commonly utilized. [ 10 ]
The song reached number 8 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1] The song's b-side, "I Love You a Thousand Ways", charted at number 54 in the U.S. and number 11 in Canada. Anderson wrote the song with Monroe Fields and Ervan James Parker. "Chicken Truck" was later the B-side to Anderson's 1984 single "Eye of a Hurricane".
In 2005, a rewritten version of "Pickup Man" was used in television commercials for the restaurant chain Applebee's, to promote their "Carside to Go" service. [ 6 ] Country singer Jason Aldean 's top 20 single " 1994 ", a tribute to Diffie which appeared on Aldean's 2012 album Night Train , references "Pickup Man" in the chorus.