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The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's version features a backing vocal from Linda Ronstadt; [3] as such, it is sometimes included in Ronstadt greatest hits collections, such as the 2014 Capitol release, Icon. The labels on some of the 45 rpm records were reversed, so that "An American Dream" was labeled "Take Me Back" and vice versa.
"Old Dirt Road" is a song written by John Lennon and Harry Nilsson, first released on Lennon's 1974 album Walls and Bridges. [1] Nilsson later recorded the song on his 1980 album Flash Harry . Lyrics & music
The song was a reaction to the varying difficult issues facing America in the late 1970s – the fallout from the Watergate scandal, the simultaneous double-digit inflation, unemployment, and prime interest rates (leading to the misery index), and the 1979–1981 Iran Hostage Crisis.
"Dirt" is the sixth consecutive single of the duo to peak in the top 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. The song reached its million sales mark in the US in October 2014. [15] As of December 2014, the song has sold 1,272,000 copies in the US. [16] The song was certified double Platinum on April 30, 2015. [17]
America's best-known song is their 1972 debut single, "A Horse with No Name". It was the lead-off single to their self-titled debut album and became their first number one on the Billboard Hot 100 . The song was also a Top 5 hit in the United Kingdom reaching number three on the UK Singles Chart .
The songs "Fear the Voices" and "Lying Season" were featured on Alice in Chains' 1991 demo tape that featured songs from Sap and Dirt. [8] Both of these songs were later included on the band's 1999 box set, Music Bank. "Fear the Voices" was released as a single in 1999 to promote Music Bank and became a radio hit that same year. Regarding the ...
The late '90s Blackstreet/Dr. Dre hit may have inspired the song they were about to write, but aside from a super-infectious hook, the two songs couldn't be more different.
In June 2023, Riegling signed a record deal with Universal Music Canada and released his debut radio single "Love (The Sweater Song)". [2] [10] He was also nominated for "Rising Star" at the CMA Ontario Awards. [11] In August 2023, Riegling released the song "Old Dirt Roads", which later became his second single at Canadian country radio.