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Alabama changed the sound and reach of country music by proving that a self-contained band could achieve the kind of success usually reserved for solo singers. Formed in Fort Payne, Alabama, the group’s story centered on cousins Randy Owen, Teddy Gentry, and Jeff Cook, whose close vocal harmonies and mix of country, Southern rock, and pop became instantly recognizable. After years of playing clubs and building an audience at the Bowery in Myrtle Beach, they moved from independent recordings into a major-label career that reshaped country radio during the 1980s.
The breakthrough came with My Home’s in Alabama and its hits ‘Tennessee River’ and ‘Why Lady Why.’ Feels So Right, Mountain Music, The Closer You Get…, and Roll On followed with an extraordinary run of successful singles. ‘Love in the First Degree,’ ‘Dixieland Delight,’ ‘Mountain Music,’ and ‘If You’re Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)’ brought country storytelling together with muscular arrangements and crowd-pleasing performances. Their popularity extended far beyond one region and helped make the group one of the genre’s defining acts.
Alabama continued recording through the late 1980s and 1990s, moving from the traditional themes of ‘Song of the South’ and ‘High Cotton’ to the personal reflections of ‘Here We Are,’ ‘I’m in a Hurry (And Don’t Know Why),’ and ‘Angels Among Us.’ Christmas music also became an important part of their catalog, beginning with the standalone release of ‘Christmas in Dixie’ and expanding through multiple holiday albums. Later projects explored gospel and inspirational songs while keeping the band’s characteristic harmonies at the center of the music.
The complete recording history goes well beyond the radio favorites. The band issued three early records before its RCA breakthrough, added new songs to compilations, appeared on recordings with Lionel Richie and Brad Paisley, and returned with original music on Southern Drawl in 2015. American Christmas followed in 2017, and a 2026 duet with the late Dan Seals added another official release to the catalog. From early Wildcountry recordings to country hits, gospel standards, holiday songs, and collaborations, Alabama’s music covers more than five decades of recording history.
Complete List Of Alabama Songs From A to Z
0–E
- “A Better Word for Love” – Cheap Seats (1993)
- “A Candle in the Window” – Alabama Christmas (1985)
- “Ain’t Santa Cool” – American Christmas (2017)
- “Alabama Sky” – The Closer You Get… (1983)
- “All American” – Alabama & Friends (2013)
- “All American Woman” – Wild Country (1976)
- “Amazing Grace” – Songs of Inspiration (2006)
- “American Farmer” – Southern Drawl (2015)
- “American Pride” – American Pride (1992)
- “Angels Among Us” – Cheap Seats (1993)
- “Angels Among Us (2014 Gospel Recording)” – Angels Among Us: Hymns & Gospel Favorites (2014)
- “Anytime (I’m Your Man)” – Dancin’ on the Boulevard (1997)
- “Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way” – The Music Inside: A Collaboration Dedicated to Waylon Jennings (2010)
- “As Long as There’s Love” – Southern Drawl (2015)
- “As Right Now” – 40-Hour Week (1985)
- “Auld Lang Syne” – American Christmas (2017)
- “Away in a Manger” – American Christmas (2017)
- “Back to Alabam'” – Deuces Wild (1977)
- “Back to the Country” – Southern Drawl (2015)
- “Barefootin'” – Southern Star (1989)
- “Because He Lives” – Angels Among Us: Hymns & Gospel Favorites (2014)
- “Between the Two of Them” – American Pride (1992)
- “Born Country” – Greatest Hits Vol. II (1991)
- “Burn Georgia Burn” – Feels So Right (1981)
- “Calling All Angels” – Dancin’ on the Boulevard (1997)
- “Can’t Forget About You” – Alabama Band No. 3 (1979)
- “Can’t Keep a Good Man Down” – 40-Hour Week (1985)
- “Can’t You See (Live)” – Alabama Live (1988)
