The Devil Went Down to Georgia

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

Drivin' South: Southern Rockin' Smash Hits · Track 8 of 14

Released

July 16, 2001

Duration

3:34

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From the album: Drivin' South: Southern Rockin' Smash Hits