Jukebox Junkie

"Jukebox Junkie"
Single by Ken Mellons
from the album Ken Mellons
B-side	"The Pleasure's All Mine"
Released	July 18, 1994
Genre	Country
Length	2:41
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	Ken Mellons Jerry Cupit Janice Honeycutt
Producer(s)	Jerry Cupit
Ken Mellons singles chronology
"Lookin' in the Same Direction" (1994) "Jukebox Junkie" (1994) "I Can Bring Her Back" (1994)

"Jukebox Junkie" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Ken Mellons. It was released in July 1994 as the second single from his debut album Ken Mellons. The song reached number 8 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and peaked at number 6 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.[1] It was written by Mellons, Jerry Cupit and Janice Honeycutt.

Content

The song is an uptempo, in which the narrator talks about how he loves to listen to the jukebox.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine gave the song a mixed review, saying that while Mellons "possesses one of those deep, whiskey-soaked voice that could never be mistaken for anything but country", the song will likely "never be mistaken for anything other than what it is - a hopeless string of honky-tonk cliches."[2]

Music video

The music video was directed by Marc Ball and premiered in mid-1994.

Chart performance

"Jukebox Junkie" debuted at number sixty nine on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of July 30, 1994.

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3]	6
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4]	8

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[5]	57

References

1. Ken Mellons Hot Country Songs Chart History
2. Billboard, July 23, 1994
3. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2653." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. November 14, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
4. "Ken Mellons Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
5. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1994". RPM. December 12, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.