- “Carolina Mountain Dewe” – Roll On (1984)
- “Changes Comin’ On” – Mountain Music (1982)
- “Christmas in Dixie” – Christmas in Dixie single (1982)
- “Christmas in Dixie (Unplugged)” – American Christmas (2017)
- “Christmas in Your Arms” – Christmas Vol. II (1996)
- “Christmas Is Love” – Christmas Vol. II (1996)
- “Christmas Joy” – American Christmas (2017)
- “Christmas Memories” – Alabama Christmas (1985)
- “Church in the Wildwood” – Songs of Inspiration II (2007)
- “Church in the Wildwood (2014 Recording)” – Angels Among Us: Hymns & Gospel Favorites (2014)
- “Clear Across America Tonight” – When It All Goes South (2001)
- “Clear Water Blues” – Cheap Seats (1993)
- “Close Enough to Perfect” – Mountain Music (1982)
- “Come Find Me” – Southern Drawl (2015), featuring Alison Krauss
- “Country Side of Life” – Roll On (1984)
- “Cruisin'” – The Touch (1986)
- “Dancin’, Shaggin’ on the Boulevard” – Dancin’ on the Boulevard (1997)
- “Deep River Woman” – Dancing on the Ceiling (Lionel Richie album) (1986), Lionel Richie featuring Alabama
- “Dixie Boy” – The Closer You Get… (1983)
- “Dixie Fire” – Southern Star (1989)
- “Dixieland Delight” – The Closer You Get… (1983)
- “Down by the Riverside” – Songs of Inspiration II (2007)
- “Down Home” – Pass It on Down (1990)
- “Down on Longboat Key” – 40-Hour Week (1985)
- “Down on the River” – Southern Star (1989)
- “Down This Road” – When It All Goes South (2001)
F–J
- “Face to Face” – Just Us (1987), with K.T. Oslin
- “Fallin’ Again” – Just Us (1987)
- “Fantasy” – Alabama Band No. 3 (1979)
- “Feels So Right” – Feels So Right (1981)
- “Fire on Fire” – Pass It on Down (1990)
- “Fireworks” – 40-Hour Week (1985)
- “First Christmas Without Daddy” – American Christmas (2017)
- “Five O’Clock 500” – For the Record (1998)
- “Flying United” – Wild Country (1976)
- “Food on the Table” – Roll On (1984)
- “Footstompin’ Music” – Southern Drawl (2015)
- “Forever’s as Far as I’ll Go” – Pass It on Down (1990)
- “Forty Hour Week (For a Livin’)” – 40-Hour Week (1985)
- “Get It While It’s Hot” – Deuces Wild (1977)
- “Getting Over You” – My Home’s in Alabama (1980)
- “Give Me One More Shot” – Greatest Hits Vol. III (1994)
- “Go Tell It on the Mountain” – American Christmas (2017)
- “(God Must Have Spent) a Little More Time on You” – Twentieth Century (1999), with NSYNC
- “Gonna Have a Party” – Mountain Music (1982)
- “Goodbye (Kelly’s Song)” – Pass It on Down (1990)
- “Greatest Gift” – American Christmas (2017)
- “Green River” – Mountain Music (1982)
- “Guess I’m Still in Love with You” – Wild Country (1976)
- “Gulf of Mexico” – Pass It on Down (1990)
- “Hangin’ ‘Round the Mistletoe” – Christmas Vol. II (1996)
- “Hanging Up My Travelin’ Shoes” – Wild Country (1976)
- “Happy Birthday Jesus” – Christmas Vol. II (1996)
- “Happy Holidays” – Alabama Christmas (1985)
- “Hats Off” – Greatest Hits Vol. II (1991)
- “Heartbreak Express” – In Pictures (1995)
- “Here We Are” – Pass It on Down (1990)
- “Hey! Baby” – Dancin’ on the Boulevard (1997)
- “High Cotton” – Southern Star (1989)
- “Hillbilly Wins the Lotto Money” – Southern Drawl (2015)
- “His Eye Is on the Sparrow” – Songs of Inspiration (2006)
- “Hollywood” – Feels So Right (1981)
- “Homecoming Christmas” – Alabama Christmas (1985)
- “Homesick Fever” – American Pride (1992)
- “Hometown Honeymoon” – American Pride (1992)
- “How Do You Fall in Love” – For the Record (1998)
- “How Great Thou Art” – Songs of Inspiration (2006)
- “I Ain’t Got No Business Doin’ Business Today” – Pass It on Down (1990)
- “I Am a Pilgrim” – Songs of Inspiration II (2007)
- “I Am the Man Thomas” – Songs of Inspiration (2006)
- “I Can’t Hide My Heart” – When It All Goes South (2001)
- “I Can’t Love You Any Less” – When It All Goes South (2001)
- “I Can’t Stop” – Just Us (1987)
- “I Just Couldn’t Say No” – Dancin’ on the Boulevard (1997)
