Jukebox Junkie
| "Jukebox Junkie" | ||||
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| Single by Ken Mellons | ||||
| from the album Ken Mellons | ||||
| B-side | "The Pleasure's All Mine" | |||
| Released | July 18, 1994 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 2:41 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Ken Mellons Jerry Cupit Janice Honeycutt | |||
| Producer(s) | Jerry Cupit | |||
| Ken Mellons singles chronology | ||||
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"Jukebox Junkie" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Ken Mellons. It was released in July 1994 as the second single from his debut album Ken Mellons. The song reached number 8 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and peaked at number 6 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.[1] It was written by Mellons, Jerry Cupit and Janice Honeycutt.
Content
[edit]The song is an uptempo, in which the narrator talks about how he loves to listen to the jukebox.
Critical reception
[edit]Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine gave the song a mixed review, saying that while Mellons "possesses one of those deep, whiskey-soaked voice that could never be mistaken for anything but country", the song will likely "never be mistaken for anything other than what it is - a hopeless string of honky-tonk cliches."[2]
Music video
[edit]The music video was directed by Marc Ball and premiered in mid-1994.
Chart performance
[edit]"Jukebox Junkie" debuted at number sixty nine on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of July 30, 1994.
| Chart (1994) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3] | 6 |
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] | 8 |
Year-end charts
[edit]| Chart (1994) | Position |
|---|---|
| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[5] | 57 |
References
[edit]- ^ Ken Mellons Hot Country Songs Chart History
- ^ Billboard, July 23, 1994
- ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2653." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. November 14, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
- ^ "Ken Mellons Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1994". RPM. December 12, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
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