"Small Town Saturday Night" is a song written by

Pat Alger Patrick J. Alger (born September 23, 1947, in LaGrange, GeorgiaCarlin 2003, p. 3.) is an American country music songwriter, singer and guitarist and a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (2010) and the Georgia Music Hall of ...

and

Hank DeVito Henry M. "Hank" DeVito is an American musician and photographer known primarily for his pedal steel guitar work and songwriting. Biography After high school, DeVito attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City. He studied graphic arts and ...

, and recorded by American

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artist

Hal Ketchum Hal Michael Ketchum (April 9, 1953 – November 23, 2020) was an American country music singer and songwriter. He released eleven studio albums from 1986 to 2014, including nine for divisions of Curb Records. Ketchum's 1991 album ''Past the Point ...

. It was released in April 1991 as the first single from his debut album '' Past the Point of Rescue''. The song reached No. 2 on the ''

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chart in August 1991. Hal Ketchum Hot Country Songs Chart History/ref>

Content

The song is an uptempo that describes what occurs on a Saturday night in a small town. The song was inspired by the city of

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Music video

The music video was directed by Senor McGuire and premiered in mid-1991. It is entirely in black-and-white, and shows the singer in a forest, singing beneath a screen showing '' The Terror of Tiny Town'' (1938). In the end, a horse dances with the singer.

Chart performance

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

1991 debut singles 1991 songs Hal Ketchum songs Songs written by Pat Alger Songs written by Hank DeVito Song recordings produced by Allen Reynolds Curb Records singles {{1991-country-song-stub