- “I Love You Enough to Let You Go” – Twentieth Century (1999)
- “I Need Thee” – Songs of Inspiration (2006)
- “I Saw the Light” – Angels Among Us: Hymns & Gospel Favorites (2014)
- “I Saw the Time” – Just Us (1987)
- “I Showed Her” – Southern Star (1989)
- “I Taught Her Everything She Knows” – The Touch (1986)
- “I Wanna Be There” – Southern Drawl (2015)
- “I Wanna Be with You Tonight” – Deuces Wild (1977)
- “I Wanna Come Over” – My Home’s in Alabama (1980)
- “(I Wanna) Rock N Roll Guitar” – American Christmas (2017)
- “I Want to Know You Before We Make Love” – 40-Hour Week (1985)
- “I Was Young Once Too” – Christmas Vol. II (1996)
- “(I Wish It Could Always Be) ’55” – Just Us (1987)
- “I Write a Little” – When It All Goes South (2001)
- “If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again” – Songs of Inspiration II (2007)
- “If I Could Just See You Now” – Just Us (1987)
- “If I Had You” – Southern Star (1989)
- “If It Ain’t Dixie (It Won’t Do)” – 40-Hour Week (1985)
- “If You’re Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)” – Roll On (1984)
- “I’ll Be There, Call on Me” – Wild Country (1976)
- “I’ll Fly Away” – Angels Among Us: Hymns & Gospel Favorites (2014)
- “I’ll Go On Loving You” – Wild Country (1976)
- “I’m in a Hurry (And Don’t Know Why)” – American Pride (1992)
- “I’m in That Kind of Mood” – Twentieth Century (1999)
- “I’m in the Mood” – In the Mood: The Love Songs (2003)
- “I’m Not That Way Anymore” – Roll On (1984)
- “I’m Still Dreamin'” – Southern Star (1989)
- “I’m Stoned” – Feels So Right (1981)
- “In Pictures” – In Pictures (1995)
- “In the Garden” – Songs of Inspiration (2006)
- “In the Sweet By and By” – Songs of Inspiration (2006)
- “Is the Magic Still There” – Dancin’ on the Boulevard (1997)
- “Is This How Love Begins” – The Touch (1986)
- “It Works” – In Pictures (1995)
- “It’s About Time” – Southern Drawl (2015)
- “It’s All Comin’ Back to Me Now” – The Touch (1986)
- “I’ve Loved a Lot More Than I’ve Hurt” – In Pictures (1995)
- “Jesus and John Wayne” – Jesus and John Wayne single (with Gaither and the Oak Ridge Boys) (2023)
- “Jesus Loves Me” – Songs of Inspiration (2006)
- “Jingle Bells” – American Christmas (2017)
- “Joseph and Mary’s Boy” – Alabama Christmas (1985)
- “Jukebox in My Mind” – Pass It on Down (1990)
- “Just a Closer Walk with Thee” – Angels Among Us: Hymns & Gospel Favorites (2014)
- “Just Along for the Ride” – Alabama Band No. 3 (1979)
K–O
- “Katy Brought My Guitar Back Today” – Cheap Seats (1993)
- “Keep on Dreamin'” – Alabama Band No. 3 (1979)
- “Keepin’ Up” – For the Record (1998)
- “Lady Down on Love” – Deuces Wild (1977)
- “Let’s All Go Down to the River” – Angels Among Us: Hymns & Gospel Favorites (2014)
- “Let’s Hear It for the Girl” – The Touch (1986)
- “Life’s Too Short to Love This Fast” – Twentieth Century (1999)
- “Lifetime Memories” – Deuces Wild (1977)
- “Lift Me Up” – Angels Among Us: Hymns & Gospel Favorites (2014)
- “Little Things” – Twentieth Century (1999)
- “Lonesome Valley” – Songs of Inspiration II (2007)
- “Louisiana Moon” – 40-Hour Week (1985)
- “Love in the First Degree” – Feels So Right (1981)
- “Love Lifted Me” – Songs of Inspiration II (2007)
- “Love Remains” – When It All Goes South (2001), featuring Christopher Cross
- “Lovin’ Man” – The Closer You Get… (1983)
- “Lovin’ You Is Killin’ Me” – Mountain Music (1982)
- “Loving You Is Killing Me” – Deuces Wild (1977)
- “Make It with You in My Mind” – Wild Country (1976)
- “Mist of Desire” – Twentieth Century (1999)
- “Moonlight Lounge” – Pass It on Down (1990)
- “Mountain Music” – Mountain Music (1982)
- “Music Moves Me” – Wild Country (1976)
- “My Girl” – Dancin’ on the Boulevard (1997)
- “My Home’s in Alabama” – Alabama Band No. 3 (1979)
- “My Love Belongs to You” – In Pictures (1995)
- “My Sweet Country Home” – Wild Country (1976)
