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Highway Song (Blackfoot song)

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"Highway Song"
Single by Blackfoot
from the album Strikes
B-side"Road Fever"
ReleasedJune 12, 1979
Recorded1979
GenreSouthern rock, hard rock
Length7:30 (album version); 3:59 (single version)
LabelAtco
Songwriter(s)Rick Medlocke, Jackson Spires
Producer(s)Al Nalli, Henry Weck
Blackfoot singles chronology
"Railroad Man"
(1975)
"Highway Song"
(1979)
"Train, Train"
(1979)

"Highway Song" is a 1979 hit song recorded by the American southern rock Blackfoot. It reached #26 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was recorded in the key of E minor with no key changes throughout. While the single version maintains its tempo throughout, the album version increases its speed at the close of the lyrical portion through the song's ending.

Weekly charts

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Chart (1979) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[1] 26

References

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  1. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X