Georgia on a Fast Train
Song by Billy Joe Shaver / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Georgia on a Fast Train" (originally titled "I Been to Georgia on a Fast Train") is a song by Billy Joe Shaver from his debut 1973 album Old Five and Dimers Like Me.[1][2][3]
Quick Facts "I Been to Georgia on a Fast Train", Single by Billy Joe Shaver ...
"I Been to Georgia on a Fast Train" | |
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Single by Billy Joe Shaver | |
from the album Old Five and Dimers Like Me | |
B-side | "Old Five and Dimers Like Me" |
Released | July 1973 (1973-07) |
Recorded | June 1973 (1973-06) |
Studio | Sound Spectrum Recordings, House Of Cash, Hendersonville, TN |
Genre | Country, country rock, outlaw country |
Label | Monument |
Songwriter(s) | Billy Joe Shaver |
Producer(s) | Kris Kristofferson |
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"I Been to Georgia on a Fast Train" on YouTube | |
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Released as a single that year,[4] it peaked at number 88 on U.S. Billboard's country chart.
In 1994, Shaver released this song as a single again, that time under the shortened title "Georgia on a Fast Train". The new version did not chart.