Redneck 12 Days of Christmas

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"Redneck 12 Days of Christmas"
Single by Jeff Foxworthy
from the album Crank It Up: The Music Album
Released December 1995
Genre Comedy, country
Length 2:21
Label Warner Bros.
Writer(s) Jeff Foxworthy
Tim Wilson
Producer Scott Rouse
Doug Grau
Joe Scaife
Jim Cotton

"Redneck 12 Days of Christmas" is a parody of "The Twelve Days of Christmas" written by Jeff Foxworthy and Tim Wilson and recorded by Foxworthy on his 1996 album Crank It Up: The Music Album. The song reached number 18 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in January 1996, becoming the highest-charting seasonal title of the SoundScan era, a record that has since been tied by Jimmy Wayne's "Paper Angels."[1] It subsequently peaked at number 39 in January 1997, number 39 in January 1998, number 37 in January 1999 and number 35 in January 2000.[2]

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Music video [edit]

The music video was directed by Michael McNamara and premiered in November 1996.[3]

Chart performance [edit]

Chart (1995–1996) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks 18
Chart (1996–1997) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks 39
Chart (1997–1998) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks 39
Chart (1999) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks 37
Chart (1999–2000) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks 35

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Download 'Dreams' for Green Day". Billboard. January 8, 2005. Retrieved June 6, 2012. 
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 150. ISBN 0-89820-177-2. 
  3. ^ "CMT : Videos : Jeff Foxworthy : Redneck 12 Days of Christmas". Country Music Television. Retrieved June 6, 2012. 

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