Atlanta Burned Again Last Night
| "Atlanta Burned Again Last Night" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Atlanta | ||||
| from the album Pictures | ||||
| B-side | "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" | |||
| Released | May 1983 | |||
| Format | 7" single | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 2:59 | |||
| Label | MDJ | |||
| Writer(s) | Jeff Stevens, Terry Dotson, Dwaine Rowe | |||
| Producer(s) | Mylan Bodgen, Larry McBride | |||
| Atlanta singles chronology | ||||
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"Atlanta Burned Again Last Night" is a song recorded by American country music group Atlanta. It was released in May 1983 as the lead single from their debut album Pictures. The song reached No. 9 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles chart[1] It was written by Jeff Stevens, Terry Dotson, and Dwaine Rowe. Released through Larry McBride's MDJ label, it was one of the highest-charting debut singles by an independently signed country act.[2]
The song visits a common theme in country music: a teen-aged boy's sexual initiation by a married woman. Here, a 17-year-old boy (depicted as "dating a high school queen") meets and begins a relationship with a woman who is "over 30," in her second marriage and having a son that was nearly as old as her teen-aged partner. The lyrics focused on the intimacy shared between the two, which in the process met her needs and turned him into a man ("He made her feel needed/And she made him a man").
Chart performance
| Chart (1983) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 9 |
References
- ↑ "Atlanta Album & Song Chart History – Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved June 11, 2011.
- ↑ "Atlanta is big – real big". Bowling Green Daily News. August 18, 1983. p. 14C. Retrieved February 22, 2010.