Georgia on My Mind

"Georgia on My Mind" is a song written by Stuart Gorrell and Hoagy Carmichael; it is the official state song of the U.S. state of Georgia.

Gorrell wrote the lyrics, and Carmichael wrote the music, in 1930 for a female friend named "Georgia". Ray Charles's recording of it became a major hit, and (in a mutual symbol of reconciliation after conflict over civil rights issues) he performed it on March 7, 1979 before the Georgia General Assembly, which on April 24 officially adopted it as the state song.

The song, sung by Ray Charles, is played with a video montage each time that Georgia Public Television goes off the air (now generally only late on Sunday nights, instead of nightly).

The Song was also used as the theme song to the CBS Sitcom Designing Women

The Song was used in a poignant moment in the season two finale episode, "M.I.A." of the NBC series Quantum Leap In the scene, Al dances with his first wife, Beth. The song was not included in the region 1 dvd release of the series and was instead replaced with an instrumental piece.

Ray's version was sampled for rap group Field Mob's latest single, "Georgia," featuring Jamie Foxx & Ludacris.

Lyrics

The lyrics to this song appear in the Code of Georgia.

External references

• Georgia-state-song web-page
• Legally established lyrics