- “Never Be One” – Mountain Music (1982)
- “New Year’s Eve 1999” – Christmas Vol. II (1996)
- “No Bad Days” – Southern Drawl (2015)
- “Nothing Comes Close” – In the Mood: The Love Songs (2003)
- “Nothing Comes Closer” – In Pictures (1995)
- “O Little Town of Bethlehem” – Christmas Vol. II (1996)
- “Of Course I’m Alright” – Dancin’ on the Boulevard (1997)
- “Old Alabama” – This Is Country Music (Brad Paisley album) (2011), Brad Paisley featuring Alabama
- “Old Flame” – Feels So Right (1981)
- “Old Man” – Just Us (1987)
- “Old Shep” – Songs of Inspiration (2006)
- “‘Ole’ Baugh Road” – Southern Star (1989)
- “On Jordan’s Banks” – Angels Among Us: Hymns & Gospel Favorites (2014)
- “On This Side of the Moon” – Cheap Seats (1993)
- “Once Upon a Lifetime” – American Pride (1992)
- “One Big Heaven” – Songs of Inspiration (2006)
- “One Life” – Songs of Inspiration II (2007)
- “One More Time Around” – Dancin’ on the Boulevard (1997)
- “One on One” – Southern Drawl (2015)
P–T
- “Pass It on Down” – Pass It on Down (1990)
- “Patches” – Patches single (1975)
- “Pete’s Music City” – Southern Star (1989)
- “Pictures and Memories” – American Pride (1992)
- “Pony Express” – The Touch (1986)
- “Precious Memories” – Songs of Inspiration II (2007)
- “Rain” – Songs of Inspiration (2006)
- “Raising Alabama” – Angels Among Us: Hymns & Gospel Favorites (2014)
- “Reckless” – Cheap Seats (1993)
- “Red River” – The Closer You Get… (1983)
- “Reinvent the Wheel” – When It All Goes South (2001)
- “Remember Me” – American Christmas (2017)
- “Richard Petty Fans” – American Pride (1992)
- “Ride the Train” – Feels So Right (1981)
- “Right Where I Am” – When It All Goes South (2001)
- “Rock of Ages” – Songs of Inspiration (2006)
- “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” – Christmas Vol. II (1996)
- “Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)” – Roll On (1984)
- “Sad Lookin’ Moon” – Dancin’ on the Boulevard (1997)
- “Santa Claus (I Still Believe in You)” – Alabama Christmas (1985)
- “Say I” – In Pictures (1995)
- “See the Embers, Feel the Flame” – Feels So Right (1981)
- “She Ain’t Your Ordinary Girl” – In Pictures (1995)
- “She and I” – Greatest Hits (1986)
- “She Can” – Southern Star (1989)
- “She Put the Sad in All His Songs” – The Closer You Get… (1983)
- “(She Won’t Have a Thing to Do With) Nobody But Me” – 40-Hour Week (1985)
- “She’s Got That Look in Her Eyes” – Dancin’ on the Boulevard (1997)
- “Silent Night” – Songs of Inspiration (2006)
- “Silent Night (2017 Recording)” – American Christmas (2017)
- “Simple as That” – When It All Goes South (2001)
- “Small Stuff” – Twentieth Century (1999)
- “Some Other Place, Some Other Time” – My Home’s in Alabama (1980)
- “Some Other Place, Some Other Time, Some Other Love” – Deuces Wild (1977)
- “Sometimes Out of Touch” – American Pride (1992)
- “Song of the South” – Song of the South single (1988)
- “Southern Drawl” – Southern Drawl (2015)
- “Southern Star” – Southern Star (1989)
- “Spin the Wheel” – In Pictures (1995)
- “Start Living” – When It All Goes South (2001)
- “Starting Tonight” – Pass It on Down (1990)
- “Still Goin’ Strong” – Cheap Seats (1993)
- “Still Reelin’ (From Those Rock & Roll Days)” – Still Reelin’ (From Those Rock & Roll Days) single, with Dan Seals (2026)
- “Sunday Drive” – In Pictures (1995)
- “Suppertime” – Songs of Inspiration II (2007)
- “Sure Could Use Some Christmas Around Here” – American Christmas (2017)
- “Take a Little Trip” – American Pride (1992)
- “Take Me Down” – Mountain Music (1982)
- “Takin’ Care of Business (Live)” – Gonna Have a Party… Live (1993)
- “Tar Top” – Just Us (1987)
- “Tennessee Christmas” – Alabama Christmas (1985)
- “Tennessee River” – Alabama Band No. 3 (1979)
- “Tennessee River and a Mountain Man” – Deuces Wild (1977)
- “That Feeling” – Cheap Seats (1993)
- “That’s How I Was Raised” – Alabama & Friends (2013)
