"Brother Jukebox" is a song written by

Paul Craft Paul Charles Craft (August 12, 1938 – October 18, 2014) was an American country singer-songwriter. The Memphis-born Craft was known as the songwriter for Mark Chesnutt's single " Brother Jukebox", and the novelty song "It's Me Again, Margaret ...

. It was originally recorded i
1976
by

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, one-half of

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, and reached number 96 on the country singles charts in 1977. It was later covered by

Keith Whitley Jackie Keith Whitley (July 1, 1954 – May 9, 1989) was an American country music and bluegrass singer and songwriter. During his career, he released only two albums, but charted 12 singles on the ''Billboard'' country charts, and seven more af ...

on '' I Wonder Do You Think of Me'' and by

Mark Chesnutt Mark Nelson Chesnutt (born September 6, 1963) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Between 1990 and 1999, he had his greatest chart success recording for Universal Music Group Nashville's MCA and Decca branches, with a total of ei ...

on his 1990 debut album ''

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''. Released in November 1990 as the album's second single, it became his first Number One country hit in the United States. It was also recorded by John Starling on his 1977 album ''Long Time Gone''.

Content

The song's narrator tells of a man who, after being left by his

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, addresses "brother jukebox", "sister wine", "mother freedom" and "father time" as the only family he has left in his life.

Music video (Mark Chesnutt)

The music video was directed by Bill Young and premiered in late 1990.

Chart performance

Don Everly

Mark Chesnutt

Year-end charts

References

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