song "The Battle of New Orleans"

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single song

"The Battle of New Orleans" is a popular American folk and country song, famously recorded by Johnny Horton, that humorously recounts the U.S. victory over the British in the War of 1812’s Battle of New Orleans.

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Label	Occurrences
song "The Battle of New Orleans" canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	single ⓘ song ⓘ
awarded	Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Performance ⓘ
awardYear	1960 ⓘ
basedOn	The 8th of January ⓘ
chartPositionCanada	1 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100	1 ⓘ
chartPositionUSCountry	1 ⓘ
composer	Jimmy Driftwood ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalImpact	helped popularize interest in the War of 1812 in American popular culture ⓘ
describesConflict	War of 1812 ⓘ
describesEvent	Battle of New Orleans ⓘ
genre	country ⓘ country pop ⓘ folk ⓘ novelty song ⓘ
hasMelodyFrom	The 8th of January ⓘ
hasNotableLyric	"We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'" ⓘ "We took a little bacon and we took a little beans" ⓘ
hasParodyVersion	The Battle of Kookamonga ⓘ
includedIn	lists of greatest country songs ⓘ
label	Columbia Records ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lyricist	Jimmy Driftwood ⓘ
mentionsHistoricalFigure	Andrew Jackson ⓘ
narrativePerspective	first person ⓘ
narrativeStyle	humorous ⓘ
notableFor	comic retelling of a historical battle ⓘ fusion of traditional fiddle tune with modern country arrangement ⓘ
notableRecordingBy	Johnny Horton ⓘ
originalTitle	Battle of New Orleans ⓘ surface form: The Battle of New Orleans
parodyBy	Homer and Jethro ⓘ
performer	Johnny Horton ⓘ
producer	Don Law ⓘ
recordedBy	Harper Valley PTA (cover artists and others, various) ⓘ Johnny Horton ⓘ Lonnie Donegan ⓘ
recordingYear	1958 ⓘ
releaseYear	1959 ⓘ
settingPlace	New Orleans ⓘ surface form: New Orleans, Louisiana
settingTime	January 1815 ⓘ
singleReleaseYear	1959 ⓘ
theme	American victory over British forces ⓘ military history ⓘ patriotism ⓘ
usesMotif	fiddle tune structure ⓘ
weeksAtNumberOneUSBillboardHot100	6 ⓘ
writer	Jimmy Driftwood ⓘ

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Battle of New Orleans → commemoratedBy → song "The Battle of New Orleans" ⓘ