Rocky Top

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"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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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

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Tennessee Volunteers fightSong Rocky Top
Volunteers fightSong Rocky Top
subject surface form: Tennessee Volunteers
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
Boudleaux Bryant notableWork Rocky Top
Felice Bryant notableWork Rocky Top