The Devil Went Down to Georgia

The Devil Went Down to Georgia a song by The Charlie Daniels Band on Foxsoundi

The Devil Went Down to Georgia by The Charlie Daniels Band

About The Devil Went Down to Georgia

"The Devil Went Down to Georgia" is a song written and recorded by music group Charlie Daniels Band and released on their 1979 album Million Mile Reflections. The song was the band's biggest hit, reaching #3 on the Billboard Hot 100, prevented from further chart movement by "After the Love Has Gone" by Earth, Wind and Fire and "My Sharona" by The Knack. The song tells a story about the Devil's failure to gain a young man's soul through a fiddle-playing contest. .

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About this song

Credited to
The Charlie Daniels Band
Album
A Decade Of Hits · Track 1 of 10 · Opens the album
Released
August 10, 1988
Duration
3:34
Top countries on Foxsoundi
United States (100 %)
Playlists
In 1 public playlist: The Amalgamation
On Last.fm
200,502 listeners on Last.fm

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