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Small Town Saturday Night (song)

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"Small Town Saturday Night"
Single by Hal Ketchum
from the album Past the Point of Rescue
B-side"Don't Strike a Match"
ReleasedApril 16, 1991
GenreCountry
Length2:58
LabelCurb
Songwriter(s)Pat Alger
Hank DeVito
Producer(s)Allen Reynolds
Jim Rooney
Hal Ketchum singles chronology
"Small Town Saturday Night"
(1991)
"I Know Where Love Lives"
(1991)

"Small Town Saturday Night" is a song written by Pat Alger and Hank DeVito, and recorded by American country music artist Hal Ketchum. It was released in April 1991 as the first single from his debut album Past the Point of Rescue. The song reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in August 1991.[1]

Content

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The song is an uptempo that describes what occurs on a Saturday night in a small town. The song was inspired by the city of New Braunfels, Texas.

Music video

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Ketchum's first music video was directed by Senor McGuire, and premiered on CMT on April 20, 1991. It was filmed in black-and-white, and shows the singer in a forest, singing beneath a screen showing footage from the 1938 movie The Terror of Tiny Town. In the end, a horse dances with the singer.

Chart performance

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Chart (1991) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] 2

Year-end charts

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Chart (1991) Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 40

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[4] Gold 500,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ Hal Ketchum Hot Country Songs Chart History
  2. ^ "Hal Ketchum Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. ^ "Best of 1991: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
  4. ^ "American single certifications – Hal Ketchum – Small Town Saturday Night". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 30, 2024.