"Ol' Country" is a song written by Bobby Harden and recorded by American

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singer

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. It was released in January 1993 as the fourth and final single from his album: '' Longnecks & Short Stories''. It peaked at number 4 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and at number 2 on the Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks chart.

Content

The song tells the story of a country boy from

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and a city girl from

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who met each other by chance and fell in love.

Music video

The music video was directed by

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and premiered in early 1993.

Chart performance

Year-end charts

References

1993 singles Mark Chesnutt songs MCA Records singles Song recordings produced by Mark Wright (record producer) Music videos directed by John Lloyd Miller 1992 songs Songs written by Bobby Harden {{1993-country-song-stub