- “The Blessings” – Christmas Vol. II (1996)
- “The Borderline” – Southern Star (1989)
- “The Boy” – Roll On (1984)
- “The Cheap Seats” – Cheap Seats (1993)
- “The Christmas Spirit” – Christmas Vol. II (1996)
- “The Closer You Get” – The Closer You Get… (1983)
- “The End of the Lyin'” – Roll On (1984)
- “The Fans” – Greatest Hits (1986)
- “The Little Drummer Boy” – Christmas Vol. II (1996)
- “The Living Years” – In the Mood: The Love Songs (2003)
- “The Maker Said Take Her” – In Pictures (1995)
- “The Night Before Christmas” – Christmas Vol. II (1996)
- “The Old Rugged Cross” – Songs of Inspiration (2006)
- “The Old Rugged Cross (2014 Recording)” – Angels Among Us: Hymns & Gospel Favorites (2014)
- “The Refrain of John Dillon James” – Songs of Inspiration II (2007)
- “The Star-Spangled Banner” – Songs of Inspiration II (2007)
- “The Woman He Loves” – When It All Goes South (2001)
- “Then Again” – Greatest Hits Vol. II (1991)
- “Then We Remember” – Twentieth Century (1999)
- “(There’s a) Fire in the Night” – Roll On (1984)
- “There’s No Way” – 40-Hour Week (1985)
- “This Ain’t Just a Song” – Southern Drawl (2015)
- “This Love’s on Me” – Cheap Seats (1993)
- “Thistlehair the Christmas Bear” – Alabama Christmas (1985)
- “Tied to the Music” – Wild Country (1976)
- “T.L.C. A.S.A.P.” – Cheap Seats (1993)
- “Tonight Is Christmas” – Alabama Christmas (1985)
- “Too Much Love” – Twentieth Century (1999)
- “Touch Me When We’re Dancing” – The Touch (1986)
- “True, True Housewife” – The Touch (1986)
- “Try Me” – Wild Country (1976)
- “Twentieth Century” – Twentieth Century (1999)
U–Z
- “Until It Happens to You” – Pass It on Down (1990)
- “Vacation” – The Touch (1986)
- “Very Special Love” – The Closer You Get… (1983)
- “Wasn’t Through Lovin’ You Yet” – Southern Drawl (2015)
- “We Can’t Love Like This Anymore” – Greatest Hits Vol. III (1994)
- “We Made Love” – Twentieth Century (1999)
- “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” – Angels Among Us: Hymns & Gospel Favorites (2014)
- “What in the Name of Love” – The Closer You Get… (1983)
- “What Will I Leave Behind” – Songs of Inspiration (2006)
- “When It All Goes South” – When It All Goes South (2001)
- “When It Comes My Time” – Songs of Inspiration II (2007)
- “When It Comes to Christmas” – Christmas Vol. II (1996)
- “When We Make Love” – Roll On (1984)
- “Why Can’t Christmas Day Last All Year Long” – American Christmas (2017)
- “Why Lady Why” – Alabama Band No. 3 (1979)
- “Will the Circle Be Unbroken” – Songs of Inspiration II (2007)
- “Will You Marry Me” – When It All Goes South (2001)
- “Winter Wonderland” – American Christmas (2017)
- “Woman Back Home” – Feels So Right (1981)
- “Wonderful Waste of Time” – When It All Goes South (2001)
- “Words at Twenty Paces” – Mountain Music (1982)
- “Write It Down in Blue” – Twentieth Century (1999)
- “You Can’t Take the Country Out of Me” – American Pride (1992)
- “You Only Paint the Picture Once” – When It All Goes South (2001)
- “You Turn Me On” – Mountain Music (1982)
- “You’re My Explanation for Living” – Just Us (1987)
- “(You’ve Got) the Touch” – The Touch (1986)
ALABAMA STUDIO ALBUMS
Wild Country (1976)
Deuces Wild (1977)
Alabama Band No. 3 (1979)
My Home’s in Alabama (1980)
Feels So Right (1981)
Mountain Music (1982)
The Closer You Get… (1983)
Roll On (1984)
40-Hour Week (1985)
Alabama Christmas (1985)
The Touch (1986)
Just Us (1987)
Southern Star (1989)
Pass It on Down (1990)
American Pride (1992)
Cheap Seats (1993)
In Pictures (1995)
Christmas Vol. II (1996)
Dancin’ on the Boulevard (1997)
Twentieth Century (1999)
When It All Goes South (2001)
Songs of Inspiration (2006)
Songs of Inspiration II (2007)
Angels Among Us: Hymns & Gospel Favorites (2014)
Southern Drawl (2015)
American Christmas (2017)
Updated October 30, 2026.
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