Sing Me Back Home
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Sing Me Back Home is a classic country song by Merle Haggard that poignantly tells the story of a condemned prisoner’s final request for a song before his execution.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sing Me Back Home canonical | 3 |
| "Sing Me Back Home" | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Sing Me Back Home self-link ⓘ |
| artist | Merle Haggard ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Bakersfield country scene ⓘ |
| bSide | Good Times ⓘ |
| chart |
Billboard Country chart
ⓘ
surface form:
Billboard Hot Country Singles
|
| chartPerformance | reached number 1 on Billboard Hot Country Singles chart ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception |
considered one of Merle Haggard’s greatest songs
ⓘ
regarded as a classic country song ⓘ |
| followedBySingle | The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde ⓘ |
| format | 7-inch single ⓘ |
| genre | country ⓘ |
| hasCoverVersionBy |
Alison Krauss
ⓘ
Don Williams ⓘ Gram Parsons ⓘ Grateful Dead ⓘ Joan Baez ⓘ The Everly Brothers ⓘ The Flying Burrito Brothers ⓘ Waylon Jennings ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | no original contemporary music video, only later performance clips ⓘ |
| includedOn | various Merle Haggard compilation albums ⓘ |
| influence | influential in the outlaw country movement ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Merle Haggard’s experiences in prison
ⓘ
inmates Haggard knew at San Quentin State Prison ⓘ |
| labelCatalogNumber | Capitol 2003 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | approximately 2 minutes 50 seconds ⓘ |
| lyricalEvent | final request for a song before execution ⓘ |
| lyricalSubject | condemned prisoner ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| notableLyric | Sing me back home before I die ⓘ |
| partOf | Merle Haggard discography ⓘ |
| performer | Merle Haggard ⓘ |
| precededBySingle | Branded Man ⓘ |
| producer | Ken Nelson ⓘ |
| recordingPeriod | 1967 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Capitol Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1967 ⓘ |
| singleReleaseYear | 1967 ⓘ |
| subgenre | Bakersfield sound ⓘ |
| theme |
death
ⓘ
execution ⓘ memory ⓘ prison ⓘ redemption ⓘ |
| writer | Merle Haggard ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Merle Haggard
this entity surface form:
"Sing Me Back Home"