''Cledus T. Judd (No Relation)'' is the self-titled debut album of

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parodist Cledus T. Judd. The album's title is a reference to the popularity of country duo

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, stating that he has "no relation" to them. The album features seven parodies of popular songs, two original tunes ("Katie Bar the Door" and "Shade Tree Mechanic"), and a

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version of John Anderson's 1983 number-one single "Swingin'".

Track listing

#"Gone Funky" (Cledus T. Judd) – 3:14 #*parody of " Gone Country" by

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Bob McDill Robert Lee McDill (born April 5, 1944) is a retired American songwriter, active from the 1960s until 2000. During his career he wrote or co-wrote 31 number one country hits. His songs were also recorded by popular artists of the 1970s, 1980s ...

) #"Indian In-Laws" (Bruce Burch, Jody Jackson, Judd) – 2:59 #*parody of " Indian Outlaw" by

Tim McGraw Samuel Timothy McGraw (born May 1, 1967) is an American country singer and actor. He has released 17 studio albums (11 for Curb Records, five for Big Machine Records and one for Arista Nashville). 10 of those albums have reached number one on ...

(Tommy Barnes,

Jumpin' Gene Simmons Morris Eugene Simmons (July 10, 1937 – August 29, 2006), better known as Jumpin' Gene Simmons, was an American singer and songwriter best known for his 1964 novelty single "Haunted House". Biography Gene Simmons was born in Itawamba County, M ...

John D. Loudermilk John Dee Loudermilk Jr. (March 31, 1934 – September 21, 2016) was an American singer and songwriter. Although he had his own recording career during the 1950s and 1960s, he was primarily known as a songwriter. His best-known songs include "In ...

) #"Katie Bar the Door" (Burch, Judd,

Freddy Weller Wilton Frederick "Freddy" Weller (born September 9, 1943) is an American rock and roll and country music and artist. He recorded for Columbia Records between 1969 and 1980. He had his highest charted single in 1969 with his debut release, "Gam ...

) – 2:56 #*original song #"Swingin'" ( John Anderson, Lionel Delmore) – 3:24 #*

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version of John Anderson's 1983 single " Swingin'" #"Refried Beans" (Burch, Judd, Daniel Sarenana) – 2:33 #*parody of " Refried Dreams" by Tim McGraw (Jim Foster, Mark Petersen) #"Motel Californie" (Judd, Sarenana) – 5:06 #*parody of "

Hotel California "Hotel California" is a song by American rock band the Eagles, released as the second single of their album of the same name on February 22, 1977. The song was written by Don Felder (music), Don Henley, and Glenn Frey (lyrics), featuring H ...

" by the

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Don Felder Donald William Felder (born September 21, 1947) is an American musician who was the lead guitarist of the rock band Eagles from 1974 to 2001. He is known for co-writing several of the band's songs, most notably "Hotel California". Felder was in ...

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) #"Please Take the Girl" (Burch, Judd) – 3:59 #*parody of " Don't Take the Girl" by Tim McGraw (Craig Martin, Larry W. Johnson) #"We Own the World" (Burch, Judd, Sarenana) – 4:28 #*parody of "

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" by

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Lionel Richie Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. (born June 20, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and television personality. He rose to fame in the 1970s as a songwriter and the co-lead singer of the Motown group Commodores; writing and recor ...

) #"Shade Tree Mechanic" (Steve Clark, Larry Cordle, Larry Shell) – 2:40 #*original song #"Stinkin' Problem" (Judd) – 2:49 #*parody of " Thinkin' Problem" by David Ball (David Ball,

Allen Shamblin Allen Shamblin is a country music songwriter who was born in Tennessee, and was brought up in Huffman, Texas. Biography After graduating from Sam Houston State University he worked in Austin as a real estate appraiser. In 1987, he quit his job ...

, Stuart Ziff)

References

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