Can't Keep a Good Man Down (Alabama song)

"Can't Keep a Good Man Down"
Single by Alabama
from the album 40-Hour Week
B-side"If It Ain't Dixie (It Won't Do)"
ReleasedAugust 9, 1985
Recorded1984
GenreCountry
Length3:45
LabelRCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)Bob Corbin
Producer(s)Harold Shedd and Alabama
Alabama singles chronology
"40 Hour Week (For a Livin')"
(1985) 		"Can't Keep a Good Man Down"
(1985) 		"She and I"
(1985)
Music video
"Can't Keep a Good Man Down" at CMT.com

"Can't Keep a Good Man Down" is a song written by Bob Corbin, and recorded by American country music band Alabama. It was released in August 1985 as the third and final single from the band's album 40-Hour Week.

That November, it became the band's 18th straight No. 1 song in as many single releases, extending their streak just set three months earlier with "40 Hour Week (For a Livin')".[1]

Music video

A music video was filmed for the song, and has aired on CMT and Great American Country.

Chart positions

Chart (1985) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 19.
  2. ^ "Alabama Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

Sources

  • Roland, Tom, "The Billboard Book of Number One Country Hits" (Billboard Books, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, 1991 (ISBN 0-82-307553-2))


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