Rocky Top

E56995
bluegrass song song

"Rocky Top" is a popular bluegrass song that has become an unofficial anthem and rallying cry for the University of Tennessee and its sports fans.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Rocky Top canonical 10
Rocky Top fight song 1
song "Rocky Top" 1

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bluegrass song ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedWith Tennessee Volunteers athletics program ⓘ
surface form: Tennessee Volunteers athletics

Tennessee Volunteers ⓘ
surface form: Tennessee Volunteers football

University of Tennessee system ⓘ
surface form: University of Tennessee
chartingVersionBy Lynn Anderson ⓘ
composer Boudleaux Bryant ⓘ
Felice Bryant ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
firstRecordingArtist The Osborne Brothers ⓘ
firstReleaseYear 1967 ⓘ
genre bluegrass ⓘ
country ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificanceIn Tennessee ⓘ
hasSubsequentRecording Dolly Parton version ⓘ
Lynn Anderson version ⓘ
hasTheme nostalgia for simple living ⓘ
rural mountain life ⓘ
influencedBy Appalachian folk music ⓘ
isStateSongOf Tennessee ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lengthApproximate 2 minutes ⓘ
lyricist Boudleaux Bryant ⓘ
Felice Bryant ⓘ
musicalKey A major ⓘ
notableCoverArtist Alabama ⓘ
Conway Twitty ⓘ
Dolly Parton ⓘ
Lynn Anderson ⓘ
performedBy Pride of the Southland Band ⓘ
recordLabel Decca Records ⓘ
setInLocation Great Smoky Mountains ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
stateSongDesignationYear 1982 ⓘ
status unofficial anthem of the University of Tennessee ⓘ
unofficial fight song of the University of Tennessee ⓘ
tempo up-tempo ⓘ
typicalPerformanceContext University of Tennessee sporting events ⓘ
college football games ⓘ
usesAsFightSong University of Tennessee, Knoxville ⓘ
surface form: University of Tennessee

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tennessee Volunteers athletics program → fightSong → Rocky Top ⓘ
University of Tennessee, Knoxville → fightSong → Rocky Top ⓘ
Tennessee Volunteers → fightSong → Rocky Top ⓘ
Volunteers → fightSong → Rocky Top ⓘ
subject surface form: Tennessee Volunteers
Rocky Top Rowdies → associatedNickname → Rocky Top ⓘ
Rocky Top, Tennessee → namedAfter → Rocky Top ⓘ
this entity surface form: song "Rocky Top"
The Big Orange Stadium → associatedWithTradition → Rocky Top ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rocky Top fight song
Pride of the Southland Band → associatedSong → Rocky Top ⓘ
Boudleaux Bryant → notableWork → Rocky Top ⓘ
The Osborne Brothers → notableWork → Rocky Top ⓘ
University of Tennessee Pride of the Southland Band → associatedSong → Rocky Top ⓘ
Felice Bryant → notableWork → Rocky Top ⓘ