“Redneck Girl”, a song written by David Bellamy, and recorded by the country music duo, The Bellamy Brothers for the Warner label, in July 1982, at Bellamy Brothers Studio, Darby, FL, in the recording session of the album, The Bellamy Brothers were accompanied by: Randy Ferrell (guitar), Dannie Jones (steel and slide guitar), Donnie Helms (bass), Juan Perez (drums and percussion), Buddy Spicher (fiddle), Wally Dentz (harmonica), Jon Lafrandré (keyboards and background vocal), Dewey Dorough (sax), Lea Jane Berinati and Yvonne Hodges (background vocals). With the production of Jimmy Bowen and The Bellamy Brothers, the song was released in September 1982, on December 11, 1982, reached number one of the US Hot Country Songs charts and stayed a total of 12 weeks on the charts. In the Canadian RPM Country Tracks charts, I reach number # 7. It was the sixth number one in the career of The Bellamy Brothers.
The song was included in the eighth studio album of The Bellamy Brothers, Strong Weakness (Elektra 1982), on the charts of U.S Top Country Albums, reached number # 17.
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