Georgia on My Mind

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jazz standard popular song song torch song

"Georgia on My Mind" is a classic American song, most famously performed by Ray Charles, that has become closely associated with the U.S. state of Georgia and its cultural identity.

Aliases (1)

Georgia on My Mind is the official state song of Georgia, performed famously by Ray Charles ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	jazz standard → popular song → song → torch song →
associatedWith	U.S. state of Georgia →
bestKnownVersionBy	Ray Charles →
billboardHot100PeakPosition	1 →
billboardHot100PeakYear	1960 →
chartAchievement	Billboard Hot 100 number-one single →
composer	Hoagy Carmichael →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
culturalSignificance	anthem associated with the state of Georgia →
firstRecordingArtist	Hoagy Carmichael →
genre	jazz → pop → rhythm and blues →
grammyAward	Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance →
grammyAwardYear	1961 →
hasMusicalForm	ballad →
includedInRegistry	National Recording Registry →
influenced	American popular music →
keyThemesInLyrics	emotional attachment to a place → memories of Georgia →
language	English →
lyricist	Stuart Gorrell →
mostFamousRecordingArtist	Ray Charles →
mostFamousRecordingYear	1960 →
notablePerformer	Ella Fitzgerald → Hoagy Carmichael → Louis Armstrong → Ray Charles → Willie Nelson →
officialDesignation	official state song of Georgia →
recordLabelOfFamousVersion	ABC-Paramount →
registryMaintainedBy	Library of Congress →
stateSongOf	Georgia →
subjectOf	numerous cover versions →
tempo	slow →
theme	longing → love → nostalgia →
title	Georgia on My Mind →
usedAs	symbol of Georgia’s cultural identity →
yearBecameStateSong	1979 →
yearOfComposition	1930 →
yearOfFirstRecording	1930 →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Georgia → Georgia →	stateSong
Ray Charles →	hasSignatureSong
Ray Charles →	notableWork
Ray Charles ("Georgia on My Mind is the official state song of Georgia, performed famously by Ray Charles") →	stateSongOf
Georgia on My Mind →	title