You Ain't Just Whistlin' Dixie

1979 single by The Bellamy Brothers

"You Ain't Just Whistlin' Dixie"

Single by The Bellamy Brothers

from the album The Two and Only

B-side

"Blue Ribbons"

Released

August 18, 1979

Genre

Country

Length

4:24

Label

Warner Bros./Curb

Songwriter(s)

David Bellamy

Producer(s)

Michael Lloyd

The Bellamy Brothers singles chronology

"If I Said You Have a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me"
(1979)

"You Ain't Just Whistlin' Dixie"
(1979)

"Sugar Daddy"
(1980)

"You Ain't Just Whistlin' Dixie" is a song written by David Bellamy and recorded by American country music duo The Bellamy Brothers. It was released in August 1979 as the third single from the album The Two and Only. The song reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.^[1]

In 2005, the Bellamy Brothers re-recorded the song with Alan Jackson for their album Angels & Outlaws, Vol. 1.

Chart performance

Chart (1979)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[2]	5
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	11

References

^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 43.
^ "The Bellamy Brothers Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

The Bellamy Brothers

David Bellamy
Howard Bellamy

Studio albums

The Two and Only
You Can Get Crazy
Sons of the Sun
When We Were Boys
Strong Weakness
Restless
Howard & David
Country Rap
Crazy from the Heart
Rebels Without a Clue
Reality Check

Compilation albums

Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits Volume Two
Greatest Hits Volume III
The Latest and the Greatest

Notable singles

"Let Your Love Flow"
"Bird Dog"
"If I Said You Have a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me"
"You Ain't Just Whistlin' Dixie"
"Sugar Daddy"
"Dancin' Cowboys"
"Lovers Live Longer"
"Do You Love as Good as You Look"
"You're My Favorite Star"
"For All the Wrong Reasons"
"Get into Reggae Cowboy"
"Redneck Girl"
"When I'm Away from You"
"I Love Her Mind"
"Strong Weakness"
"Forget About Me"
"World's Greatest Lover"
"I Need More of You"
"Old Hippie"
"Lie to You for Your Love"
"Feelin' the Feelin'"
"Too Much Is Not Enough"
"Kids of the Baby Boom"
"Crazy from the Heart"
"Santa Fe"
"I'll Give You All My Love Tonight"
"Rebels Without a Clue"
"Big Love"
"You'll Never Be Sorry"
"The Center of My Universe"
"I Could Be Persuaded"
"Cowboy Beat"
"Some Broken Hearts Never Mend"

Guest singles

"Drive South"

Discography

v t e Alan Jackson singles
Here in the Real World	"Here in the Real World" "Wanted" "Chasin' That Neon Rainbow" "I'd Love You All Over Again"
Don't Rock the Jukebox	"Don't Rock the Jukebox" "Someday" "Dallas" "Midnight in Montgomery" "Love's Got a Hold on You"
A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love)	"She's Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues)" "Tonight I Climbed the Wall" "Chattahoochee" "Mercury Blues" "(Who Says) You Can't Have It All"
Who I Am	"Summertime Blues" "Livin' on Love" "Gone Country" "Song for the Life" "I Don't Even Know Your Name"
The Greatest Hits Collection	"Tall, Tall Trees" "I'll Try" "Home"
Everything I Love	"Little Bitty" "Everything I Love" "Who's Cheatin' Who" "There Goes" "Between the Devil and Me" "A House with No Curtains"
High Mileage	"I'll Go On Loving You" "Right on the Money" "Gone Crazy" "Little Man"
Under the Influence	"Pop a Top" "It Must Be Love"
When Somebody Loves You	"www.memory" "When Somebody Loves You" "Where I Come From" "It's Alright to Be a Redneck"
Drive	"Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" "Drive (For Daddy Gene)" "Work in Progress" "That'd Be Alright"
Greatest Hits Volume II	"It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" (w/ Jimmy Buffett) "Remember When"
What I Do	"Too Much of a Good Thing" "Monday Morning Church" "The Talkin' Song Repair Blues" "USA Today"
Like Red on a Rose	"Like Red on a Rose" "A Woman's Love"
Good Time	"Small Town Southern Man" "Good Time" "Country Boy" "Sissy's Song" "I Still Like Bologna"
Freight Train	"It's Just That Way" "Hard Hat and a Hammer"
34 Number Ones	"Ring of Fire"
Thirty Miles West	"Long Way to Go" "So You Don't Have to Love Me Anymore" "You Go Your Way"
Other songs	"Tequila Sunrise" "A Good Year for the Roses" (w/ George Jones) "Redneck Games" (w/ Jeff Foxworthy) "Margaritaville" (w/ Jimmy Buffett) "Murder on Music Row" (w/ George Strait) "Hey, Good Lookin'" (w/ Jimmy Buffett, Clint Black, Kenny Chesney, Toby Keith and George Strait) "You Ain't Just Whistlin' Dixie" (w/ The Bellamy Brothers) "As She's Walking Away" (w/ Zac Brown Band)
See also	Singles discography