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'', where three of the show's actors—

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, and Alun Lewis—attempt to cash in on the

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trend that was prominent in the United Kingdom at the time by performing the song as their characters on the programme. "Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Roll" was released as a single in the UK on 4 November 1996 and reached number five on the UK Singles Chart, earning a gold sales certification in October 2022 for sales and streams of over 400,000 units in the UK alone. The track stayed in the UK top 20 for nine weeks and was the country's 41st-best-selling single of 1996.

Track listings

UK CD and cassette single # "Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Roll" # "Line Dancing" # "Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Roll" (instrumental) UK and Irish CD single # "Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Roll" # "Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Roll" (

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's Fully Dramatised club mix) # "Line Dancing" # "Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Roll" (instrumental)

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the UK CD single liner notes. Studios * Recorded and mixed at

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, Westside Studios (London, England), Skratch Studios (

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, England), and The Enterprise (Los Angeles) Personnel * Edwin Michael Phillips – writing * Robert Anthony Garner – writing * Nigel Wright – production * Robin Sellars – engineering * Lee McCutcheon – programming

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

{{Authority control 1996 songs 1996 debut singles Bertelsmann Music Group singles British country music songs Emmerdale RCA Records singles Song recordings produced by Nigel Wright (record producer)