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"Down in Tennessee" is a song written by Wayland Holyfield and recorded by American country music artist John Anderson. It was released in November 1985 as the second single from the album Tokyo, Oklahoma. The song reached number 12 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

Critical reception

Kip Kirby, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that "the heartsick blues are well handled here by an artist who sings ballads with tears in every syllable."

Chart performance

Chart (1985–1986)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	12
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	35

Mark Chesnutt version

"Down in Tennessee"

Single by Mark Chesnutt

from the album What a Way to Live

B-side

"This Side of the Door"

Released

June 12, 1995

Genre

Country

Length

3:21

Mark Chesnutt singles chronology

"Gonna Get a Life"
(1995)

"Down in Tennessee"
(1995)

"Trouble"
(1995)

"Down in Tennessee" was also recorded by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt. It was released in June 1995 as the fourth single from the album What a Way to Live. The song reached number 23 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. It also peaked at number 7 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that Chesnutt's version is "just as compelling on this powerful ballad of a man dealing with lost love." She goes on to say that Chesnutt "makes you feel like hurting right along with him."

Chart performance

"Down in Tennessee" debuted at number 66 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of June 17, 1995.

Chart (1995)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)	7
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	23

References

^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 26–27. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
Billboard, November 2, 1985 , Vol. 97, No. 44, Page 78.
"John Anderson Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ Whitburn, pp. 92-93
Billboard, June 17, 1995, Vol. 107, No. 24, Page 57.
"Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2740." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. August 28, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
"Mark Chesnutt Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

v t e John Anderson
Studio albums	John Anderson John Anderson 2 I Just Came Home to Count the Memories Wild & Blue All the People Are Talkin' Eye of a Hurricane Tokyo, Oklahoma Countrified Blue Skies Again 10 Too Tough to Tame Seminole Wind Solid Ground Country 'til I Die Paradise Takin' the Country Back Nobody's Got It All Easy Money Bigger Hands Goldmine Years
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits (1984) Greatest Hits Volume II Greatest Hits (1996)
Notable singles	"Your Lying Blue Eyes" "She Just Started Liking Cheatin' Songs" "1959" "I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Someday)" "Chicken Truck" "I Just Came Home to Count the Memories" "Would You Catch a Falling Star" "Wild and Blue" "Swingin'" "Goin' Down Hill" "Black Sheep" "Let Somebody Else Drive" "She Sure Got Away with My Heart" "Eye of a Hurricane" "It's All Over Now" "Down in Tennessee" "Honky Tonk Crowd" "Somewhere Between Ragged and Right" (with Waylon Jennings) "Straight Tequila Night" "When It Comes to You" "Seminole Wind" "Let Go of the Stone" "Money in the Bank" "I Fell in the Water" "I've Got It Made" "I Wish I Could Have Been There" "Bend It Until It Breaks" "Mississippi Moon" "Paradise" "Somebody Slap Me" "If Her Lovin' Don't Kill Me" "Years" "Tuesday I'll Be Gone"
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v t e Mark Chesnutt
Studio albums	Too Cold at Home Longnecks & Short Stories Almost Goodbye What a Way to Live Wings Thank God for Believers I Don't Want to Miss a Thing Lost in the Feeling Mark Chesnutt Savin' the Honky Tonk Heard It in a Love Song Rollin' with the Flow Outlaw Tradition Lives
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits
Notable singles	"Too Cold at Home" "Brother Jukebox" "Blame It on Texas" "Your Love Is a Miracle" "Broken Promise Land" "Old Flames Have New Names" "I'll Think of Something" "Bubba Shot the Jukebox" "Ol' Country" "It Sure Is Monday" "Almost Goodbye" "I Just Wanted You to Know" "Woman, Sensuous Woman" "She Dreams" "Goin' Through the Big D" "Gonna Get a Life" "Down in Tennessee" "Trouble" "It Wouldn't Hurt to Have Wings" "Wrong Place, Wrong Time" "It's a Little Too Late" "Let It Rain" "Thank God for Believers" "It's Not Over" "I Might Even Quit Lovin' You" "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" "This Heartache Never Sleeps" "Fallin' Never Felt So Good" "Lost in the Feeling" "She Was" "Heard It in a Love Song" "Rollin' with the Flow" "Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)"
Guest singles	"A Good Way to Get on My Bad Side"
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