| Caught Up in the Country | |
| Cover: | Rodney Atkins - Caught Up in the Country (single cover).png |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Rodney Atkins featuring the Fisk Jubilee Singers |
| Album: | Caught Up in the Country |
| Genre: | Country |
| Label: | Curb |
| Producer: |
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| Chronology: | Rodney Atkins |
| Prev Title: | Eat Sleep Love You Repeat |
| Prev Year: | 2014 |
| Next Title: | Thank God for You |
| Next Year: | 2019 |
"Caught Up in the Country" is a song recorded by American country music singer Rodney Atkins, featuring vocals from the Fisk Jubilee Singers. It was written by Connie Harrington, Jordan Schmidt, and Mike Walker, and was released in March 2018 on Curb Records. The song is the lead single and title track of his 2019 album of the same name.
The song is an "upbeat salute to rural life", featuring vocals from the Fisk Jubilee Singers. Atkins aid that "It's organic and it's got a lot of energy...It represents what I've been caught up in."[1]
For the week of April 13, 2018, the song debuted at number 59 on the Country Airplay chart. The song spent 57 weeks on the Country Airplay charts before achieving a peak of number 21, setting a new record for the longest chart run in that chart's history. This record has since been broken by Jimmie Allen's "Make Me Want To" (59 weeks) in March 2020.[2] The same week it achieved this feat, it was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[3]
| Chart (2018) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] | 100 | |
| Chart (2019) | Position | |
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[5] | 67 |