The South's Gonna Do It
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| "The South's Gonna Do It" | ||||
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| Single by Charlie Daniels | ||||
| from the album Fire on the Mountain | ||||
| Released | January 1975 | |||
| Genre | Country, Southern Rock | |||
| Length | 4:00 | |||
| Label | Sony | |||
| Writer(s) | Charlie Daniels | |||
| Producer(s) | Paul Hornsby | |||
| Charlie Daniels singles chronology | ||||
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"The South's Gonna Do It", is a song written and performed by the Charlie Daniels Band and released on their 1974 album Fire on the Mountain.
Content
The song talks about Southern pride and discusses how the South is "gonna do it again". It also mentions Southern rock bands and musicians such as:
-Grinderswitch
-The Marshall Tucker Band
-Lynyrd Skynyrd
-Dickey Betts
-Elvin Bishop
-ZZ Top
-Wet Willie
-Barefoot Jerry
-Charlie Daniels Band
The song uses a clever play on words to promote Southern rock music. The notion that "the South shall rise again" was a familiar sentiment and rallying cry for disaffected Southern whites after the American Civil War. The song co-opts that sentiment, but uses the statement to celebrate Southern rock acts contemporary to the song itself. The "it" that the South is going to do again, it is implied, is that the South would produce further popular Southern rock bands.
Chart performance
| Chart (1975) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 29 |
| Canadian Singles Chart | 68 |
